Yitzhak Livni

Yitzhak Livni was born in 1934 in Łódź

Livni was born in Łódź, Poland, in 1934 and came to the Land of Israel with his family as a baby. As a teenager he edited the crossword section of Haolam Hazeh and wrote stories. He was part of the founding group of Nahal Oz and belonged to the Likrat literary circle of young poets.

He started in journalism as a reporter for Bamahane Nahal and became its editor in 1956. From 1961 to 1971 he edited Bamahane. In August 1967 he was also named commander of Galatz.

At Galatz he moved the station to a 24-hour schedule and set up a civilian news desk with current events journals. He added programs on culture, society, drama and pop music, and began evenings of poems set to music.

In 1974 he became CEO of the Israel Broadcasting Authority, where about 70% of programs were produced in Israel. He initiated the founding of Reshet Gimel and expanded news and talk at Reshet Bet. He later advised the experimental Channel 2, chaired its steering committee and chaired the Channel 2 news company. He died in 2017.