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- The radio service began on 1 January 1926, while regular television broadcasts began on 31 December 1961, making it one of the oldest continuously operating public service broadcasters in the world.
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01: History of RTÉ. The radio service began on 1 January 1926 while regular television broadcasts began on 31 December 1961. 02: RTÉ 1920s. The 1920s saw the beginning of Irish radio as 2RN...
Radio Éireann, RTÉ's predecessor and at the time a section of the Department of Posts and Telegraphs, was one of 23 founding organisations of the European Broadcasting Union in 1950. RTÉ also publishes weekly listings and lifestyle magazine, the RTÉ Guide.
History at a glance. 1920s. 1926: Dr Douglas Hyde, later President of Ireland, launches Ireland’s fi rst radio station, 2RN. 1930s. 1932: 2RN covers its fi rst major outside broadcast, the World...
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The timeline of radio lists within the history of radio, the technology and events that produced instruments that use radio waves and activities that people undertook. Later, the history is dominated by programming and contents, which is closer to general history .
The Broadcasting Authority Act 1960 establishes a statutory corporation called Radio Éireann. This change comes ahead of the launch of a television service the following year. [2]
Mar 29, 2021 · Official radio broadcasting in Ireland began on New Year’s Day 1926, when the Dublin station 2RN was launched, followed in April 1927 by the 6CK station in Cork to provide something closer to national coverage for what would become the national broadcaster Radio Éireann in later years.
Throughout the 1940s, investment in Radio Éireann came in the form of outside broadcasting units, the establishment of the Radio Éireann Players and funding for recording technology.
