While the country was experiencing severe shortages and rationing during the 1980s, television was restricted to a two-hour programme a day, largely devoted to coverage of Ceausescu's speeches or visits to places where he was met by organised crowds of cheering people.
Dok se zemlja osamdesetih godina sučeljavala s ozbiljnim nestašicama i dijeljenjem hrane prema popisu, televizijski program je bio ograničen na dva sata dnevno, uglavnom posvećen pokrivanju Ceausescuovih govora ili posjeta mjestima u kojima ga je dočekivala masa razdraganih građana skupljenih i organiziranih za tu prigodu.