Mongolian National Broadcaster
Public broadcaster
Mongolia's official state-funded broadcaster and its only public service broadcaster, described as the oldest broadcasting organisation in the country (Mongolian National Broadcaster, via JAMCO 24th Online International Symposium). Under the Law on Public Radio and Television adopted in 2005 it is a non-profit legal entity carrying out a nationwide broadcasting service, whose highest governing body is its National Council of 15 members and whose general management is run by a Director-General appointed by the National Council.
The broadcaster is available in over 1.8 million households, over 90 percent of the population, and is financed mainly from licence fees and the state budget, with around 50 percent of funding from the state budget, 48 percent from licence fees and the remaining two percent from social advertising and grants (Mongolian National Broadcaster, JAMCO symposium account of its governance and funding).
PEOPLE
Gerel Gankhuyag
General Director - named as General Director of Mongolian National Public Radio and Television signing a Memorandum of Understanding and Cooperation with the Kazakh President's TV and Radio Complex (Qazinform, 21 April 2026)
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RECORD
Governance under the 2005 law - DOCUMENTED
According to the Law on Public Radio and Television adopted in 2005, the broadcaster is a non-profit legal entity responsible for a nationwide broadcasting service; its highest governing body is the National Council, which consists of 15 members, and a Director-General appointed by the National Council oversees general management (Mongolian National Broadcaster, JAMCO 24th Online International Symposium).
National Council appointments - DOCUMENTED
In theory under the public service broadcasting law the National Council's 15 members are appointed for a single six-year term, chosen from a roster proposed by civil society organisations and then confirmed through the President (four members), the Government (four members) and Parliament (seven members) (Media Ownership Monitor Mongolia, Media Market of Mongolia).
Funding - DOCUMENTED
The broadcaster is financed mainly from licence fees and the state budget with some income from social advertising, donations and contributions; around 50 percent of funding comes from the state budget, 48 percent from licence fees and two percent from social advertising and grants, and licence fees collected from the public are presented as ensuring its independence and accountability (Mongolian National Broadcaster, JAMCO symposium).
Services - DOCUMENTED
The broadcaster is described as the nation's largest media company and only public service broadcaster, offering content through four radio stations and six television channels, one of which is the round-the-clock news channel MNB News, with its Voice of Mongolia radio broadcasting in seven languages: Mongolian, English, Russian, Chinese, Japanese, Korean and German, and selected programmes also produced in Kazakh (Qazinform, 21 April 2026, reporting the cooperation memorandum signing).
Political influence on appointments - REPORTED
Media Ownership Monitor Mongolia reports that editorial independence is legally guaranteed for the broadcaster by the public service broadcasting law, but that political influence on its operations remains strong, as seen in politically influenced appointments of governing board members and senior management, and that after the appointment of the first National Council in 2006 employees formed a Temporary Committee protesting Council interference to promote certain political interests and its appointment of management (Media Ownership Monitor Mongolia, citing Globe International Center). Research in progress on the current Council.
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