One of the first announcers of Kazakh television, Zolkia Zhumatova, has passed away.
In Kazakhstan, at the age of 107, Zolkia Zhumatova, one of the first announcers of the local television, who broadcast the first television broadcast in the Kazakh language, died.
- Her name is related to a historical event for local television. On March 8, 1958, Zolkia Zhumatova, together with Neli Omarova, became one of the first announcers of Kazakh television. Zhumatova conducted the first program in Kazakh, and Neli Omarova - in Russian. The history of television broadcasting in Kazakhstan began with this broadcast," the Ministry of Culture and Information of the Republic of Kazakhstan said in a statement.