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The broadcasting industry in georgia is regulated by the constitution of georgia, the law of georgia on broadcasting, the election code of georgia, the law of georgia on regulatory authorities, the law of georgia on copyright and the related rights and other legal acts. the content-related obligations of the georgian public broadcaster (gpb) are defined by the law of georgia on broadcasting adopted in 2014, that boosted the process of transformation of georgian tv from being a state broadcaster into a public broadcaster.the gpb  unites twotv channels: "first channel" (since 1956) and "second channel" (since 1971). it is also comprised of two radio stations - "radio one" fm 102.4 (since 1925) and "radio two" fm 100.9 (since 1995). presently, 90% of the georgian population receive the first channel, and 55% receive the second channel. georgian tv's programmes are also received by satellite and over the internet in a number of european and asian countries.georgian parliament elects a board of trustees, composed of nine members. in addition of the legal documents, the board establishes annual programme priorities which is based on several sources, including legislation, research on attitudes toward the broadcaster and recommendations worked out by ngos working on media issues and monitoring gpb activities (in 2015 these recommendations were proposed by the media development foundation (mdf) and united nations association of georgia (unag) and mainly referred to informing the ethnic minorities about euro-atlantic integration process and reporting on the issues of diversity). according to the priorities the share of cultural programs related with ethnic, cultural, social, religious, gender diversity should be increased. also, gpb should increase production of films, performances.