All but one of Iraq's three television channels was back on the air on Wednesday after overnight coalition air strikes severed transmissions. The state television channel was blacked out for 45 minutes after the strikes but was back Wednesday airing news bulletins and old footage of patriotic clips and military parades as usual.
The satellite television was also broadcasting, after several hours off the air. But the Youth television of President Saddam Hussein's elder son Uday were still cut following the bombings that targeted the television building in Baghdad and transmitters.
The compound which was hit included the state television, Youth television, Kurdish radio and television channels as well as radio studios. The television building is close to the information ministry, which tightly controls all media in Iraq and oversees a formidable propaganda machine.
The raids came after the state broadcaster in recent days carried grisly footage of dead US soldiers, interviews with shaken prisoners of war and assurances from the regime that Saddam remained in control. source