Rai Südtirol ( ''Rai South Tyrol'') is an Italian

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regional television channel owned by state-owned

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RAI – Radiotelevisione italiana and operated by RAI's South Tyrolean service. It is the company's

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and Ladin languages television channel aimed at the German-speaking public of

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and the Ladin-speaking population of

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. It was launched on 7 February 1966, it broadcast from its studios in

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and unlike all other RAI channels, it carries no

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History

Transmissions began on 7 February 1966 as Rai Sender Bozen. Programming initially occupied just one hour daily, the broadcast was carried out from Teatro Cristallo in

and aired on the local frequencies of Rete 2 (today's

Rai 2 Rai 2 is an Italian free-to-air television channel owned and operated by state-owned public broadcaster RAI – Radiotelevisione italiana. It is the company's second television channel, and is known for broadcasting '' TG2'' news bulletins, ta ...

) between 20.00 and 21.00. In this period the provincial autonomy is still far from being achieved; South Tyrol is affected by the attacks of secessionist terrorist groups. In such a climate, the concession by the Italian government of a programme in German, when other requests are not satisfied, is seen by South Tyrolean politics as the imposition of a pro-government instrument of control. One of the reasons for setting up the channel is also to push towards the cessation of attempts to receive Austrian and German-speaking television programmes in general, a faculty invoked by the SVP. Therefore, on the occasion of the launch of the programs, the president of the Provincial Council of Bolzano and father of provincial autonomy Silvius Magnago, in open controversy with the choice, refused to leave a message on the German-speaking RAI; to replace him, the bishop of Bolzano-Bressanone, Msgr. Joseph Gargitter. On 15 December 1979, with the birth of the third network, Rai Sender Bozen began broadcasting on its own dedicated channel. At the same time, a "bis network" was created, a fourth channel relaying Rai 3 when Sender Bozen isn't broadcasting, with the aim of airing the German output without blocking the Italian output of the channel. In 2013, the channel officially assumed the new name of Rai Südtirol and the number of hours of the entire television programming was increased.

Weekly airtime

Unlike all other RAI channels, Rai Südtirol is not on air

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. It broadcasts the programmes of

Rai Südtirol Rai Südtirol is a German-language radio and television service provided by the Italian public-service broadcaster RAI to South Tyrol from its studios in Bozen, comprising two services: * Rai Südtirol (TV channel), a television channel * Rai Süd ...

and

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for different periods of time day by day. Outside its own broadcasting hours, Sender Bozen's frequencies are used by

Rai 3 Rai 3 (formerly Rai Tre) is an Italian free-to-air television channel owned and operated by state-owned public broadcaster RAI – Radiotelevisione italiana. It was launched on 15 December 1979 and its programming is centred towards cultural a ...

External links

''RAI Südtirol'' Official website
(in German) RAI television channels German-language television stations Television channels and stations established in 1966 1966 establishments in Italy Commercial-free television networks German-language mass media in South Tyrol Mass media in Bolzano Television in minority languages {{Italy-tv-stub

History

Weekly airtime

See also

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