Radio Television of Republika Srpska (

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: ''Радио Телевизија Републике Српске'' / Radio Televizija Republike Srpske or RTRS) is the entity-level

public broadcaster Public broadcasting (or public service broadcasting) is radio, television, and other electronic media outlets whose primary mission is public service with a commitment to avoiding political and commercial influence. Public broadcasters receive ...

which operates radio and television services in

Republika Srpska Republika Srpska ( sr-Cyrl, Република Српска, ; also referred to as the Republic of Srpska or Serb Republic) is one of the two Political divisions of Bosnia and Herzegovina, entities within Bosnia and Herzegovina, the other bein ...

Bosnia and Herzegovina Bosnia and Herzegovina, sometimes known as Bosnia-Herzegovina and informally as Bosnia, is a country in Southeast Europe. Situated on the Balkans, Balkan Peninsula, it borders Serbia to the east, Montenegro to the southeast, and Croatia to th ...

. It is the official public broadcasting service that covers government activities in the Republic of Srpska.

Services

Founded in 1992, RTRS broadcasts a 24-hour television channel known as

Televizija Republike Srpske Televizija Republike Srpske (Cyrillic: Телевизија Републике Српске, "Television of Republika Srpska"; locally known just as RTRS (Cyrillic: РТРС)) is a Bosnian entity level public mainstream TV channel operated by ...

, and one radio station called Radio Republike Srpske. There is also a unit known as Muzička Produkcija RTRS ("Music Production Section of RTRS", locally known as MP RTRS for short) which was established in 2011. Headquarters of RTRS is located in

Banja Luka Banja Luka ( sr-Cyrl, Бања Лука, ) or Banjaluka ( sr-Cyrl, Бањалука, ) is the List of cities in Bosnia and Herzegovina, second largest city in Bosnia and Herzegovina and the largest city in Republika Srpska. Banja Luka is the tr ...

. Regional radio and TV studios are located in the following cities:

Prijedor Prijedor ( sr-cyrl, Приједор, ) is a city in Republika Srpska, Bosnia and Herzegovina. As of 2013, it had a population of 80,916 inhabitants within its administrative limits. Prijedor is situated in the northwestern part of the Bosanska ...

Istočno Sarajevo Istočno Sarajevo ( sr-cyr, Источно Сарајево, lit=East Sarajevo) is a city in Republika Srpska, Bosnia and Herzegovina. It consists of a few suburban areas located south of pre-war Sarajevo which are now included in the Republika S ...

Bijeljina Bijeljina ( sr-cyrl, Бијељина) is a city and municipality in Republika Srpska, Bosnia and Herzegovina. It is the provincial center of Semberija, a geographic region in the country's northeast. As of 2013, it has a population of 107,715 ...

Trebinje Trebinje ( sr-Cyrl, Требиње, ) is a city and municipality in Republika Srpska, Bosnia and Herzegovina. It is the southernmost city in Bosnia and Herzegovina and is situated on the banks of the Trebišnjica river in the region of East Her ...

Doboj Doboj ( sr-Cyrl, Добој, ) is a city in Republika Srpska, Bosnia and Herzegovina. It is situated on the banks of the Bosna (river), Bosna river, in the northern region of Republika Srpska. As of 2013, it has a population of 71,441 inhabita ...

and

Brčko Brčko ) is a city and the administrative seat of Brčko District, in northern Bosnia and Herzegovina. It lies on the banks of Sava river across from Croatia. As of 2013, it has a population of 39,893 inhabitants. De jure, the Brčko District b ...

. Radio and television programming is mainly produced in the

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(in one of two alphabets:

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and

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alphabet. Since April 2013, RTRS stations are broadcast on

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(Team:Sat platform). As of January 2015 RTRS consists of three organizational units: * Radio Republike Srpske – public radio service () *

– public television channel () * Muzička Produkcija RTRS – music production section of RTRS () On 19 April 2015, RTRS started to broadcast a second channel called

RTRS PLUS RTRS PLUS (Cyrillic: РТРС ПЛУС) is a Bosnian public cable TV channel operated by RTRS. The program is broadcast on a daily basis from RTRS headquarters located in Banja Luka. The radio and television program is mainly produced in Serb ...

History

The first experimental programs of Radio Banja Luka were broadcast on 25 January 1967. Regular programming began on 2 February 1967. In May 1992 Radio Banja Luka became the information-technical center for Bosnian Serb broadcasting, whose main office was in Pale. In December 1994, Serbian radio-television (Српска радио-телевизија (СРТ) / Srpska radio-televizija (SRT)) was founded, and programs from Banja Luka TV and radio studios were broadcast on demand. RTRS has a permanent staff of 100 journalists, editors, cameramen, musical collaborators and organizers.

References

Sources

* Cokorilo, Radmila. Radio as media: Banja Luka: Faculty of Philosophy, 2009. .

External links

* (in Serbian) * *
State TV used by pro-Russian leader for political aims in Republika Srpska
''Integrity Initiative'', October 2018 {{Authority control Publicly funded broadcasters Television stations in Bosnia and Herzegovina Mass media in Banja Luka Television channels and stations established in 1992 Government-owned companies of Bosnia and Herzegovina

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