Programme One was a

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channel produced and transmitted by

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, the television broadcasting organization of the

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. It had a mixed schedule of news and entertainment, with the emphasis on events in the USSR, and also included regional programming.

History

Programme One was established on 22 March 1951 when, as part of a reorganization of the television system, the Moscow Television Station changed its name to reflect its planned expansion. It was known officially as the CT USSR Programme One (

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: Первая программа ЦТ СССР). The channel, which was transmitted on the

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D/K standard, carried advertising for the first time in the 1980s. The channel was broadcast until 1991. In September of that year, it was renamed as Central Television Channel One (Russian: Первый канал ЦТ), and then in December, following the dissolution of the USSR, became Ostankino Television Channel One. Following the

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, Programme One's frequencies were transferred to the new state broadcasting organizations in the former

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, while in the

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n republic the main Ostankino Television channel took over its signal and transmitters.

Programmes

The periodic ''

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'' became a staple of

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celebrations during

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, and

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. The programme continues to run today on

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. The news department did not employ news journalists until 1989, when they began to front the shorter bulletins (the main 18:30 and 21:00 news programmes was fronted only by senior journalists until after the failed coup d'etat).

History

Programmes

See also