The Moscow Programme was establishedestablishes inchannel 1955.became It[[TV broadcast from the Shabolovka television buildingCenter]] in [[Moscow]]1997.
As part of the celebrations of the 50th anniversary of the [[October Revolution]] in 1967, the new television headquarters was established at Ostankino in [[Moscow]]. At this point, all central television programmes in the USSR emanated from there.
The Moscow Programme transmitted its channel over the [[SECAM]] D/K band. In the 1980s it also expanded via the [[Gorizont]] satellite across much of Europe and Asia.
In connection with the dissolution of the USSR, the Moscow Programme ceased its transmission by [[Soviet Central Television]] in October 1991. In Moscow the Moscow Programme continued to broadcast on the same frequency under the management of the Moscow Television Company. It aired programmes from [[2x2 (TV channel)|2x2]] in the evening. This channel became [[TV Center]] in 1997.
