DUSHANBE, September 4, Asia-Plus -- An official opening of new children’s TV channel “Bahoriston” will be held in Dushanbe today afternoon, at 4:00 p.m., presidential press service reported. 

According to the source, President Emomali Rahmonov is supposed to attend inauguration of the children’s TV channel.  

As it had been reported earlier, the “Bahoriston” channel will be placed in a building near the House of Radio in the Chapayev Street.  The building will house 10 working offices and two large studios.   The new TV channel will have little more than 100 staffers, and it is supposed to air six-eight hours a day.  

The new channel is supposed to broadcast educational and entertaining programs and children’s movies.  The “Bahoriston” channel will mainly broadcast in Tajik, but also a part of programs will be in Russian.  In future, they plan to launch programs in English as well.