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RTÉ is an autonomous corporation run by an authority appointed by the incumbent government for a term of five years. General management of the organisation is in the hands of a Director-General. Its domestic programming and broadcasts are funded by levying A television licence is an official licence required in some countries for all owners of a television receiver. Television licensing is common in Europe, Africa and Asia, but less so in the Americas. It is not used to restrict people from owning a television, but simply as an annual tax... television licence fees upon the owners of television sets.

Radio Telefis Éireann
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Key people	Patrick Wright, Chairman Cathal Goan, Director-General
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Principal stations

Television

• RTÉ One (launched in 1961 (As MAD Magazine pointed out on its first cover for the year) was the first upside-down year - i.e., one that looked the same upside down - since 1881, and the last until 6009. Years: 1958 1959 1960 - 1961 - 1962 1963 1964 Decades: 1930s 1940s 1950s - 1960s - 1970s 1980s... 1961 as Telefís Éireann, or simply RTÉ when there was just one station)
• RTÉ Two (known from 1988 is a leap year starting on a Friday of the Gregorian calendar. Years: 1985 1986 1987 - 1988 - 1989 1990 1991 Decades: 1950s 1960s 1970s - 1980s - 1990s 2000s 2010s Centuries: 19th century - 20th century - 21st century 1988 in topic: Arts Architecture - Art - Film - Literature - Music Science and technology Aviation - Rail... 1988 to -1... 2004 as Network 2)
• TG4 Launched: 31st October 1996 Audience Share: 3.2% (Jan 05) Owned By: Radio Telefís Éireann Web Address: TG4 website (http://www.tg4.ie/) Availability [1] (http://myhome.iolfree.ie/~icdg/channels_tuning.htm) Terrestrial Analogue: UHF channels 23, 31, 33, 50, 55, 59, 63, 68 (PAL I... TG4 (formerly called Teilifís na Gaeilge, " Note: This page contains phonetic information presented in the International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA) using Unicode. See IPA in Unicode if you have display problems. Irish (Gaeilge) is a Goidelic language spoken in Ireland and in small communities in Canada and Argentina. Irish is constitutionally recognised as the first official language... Irish language Television")

Telefís Éireann began broadcasting at 7:00pm on December 31 is the 365th day of the year (366th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar. It is the final day of the Gregorian year. December Su Mo Tu We Th Fr Sa   1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15... December 31, 1961 (As MAD Magazine pointed out on its first cover for the year) was the first upside-down year - i.e., one that looked the same upside down - since 1881, and the last until 6009. Years: 1958 1959 1960 - 1961 - 1962 1963 1964 Decades: 1930s 1940s 1950s - 1960s - 1970s 1980s... 1961. The opening address by This article is part of the series Politics of the R. of Ireland President Council of State Oireachtas Dáil Éireann Seanad Éireann Taoiseach Tánaiste Government Supreme Court Judiciary Constitution Referendum Political parties Elections: President: 2004 Legislature: 2002 The President of Ireland (Irish: Uachtarán na hÉireann) is... President of Ireland Eamon de Valera1 (born Edward George de Valera, Irish name Éamonn de Bhailéara) (October 14, 1882 - August 29, 1975), was a leader of Irelands struggle for independence from Britain in the early 20th Century, and of the Republican opposition in the ensuing Irish Civil War, and was subsequently... Eamon de Valera described the benefits and disadvantages of the new medium. He went on to say that "Like atomic energy, it can be used for incalculable good but it can also do irreparable harm". There were other messages from the religious leaders and This article is part of the series Politics of the R. of Ireland President Council of State Oireachtas Dáil Éireann Seanad Éireann Taoiseach Tánaiste Government Supreme Court Judiciary Constitution Referendum Political parties Elections: President: 2004 Legislature: 2002 The Taoiseach (plural: Taoisigh) or, more formally, An Taoiseach, is the... An Taoiseach, Seán F. Lemass. Following this a live concert was broadcast from the Gresham Hotel in This article is about the city in Ireland. For other uses of the name, see Dublin (disambiguation). City of Dublin Dublins hapenny bridge. Beyond it, the dome of the eighteenth century Custom House and Liberty Hall, the citys tallest building. Map Area: 114.99 km² County: County... Dublin. The show, which was a countdown to the new year, was hosted by the Chairman of the Radio Eireann Authority, Eamonn Andrews (1922-1987) was a Irish born television presenter in the United Kingdom. Andrews was born in Synge Street, Dublin, Ireland, the same street in which playwright George Bernard Shaw was born. He began his career as an amateur boxer and went on to be a sports commentator on... Eamonn Andrews, with appearences by Patrick O'Hagan, the Artane Boys Band and Micheál Ó Hehir.

Television opened up a completely new world to the The Republic of Ireland (Irish: Poblacht na hÉireann) is a state which covers approximately five-sixths of the island of Ireland, off the coast of northwest Europe. It is the westernmost state of the European Union. The remaining sixth of the island of Ireland is known as Northern Ireland... Irish people. Topics which were hitherto not discussed in A true colour image of Ireland, captured by a NASA satellite on January 4, 2003. Scotland, the Isle of Man and Wales are visible to the east. The island of Ireland is located west of the European landmass, and lies alongside Britain. The island of Ireland (Éire in Irish), is... Ireland, such as The subject of abortion has had a controversial history in Ireland, and remains a controversial subject today. Constitutional Issues: Ireland & the Abortion Debate At independence, the 1861 Offences Against the Person Act remained in force, maintaining all abortions to be illegal and subject to punishment. In response to the... abortion, contraception and various other controversial topics, were now openly being discussed in television studios. For the American late-night talk show presented by Tom Snyder, Craig Kilborn and Craig Ferguson, see The Late Late Show (CBS). The neutrality of this article is disputed. Please see the relevant discussion on the talk page. The Late Late Show is Irelands longest-running TV chat show... The Late Late Show, which began in July Years: 1959 1960 1961 - 1962 - 1963 1964 1965 Decades: 1930s 1940s 1950s - 1960s - 1970s 1980s 1990s Centuries: 19th century - 20th century - 21st century 1962 in topic: Arts Architecture - Art - Film - Literature - Music Science and technology Aviation - Rail transport - Science - Television Other topics Canada - Sport Lists of leaders: State leaders - Religious... 1962 and is still running as of Years: 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 | 2005 (MMV) | 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 Decades: 1970s 1980s 1990s - 2000s - 2010s 2020s 2030s Centuries: 20th century - 21st century - 22nd century News by month: Jan - Feb - Mar - Apr - May - Jun Jul - Aug - Sep - Oct - Nov - Dec 2005 in topic: Arts Architecture... 2005, and its original host, Gay Gaybo Byrne (born August 5, 1934) is an Irish broadcaster. He presented The Late Late Show, the worlds longest running chat show, from 1962 until 1999, and a regular afternoon radio show which is credited with breaking many Irish social taboos, such as bringing topics like abortion into... Gay Byrne, pioneered many of these discussions and has been credited with being a major influence in the changing social structure of A true colour image of Ireland, captured by a NASA satellite on January 4, 2003. Scotland, the Isle of Man and Wales are visible to the east. The island of Ireland is located west of the European landmass, and lies alongside Britain. The island of Ireland (Éire in Irish), is... Ireland.

RTÉ made its first colour transmissions in Years: 1966 1967 1968 - 1969 - 1970 1971 1972 Decades: 1930s 1940s 1950s - 1960s - 1970s 1980s 1990s Centuries: 19th century - 20th century - 21st century 1969 in topic: Arts Architecture - Art - Film - Literature - Music Science and technology Aviation - Rail transport - Science - Television Other topics Canada - Sport Lists of leaders: State leaders - Religious... 1969. The first programme made in colour by RTÉ was a 7 Days documentary special called "John Hume's Derry". The next phase was colour outside broadcasts, and the first was the 1971 is a common year starting on Friday (click for link to calendar). Years: 1968 1969 1970 - 1971 - 1972 1973 1974 Decades: 1940s 1950s 1960s - 1970s - 1980s 1990s 2000s Centuries: 19th century - 20th century - 21st century 1971 in topic: Arts Architecture - Art - Film - Literature - Music Science and technology Aviation - Rail... 1971 Running since 1956, the Eurovision Song Contest (in French: Grand Prix Eurovision de la Chanson) is an annual televised song contest with participants from numerous countries whose national television broadcasters are members of the European Broadcasting Union. The contest is broadcast on television and also radio throughout Europe. More recently... Eurovision Song Contest, the first of many such productions by RTÉ. All of RTÉ's studios at Donnybrook has several other meanings, see Donnybrook (disambiguation). Donnybrook (Irish Domhnach Broc, meaning Church of [Saint] Broc) is a district of Dublin, Ireland. It is situated on the southside of the city, in the Dublin 4 postal district. Donnybrook is home to the Irish state broadcaster RTÉ and University College... Donnybrook were equipped for colour broadcasts by 1976 is a leap year starting on Thursday (link will take you to calendar). Years: 1973 1974 1975 - 1976 - 1977 1978 1979 Decades: 1940s 1950s 1960s - 1970s - 1980s 1990s 2000s Centuries: 19th century - 20th century - 21st century 1976 in topic: Arts Architecture - Art - Film - Literature - Music Science and technology Aviation... 1976.

In For the album by Ash, see 1977 (album). Years: 1974 1975 1976 - 1977 - 1978 1979 1980 Decades: 1940s 1950s 1960s - 1970s - 1980s 1990s 2000s Centuries: 19th century - 20th century - 21st century 1977 in topic: Arts Architecture - Art - Film - Literature - Music Science and technology Aviation - Rail transport - Science - Television Other topics... 1977 a new Fianna Fáil - The Republican Party ( Symbols of the International Phonetic Alphabet. Abbreviations below: AmE = American English; BrE = British English (Received Pronunciation) Contents // 1 Vowels 1.1 English plain vowels 1.2 Reduced vowels 1.3 R-colored vowels 1.4 Diphthongs 2 Consonants 2.1 Stops 2.2... Fianna Fáil government came to power and as one of its many promises, the government quickly authorised a second channel to be run by RTÉ. RTÉ 2's remit was to provide alternative televison. As a consequence, the original RTE 2 schedule had many live relays of British programmes, however, there were also some original RTE2 programming. The new television channel went on the air on November 2 is the 306th day of the year (307th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 59 days remaining. November Su Mo Tu We Th Fr Sa   1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20... November 2, Years: 1975 1976 1977 - 1978 - 1979 1980 1981 Decades: 1940s 1950s 1960s - 1970s - 1980s 1990s 2000s Centuries: 19th century - 20th century - 21st century 1978 in topic: Arts Architecture - Art - Film - Literature - Music Science and technology Aviation - Rail transport - Science - Television Other topics Canada - Sport Lists of leaders: State leaders - Religious... 1978. The opening night featured a gala variety show from the For other uses of Cork, see Cork (disambiguation). City of Cork The River Lee flows through the city in two channels and forms a central island. Map Area: 37.3 km² County: County Cork Population: 123,062 (2002) Province: Munster Cork (Irish: Corcaigh) is the second city of the Republic... Cork Opera House.

In the early 1980s RTÉ 2 became RTÉ Two Launched: 2nd November 1978 Audience Share: 10.4% (Jan 05) Previous Names: RTÉ2 (1978-1988), (RTÉ) Network 2 (1988-2004) Owned By: Radio Telefís Éireann Web Address: www.rte.ie Availability Terrestrial Analogue: VHF channels G, H, I; UHF channels 26, 33, 43, 56, 57 (PAL... Network 2. All sports coverage was transferred to the newly renamed channel, along with the few Irish language programmes provided by RTÉ. All children's programmes were now broadcast on Network 2 also.

Although Note: This page contains phonetic information presented in the International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA) using Unicode. See IPA in Unicode if you have display problems. Irish (Gaeilge) is a Goidelic language spoken in Ireland and in small communities in Canada and Argentina. Irish is constitutionally recognised as the first official language... Irish language programmes, such as Nuacht (the news) and Léargas (insight) have been an integral part of the schedule, in 1996 is a leap year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar, and was designated the International Year for the Eradication of Poverty. Years: 1993 1994 1995 - 1996 - 1997 1998 1999 Decades: 1960s 1970s 1980s - 1990s - 2000s 2010s 2020s Centuries: 19th century - 20th century - 21st century 1996 in topic: Arts... 1996 a new Irish language TV service, Teilifís na Gaeilge, since renamed TG4 Launched: 31st October 1996 Audience Share: 3.2% (Jan 05) Owned By: Radio Telefís Éireann Web Address: TG4 website (http://www.tg4.ie/) Availability [1] (http://myhome.iolfree.ie/~icdg/channels_tuning.htm) Terrestrial Analogue: UHF channels 23, 31, 33, 50, 55, 59, 63, 68 (PAL I... TG4, began broadcasting for the first time though much of its programming is English movies and sport which are often unrelated to the language or Ireland for that matter. TG4 is owned by a subsidary of the RTÉ Authority, Serbhisí Telefis na Gaelige Teoranta, however legislation exists that can provide for its separation. (For more details see the separate article on TG4 Launched: 31st October 1996 Audience Share: 3.2% (Jan 05) Owned By: Radio Telefís Éireann Web Address: TG4 website (http://www.tg4.ie/) Availability [1] (http://myhome.iolfree.ie/~icdg/channels_tuning.htm) Terrestrial Analogue: UHF channels 23, 31, 33, 50, 55, 59, 63, 68 (PAL I... TG4). RTÉ's This article is about economic monopoly. For the board game, see Monopoly (board game). For the game show based on this board game, see Monopoly (game show). In economics, a monopoly (from the Greek monos, one + polein, to sell) is defined as a persistent market situation where there is only... monopoly on TV broadcasting in the Republic only ended in 1998 is a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar, and was designated the International Year of the Ocean. Years: 1995 1996 1997 - 1998 - 1999 2000 2001 Decades: 1960s 1970s 1980s - 1990s - 2000s 2010s 2020s Centuries: 19th century - 20th century - 21st century 1998 in topic: Arts Architecture - Art... 1998, with the launch of the commercial channel TV3 Ireland Launched: 20th September 1998 Audience Share: 13% (Jan 05) Owned By: CanWest and ITV plc Web Address: www.tv3.ie Availability [1] (http://myhome.iolfree.ie/~icdg/channels_tuning.htm) Terrestrial Analogue: UHF channels 26, 27, 29, 35, 46, 60, 62, 66 (PAL I standard) NTL Digital: channel... TV3.

Presently, both RTÉ One and RTÉ Two (the new name for the second channel as of -1... 2004) provide round-the-clock broadcasts seven days a week, providing comprehensive coverage of news, current affairs, sport, music, drama and entertainment. Most of the broadcasts are in English, including programming imported from The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland is a country in western Europe, and a member of the European Union. Usually known simply as the United Kingdom, UK or, inaccurately, as Great Britain or Britain, the UK has four constituent parts. Three of these parts England, Wales and... Britain, the For other uses, see United States (disambiguation) and US (disambiguation). The United States of America, also referred to as the United States, U.S.A., U.S., US, America¹, or the States, is a federal republic of fifty states, mostly in central North America. The U.S. has three land... United States and Australia, officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is the sixth-largest country in the world, the only one to occupy an entire Dymaxion map by Buckminster Fuller shows land mass with minimal distortion as only one continuous continent A continent (Latin continere, to hold together) is a large continuous mass of... Australia.

RTÉ One, RTÉ Two and TG4 are also available in Northern Ireland Tuaisceart Éireann Northren Ireland Norlin Airlann Flag none (see Flag of Northern Ireland) Official language English, Irish, Ulster-Scots Capital Belfast Largest City Belfast First Minister: suspended Area  - Total Ranked 4th 13,843 km² Population  - Total (2001)  - Density Ranked 4th 1,685,267 122/km... Northern Ireland (coverage and inclusion on cable systems varies), and from 1995 was a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. It was the first year of the International Decade of the Worlds Indigenous People (1995-2005): http://www.unesco.org/culture/indigenous/ Years: 1992 1993 1994 - 1995 - 1996 1997 1998 Decades: 1960s 1970s 1980s - 1990s - 2000s 2010s... 1995 to 2002 is a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. It was designated: International Year of Ecotourism and United Kingdom Autism Awareness Year in the United Kingdom Years: 1999 2000 2001 - 2002 - 2003 2004 2005 Decades: 1970s 1980s 1990s - 2000s - 2010s 2020s 2030s Centuries: 20th century - 21st century... 2002, there was also a channel in Great Britain is an island lying off the western coast of Europe, comprising the main territory of the United Kingdom. Great Britain is also used as a political term describing the combination of England, Scotland, and Wales, the three nations which together include all the islands territory. Great Britain... Great Britain Tara Television, which carried RTÉ programming, though not Irish sport coverage like the highly popular GAA redirects here. For the ice hockey statistic, see Goals against average. The Gaelic Athletic Association (GAA) (Irish: Cumann Lúthchleas Gael) is an organisation which is mostly focussed on promoting Irish sports, such as hurling and camogie, Gaelic football and handball, and rounders. The organisation also promotes Irish music... GAA or Gaelic games, as broadcasting rights had already been licensed to another channel, Young Cúchulainn, 1912 illustration by Stephen Reid. In Irish mythology Cúchulainn (also spelled Cú Chulainn) is the pre-eminent hero of Ulster in the Ulster Cycle. His mother was Deichtine, sister of king Conchobar mac Nessa; his father was either the god Lugh, or Deichtines mortal husband... Setanta. Tara closed due to disagreements between RTÉ and the other companies. RTÉ One, Network 2 and TG4 are available throughout British Isles is also an old name for the Great Britain, Great Britain Ireland The Isle of Man The Isle of Wight The Northern Isles, including Orkney, Shetland and Fair Isle The Hebrides, including the Inner Hebrides, Outer Hebrides and Small Isles Rockall The islands of the lower Firth of... Great Britain and Ireland via satellite on The name Sky Television may refer to: British Sky Broadcasting (BSkyB) in the United Kingdom SKY Network Television in New Zealand This is a disambiguation page — a navigational aid which lists other pages that might otherwise share the same title. If an article link referred you here, you might... Sky Digital, although these are encrypted (for rights reasons, according to RTÉ), and anyone wishing to view the channels needs to obtain a Republic of Ireland or Northern Ireland subscription (Family Pack or higher). There has been criticism that RTÉ is not available free on Sky Digital in the Republic (there is no use of "free to view", a non-subscription viewing card, as was used by the BBC).

From the outset, RTÉ had faced competition from British TV channels such as those of the This article is an overview article about the Crown chartered British Broadcasting Corporation formed in 1927. See links below for a list of other BBC articles available on Wikipedia. For other meanings of BBC, see BBC (disambiguation). The British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) was established by a Royal Charter in 1927... BBC and Ulster Television plc {{{company_logo}}} Type Public - LSE and ISE Slogan UTV Is Your TV Founded 1959 Location Belfast, Northern Ireland Key people J.B. McGuicken, Chairman John McCann, Chief Executive Employees Products Television, radio, internet services Web site u.tv (http://www.u.tv) Ulster Television plc is the... UTV, broadcasting from Northern Ireland Tuaisceart Éireann Northren Ireland Norlin Airlann Flag none (see Flag of Northern Ireland) Official language English, Irish, Ulster-Scots Capital Belfast Largest City Belfast First Minister: suspended Area  - Total Ranked 4th 13,843 km² Population  - Total (2001)  - Density Ranked 4th 1,685,267 122/km... Northern Ireland, whose signal spilt over into the Republic. RTÉ's approach was pragmatic, as it introduced Cable television or Community Antenna Television (CATV) (and often shortened to cable) is a system of providing television, FM radio programming and other services to consumers via radio waves transmitted directly to people’s televisions through fixed coaxial cables as opposed to the over-the-air method used in... cable television in the Millennia: 1st millennium - 2nd millennium - 3rd millennium Centuries: 19th century - 20th century - 21st century Decades: 1920s 1930s 1940s 1950s 1960s - 1970s - 1980s 1990s 2000s 2010s 2020s Years: 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 Contents // 1 Events and trends 1.1 Computers, technology 1.2 Science 1... 1970s, initially known as RTÉ Relays, and subsequently as Cablelink, although it later sold its stake in the company, which is now known as NTL (NASDAQ: NTLI (http://quotes.nasdaq.com/asp/SummaryQuote.asp?symbol=NTLI&selected=NTLI)) is a US listed company providing cable services. It is listed on the NYSE, but does the majority of its business in the UK and Ireland, but also has divisions in Europe, Australia and... NTL Ireland. In the late Millennia: 1st millennium - 2nd millennium - 3rd millennium Centuries: 19th century - 20th century - 21st century Decades: 1930s 1940s 1950s 1960s 1970s - 1980s - 1990s 2000s 2010s 2020s 2030s Years: 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 Contents // 1 Events and trends 1.1 Computers, technology 1.2 Science 1... 1980s, more competition came from Satellite television is television delivered by way of orbiting communications satellites located 37,000 km (22,300 miles) above the earths surface. The first satellite television signal was relayed from Europe to the Telstar satellite over North America in 1962. The first domestic North American satellite to carry television... satellite television, especially from The name Sky Television may refer to: British Sky Broadcasting (BSkyB) in the United Kingdom SKY Network Television in New Zealand This is a disambiguation page — a navigational aid which lists other pages that might otherwise share the same title. If an article link referred you here, you might... Sky based in the UK.

In 2003 is a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar, and also: The International Year of Freshwater The European Disability Year Years: 2000 2001 2002 - 2003 - 2004 2005 2006 Decades: 1970s 1980s 1990s - 2000s - 2010s 2020s 2030s Centuries: 20th century - 21st century - 22nd century News by month: Jan... 2003, RTÉ's Reality television is a genre of television programming in which the fortunes of real life people (as opposed to fictional characters played by actors) are followed. There are three main types of reality television program. In the first, the viewer and the camera are passive observers following people going about... reality TV show Cabin Fever (TV Show) made international news when the ship, on which contestants where scheduled to remain for eight weeks, with one person voted off each week by viewers and forced literally to "walk the plank" was thrown into chaos when the sailing ship on which the show was taking place hits rocks near Tory Island, off the Irish coast, and later sank (On Friday the 13th!). All the contestants escaped unharmed.

Three personalities have worked with and continue to work with RTÉ since Years: 1959 1960 1961 - 1962 - 1963 1964 1965 Decades: 1930s 1940s 1950s - 1960s - 1970s 1980s 1990s Centuries: 19th century - 20th century - 21st century 1962 in topic: Arts Architecture - Art - Film - Literature - Music Science and technology Aviation - Rail transport - Science - Television Other topics Canada - Sport Lists of leaders: State leaders - Religious... 1962:

• Gay Gaybo Byrne (born August 5, 1934) is an Irish broadcaster. He presented The Late Late Show, the worlds longest running chat show, from 1962 until 1999, and a regular afternoon radio show which is credited with breaking many Irish social taboos, such as bringing topics like abortion into... Gay Byrne - For the American late-night talk show presented by Tom Snyder, Craig Kilborn and Craig Ferguson, see The Late Late Show (CBS). The neutrality of this article is disputed. Please see the relevant discussion on the talk page. The Late Late Show is Irelands longest-running TV chat show... The Late Late Show (1962-1999) & Logo from the UK version of Who Wants to Be a Millionaire? Who Wants to Be a Millionaire? is a television game show which offers very large cash prizes for correctly answering successive multiple-choice questions. The maximum cash prize (in the original United Kingdom version) is one million pounds... Who Wants to Be a Millionaire (2001-2002)
• for the bioinformatics professor and museum curator, see Brian D. Farrell Brian Farrell (1929 - ) is an Irish author, journalist, academic & broadcaster. Farrell was born on January 9th, 1929 in Manchester. He was educated in Ireland at University College Dublin and Harvard University. In 1955 he joined the administrative staff... Brian Farrell - (7 Days, Today Tonight & Prime Time)
• Jim Bartley - (Tolka Row & Fair City)

See also: List of RTÉ television programming

Radio

• RTÉ Radio 1 (music and speech based broadcasting)
• 2FM (formerly Radio 2, the RTÉ Rock and roll (also spelled Rock n Roll, especially in its first decade), also called rock, is a form of popular music, usually featuring vocals (often with vocal harmony), electric guitars and a strong back beat; other instruments, such as the saxophone, are common in some styles. As a cultural... rock and Pop music Stylistic origins: Varies Cultural origins: Varies Typical instruments: Guitar, Bass guitar, Drums, Keyboard Mainstream popularity: 1960s-2000s in the United States, Europe, and Asia Derivative forms: Subgenres Boy band - Girl band - Traditional pop music - J-POP - Bubblegum pop - Teen pop - Europop - Nederpop Fusion genres Synth pop - Pop punk... pop music station)
• RTÉ Lyric FM ( This article is about the broad genre of classical music in the Western musical tradition. For the period of music in the 18th century see Classical music era, for articles on classical music of non-Western cultures, see: List of classical music traditions History of art music Medieval (476 CE... classical music plus For other article subjects named Jazz see jazz (disambiguation). Jazz Stylistic origins: Blues and European marching band music Cultural origins: West Africa African American music 1910s New Orleans. Typical instruments: Guitar – Bass guitar – Saxophone – Trombone – Piano – Clarinet – Trumpet – Double bass – Drums –... jazz, World music is a term that covers all music that is not part of mainstream popular music or classical music and has some kind of ethnic component. The connotation of the term is popular and folk music from the third world, European popular and folk music that uses influences from... world music and arts)
• RTÉ Raidió na Gaeltachta (the Note: This page contains phonetic information presented in the International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA) using Unicode. See IPA in Unicode if you have display problems. Irish (Gaeilge) is a Goidelic language spoken in Ireland and in small communities in Canada and Argentina. Irish is constitutionally recognised as the first official language... Irish language station targeted at the The Gaeltacht, also called An Ghaeltacht, refers to any of the regions in Ireland where the Irish language is officially the major language, i.e. the vernacular. These regions were first officially recognised during the years of Irish Free State after the Gaelic Revival as part of government policy to... gaeltachtaí, the Irish language speaking areas of Ireland)

The first voice broadcast of 2RN, the original radio Call sign can refer to different types of call signs: Airline call sign Aviator call sign Cosmonaut call sign Radio and television call signs Tactical call sign, also known as a tactical designator See also: International Callsign Allocations, Maritime Mobile Service Identity This is a disambiguation page — a navigational... callsign for Radio 1, took place on November 14 is the 318th day of the year (319th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 47 days remaining. November Su Mo Tu We Th Fr Sa   1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20... November 14, Years: 1922 1923 1924 - 1925 - 1926 1927 1928 Decades: 1890s 1900s 1910s - 1920s - 1930s 1940s 1950s Centuries: 19th century - 20th century - 21st century 1925 in topic: Arts Architecture - Art - Film - Literature - Music Science and technology Aviation - Rail transport - Science - Television Other topics Canada - Sport Lists of leaders: State leaders - Religious... 1925 when an announcer said, "Seo Raidió 2RN, Baile Átha Cliath ag tástáil", meaning "This is Radio 2RN, Dublin testing". Regular Irish radio broadcasting began on January 1 is the first day of the calendar year in both the Julian and Gregorian calendars. Here a calendar year refers to the order in which the months are displayed, January to December. The first day of the medieval Julian year was usually a day other than January 1... January 1, Years: 1923 1924 1925 - 1926 - 1927 1928 1929 Decades: 1890s 1900s 1910s - 1920s - 1930s 1940s 1950s Centuries: 19th century - 20th century - 21st century 1926 in topic: Arts Architecture - Art - Film - Literature - Music Science and technology Aviation - Rail transport - Science - Television Other topics Canada - Sport Lists of leaders: State leaders - Religious... 1926. 2RN later became known as Radio Éireann. Now, RTÉ has a nationwide commnications network with an increasing emphasis on regional news-gathering and input. Broadcasting on Radio 1 provides comprehensive coverage of news, current affairs, music, drama and variety features, agriculture, education, religion and sport, mostly in English but also some Irish. RTÉ 2FM is a popular music and chat channel, while RTÉ Lyric FM serves the interests of classical music and the arts. RTÉ Raidió na Gaeltachta, an exclusively Irish language service, first began broadcasting in 1972.

Formerly RTÉ operated a radio station in Cork - RTÉ Radio Cork - as an opt-out of RTÉ Radio 1, but this was closed down in the early 2000s due to low listenership figures. A slightly adapted version of Radio One is broadcast on Longwave radio frequencies are those below 500 kHz, which correspond to wavelengths longer than 600 meters. They have the property of following the curvature of the earth, making them ideal for continuous, continental communications. Unlike shortwave radio, longwave signals do not reflect or refract using the ionosphere, so there are... longwave and Sky Digital is the brand name for British Sky Broadcastings digital satellite television service, transmitted from SES Astra satellites located at 28.2°E and Eutelsats Eurobird 1 satellite at 28.5°E. BSkyBs analogue broadcasts ceased in 2001, so nowadays the service is sometimes marketed as... Sky Digital as RTÉ Europe.

RTE Television Genres

Since 2003 is a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar, and also: The International Year of Freshwater The European Disability Year Years: 2000 2001 2002 - 2003 - 2004 2005 2006 Decades: 1970s 1980s 1990s - 2000s - 2010s 2020s 2030s Centuries: 20th century - 21st century - 22nd century News by month: Jan... 2003, RTÉ has branded its television programmes under a number of a number of different genres. Each genre operates under a Commissioning Editor, except for RTÉ News and Current Affairs, which has a Managing Director and is a division of RTÉ in its own right, and RTÉ Sport. Both of these latter divisions operate across all the radio and television services.

RTÉ Arts

RTÉ Arts is a division of the company which reflects the wide diversity and vibrancy of Irish culture. A whole range of programmes have profiled and documented Irish successes across all fields of the arts including Seán O'Casey, John McGahern (b. 1934) is an Irish writer (in English). Born in Dublin he now lives in Leitrim where, as well as writing, he farms. He began his career as a school-teacher before turning to writing full-time. His resignation from teaching may have been influenced by the controversy... John McGahern, Patrick Kavanagh (21 October 1904 - 1967) was an Irish poet. He wrote an epic poem about sexual repression of the Irish farmer titled The Great Hunger. commemorate me where there is water. a statue on a bench by the grand canal. Categories: Writer stubs | 1904 births | 1967 deaths | Irish poets... Patrick Kavanagh, Bibendum chair by Eileen Gray E1027 table by Eileen Gray Eileen Gray (August 9, 1878 – October 31, 1976) was an Irish lacquer artist, furniture designer, and architect now well-known for incorporating luxurious lacquer work into the stark International Style aesthetic. She first studied painting at Londons Slade... Eileen Gray, Spike Milligan Spike Milligan Kt CBE (April 16, 1918–February 27, 2002) was a comedian, novelist, poet, jazz musician (trumpet and guitar - also played the piano - and was a dab hand at raspberry blowing) and is best remembered as the creator, principal writer and performing member of The Goon... Spike Milligan and Rory Gallagher (1948-1995) was an Irish blues/rock guitarist whose career took off in the 1960s with the legendary Taste, featuring his guitar and vocals, the jazz-tinged drumming of John Wilson and intricate bass playing of Richard McCracken. There was an earlier version of Taste whose recordings are... Rory Gallagher. The weekly television arts show, The View, presented by John Kelly, is produced under the RTÉ Arts division.

RTÉ Children

RTÉ Young Peoples Programmes offers a wide range of programming, bringing entertainment, stories, information, new ideas, humour, advice and more. RTÉ Two is the main children's television channel, presenting such shows as The Den is the childrens television strand on RTÉ Two in Ireland. Contents // 1 History 2 Format 3 Original Programming 3.1 Echo Island 3.2 Jo Maxi 4 Puppets 4.1 Zig, Zag and Zuppy 4.2 Dustin and Snotser 4.3 Socky 4.4 Ted 4.5... The Den, IDTwo, S@ttitude and The Disney Club.

RTÉ Diversity

RTÉ, as Ireland's national broadcaster aims to reflect the modern and diverse A true colour image of Ireland, captured by a NASA satellite on January 4, 2003. Scotland, the Isle of Man and Wales are visible to the east. The island of Ireland is located west of the European landmass, and lies alongside Britain. The island of Ireland (Éire in Irish), is... Ireland that is emerging. These changes are witnessed in its programming in the RTÉ Diversity division. The many diverse programmes that come under the RTÉ Diversity banner include Would You Believe, Drawing the Line, Scannal! and Mono.

RTÉ Drama

RTÉ Drama continues to produce a varied and dynamic range of original fiction programming. Fair City is a popular soap opera in Ireland, which has been on the air since 1988. It is RTÉs main soap opera. It deals with the ups and downs of the residents of the fictional suburb of Carraigstown in Dublins Northside. See also List of RTÉ television... Fair City continues to be RTÉ's flagship evening drama serial.

RTÉ Education

RTÉ Education produces a range of programming which help people overcome their learning difficulties. Programmes produced under this division include Scope, Read Write Now and The Health Squad.

RTÉ Entertainment

RTÉ Entertainment produces some of Ireland's biggest and most popular television shows. These include For the American late-night talk show presented by Tom Snyder, Craig Kilborn and Craig Ferguson, see The Late Late Show (CBS). The neutrality of this article is disputed. Please see the relevant discussion on the talk page. The Late Late Show is Irelands longest-running TV chat show... The Late Late Show, Tubridy Tonight, You're A Star and Winning Streak.

RTÉ Factual

RTÉ Factual produces a whole range of documentary series and single documentaries, as well as a whole range of entertaining lifestyle formats. These documentaries range from Legal Eagles, a documentary which looks at the normally closed world of the Law Library, Maybe Baby, which follows couples as they try to conceive through IVF and Desperately Seeking Surgery, in which a number of Irish people who opt to go under the knife to change their appearance are interviewed and followed.

RTÉ History

RTÉ History produces a wide selection of innovative programming, with special documentaries covering topics as diverse as Eamon de Valera1 (born Edward George de Valera, Irish name Éamonn de Bhailéara) (October 14, 1882 - August 29, 1975), was a leader of Irelands struggle for independence from Britain in the early 20th Century, and of the Republican opposition in the ensuing Irish Civil War, and was subsequently... Eamon de Valera and the Irish Press, Lord Haw-Haw, Kevin O'Higgins, Women of the Goldrush and Secret Sights.

RTÉ also produces The Colony, a reality history show where an Irish family will live as early 19th century colonists in New South Wales (Flag of New South Wales) (Coat of Arms of New South Wales) Motto: Orta Recens Quam Pura Nites (Newly Risen, How Brightly You Shine) Other Australian states and territories Capital Sydney Governor HE Professor Marie Bashir Premier Bob Carr (ALP) Area 809,444 km² (5th)  - Land... New South Wales and recreate the harsh lives faced by settlers in the ‘new land’ of Australia, officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is the sixth-largest country in the world, the only one to occupy an entire Dymaxion map by Buckminster Fuller shows land mass with minimal distortion as only one continuous continent A continent (Latin continere, to hold together) is a large continuous mass of... Australia.

RTÉ Music

RTÉ Music offers a series of programming which deals with all types of music from Classical to Traditional. RTÉ has a comprehensive range of programmes devoted to music on both radio and television.

RTÉ News & Current Affairs

There is an article on this subject at RTÉ News.

RTÉ Sport

RTÉ Sport produces some of the most definitive coverage and commentary on sporting events in A true colour image of Ireland, captured by a NASA satellite on January 4, 2003. Scotland, the Isle of Man and Wales are visible to the east. The island of Ireland is located west of the European landmass, and lies alongside Britain. The island of Ireland (Éire in Irish), is... Ireland and internationally. RTÉ's coverage of the GAA redirects here. For the ice hockey statistic, see Goals against average. The Gaelic Athletic Association (GAA) (Irish: Cumann Lúthchleas Gael) is an organisation which is mostly focussed on promoting Irish sports, such as hurling and camogie, Gaelic football and handball, and rounders. The organisation also promotes Irish music... GAA Championships, the The FA Premier League (often referred to as the Barclays English Premier League for sponsorship reasons) comprises the top 20 football clubs in the league system of English football. It was created in 1992. Contents // 1 The competition 2 Sponsorship 3 Premier League clubs, 2004-05 4 Former Premier League... FA Premier League, Irish International Soccer games, The term Six Nations can refer to: The six nations of the Iroquois Confederacy, a union of Native American tribes. Six Nations 40, Ontario, an Indian reserve. The Six Nations Championship, an annual international rugby union competition between major teams in the Northern Hemisphere. This is a disambiguation page —... Six Nations Rugby might refer to the sport called rugby: Rugby football Rugby league Rugby union Touch Rugby Tag Rugby Wheelchair Rugby Rugby is also the name of several places: Rugby, Warwickshire (England) within the Borough of Rugby Rugby, North Dakota Rugby, Tennessee Rugby, Brooklyn Rugby may also refer to: Rugby School... Rugby and a whole host of other sporting events is unequaled in Ireland. The RTÉ Sport team includes Bill O'Herlihy, Tom McGurk and Michael Lyster.

Other activities

RTÉ also operates a comprehensive A website, Web site or WWW site (often shortened to just site) is a collection of webpages, that is, HTML/XHTML documents accessible via HTTP on the Internet; all publicly accessible websites in existence comprise the World Wide Web. The pages of a website will be accessed from a common... website, rte.ie, which provides online news, sport, and entertainment services. Live streams of all of RTÉ's national radio networks are available online. RTÉ Television provides a Teletext is an information retrieval service provided by television broadcast companies. Teletext pages can be viewed on television sets with suitable decoders. They offer a range of text-based information, usually including national, international and sporting news, weather and TV schedules. Subtitle (or closed caption) information is also transmitted in... teletext service on RTÉ One and RTÉ Two, RTÉ Aertel, which has news, sport, and programme support information.

RTÉ Music supports two full-time orchestras - the RTÉ Concert Orchestra and RTÉ National Symphony Orchestra - as well as the RTÉ Vanbergh String Quartet, RTÉ Philharmonic Choir, and RTÉ Cór na nÓg. These groups perform regularly in the National Concert Hall in Dublin. RTÉ Music's slogan is RTÉ - Supporting the Arts.

RTÉ Commercial Enterprises Limited publishes the RTE Guide and a number of other magazines in Ireland, as well as publishing DVD is an optical disc storage media format that is used for playback of movies with high video and sound quality and for storing data. DVDs are similar in appearance to compact discs. Two DVDs with different bottom sides. DVD pick-up head and drive. Contents // 1 History 2 Technical... DVDs and Top view VHS cassette with US Quarter for scale Bottom view of VHS cassette with magnetic tape exposed The Video Home System, better known by its acronym VHS, is a recording and playing standard for video cassette recorders (VCRs), developed by JVC (ironically, with some of its critical technology under... VHS videos of RTÉ Television programmes, and Audio storage refers to techniques and formats used to store audio with the goal to reproduce the audio later using audio signal processing to something that resembles the original. Audio storage techniques: Analogue recording media: Phonograph (analogue sound in groove) Phonograph cylinder gramophone record Edison Disc Record 78 record 45... audio tapes and CD redirects here; see Cd for other meanings of CD. Image of a compact disc (pencil included for scale) A compact disc (or CD) is an optical disc used to store digital data, originally developed for storing digital audio. A standard compact disc, often known as an audio CD to... compact discs of RTÉ radio programmes or RTÉ Music performances.

RTÉ Network Limited not only transmits RTÉ's own channels, but also provides transmission for TV3 Ireland Launched: 20th September 1998 Audience Share: 13% (Jan 05) Owned By: CanWest and ITV plc Web Address: www.tv3.ie Availability [1] (http://myhome.iolfree.ie/~icdg/channels_tuning.htm) Terrestrial Analogue: UHF channels 26, 27, 29, 35, 46, 60, 62, 66 (PAL I standard) NTL Digital: channel... TV3 Ireland, TG4 Launched: 31st October 1996 Audience Share: 3.2% (Jan 05) Owned By: Radio Telefís Éireann Web Address: TG4 website (http://www.tg4.ie/) Availability [1] (http://myhome.iolfree.ie/~icdg/channels_tuning.htm) Terrestrial Analogue: UHF channels 23, 31, 33, 50, 55, 59, 63, 68 (PAL I... TG4, and 100-102 Today FM formerly called Radio Ireland is Irelands only independent national commercial radio station, there are many other independent local commercial stations. The station commenced broadcasting on Saint Patricks Day in 1997. Contents // 1 Origin: Radio Ireland 2 Main programmes 3 Other programming details 4 Current... Today FM.

Organisation

The station operates as a statutory corporation. The board of RTÉ is known as the RTÉ Authority. This body is appointed by the The Minister for Communications, Marine & Natural Resources is the chief minister at the Department of the same name in the Irish Government. The Department has a number of responsibilities in all three areas. Regarding Communications the Departments responsibilities cover electronic communications, television distribution, radio spectrum and postal services... Irish Minister for Communications, Marine & Natural Resources. The Authority is both the legal owner of RTÉ and its regulator, a situation similar to that of the This article is an overview article about the Crown chartered British Broadcasting Corporation formed in 1927. See links below for a list of other BBC articles available on Wikipedia. For other meanings of BBC, see BBC (disambiguation). The British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) was established by a Royal Charter in 1927... BBC Board of Governors. The Authority appoints the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) is the job of having the ultimate executive responsibility or authority within an organization or corporation. Although there may be more than one CEO in a company, generally the job is not shared anymore. It is feared that such an arrangement may create confusion within the... chief executive officer of RTÉ, known as the Director-General. The Director-General heads the Executive Board of RTÉ, which comprises the station's top management, including the managing directors of the main divisions - Television, Radio, and News. RTE's fully commercial activities are grouped under RTE Commercial Enterprises Limited, which is somewhat equivilant to BBC Worldwide Limited is the wholly-owned commercial subsidiary of the British Broadcasting Corporation, formed out of a restructuring of its predecessor BBC Enterprises in 1995. BBC Enterprises had been operating the commercial exploitation of BBC programmes and other properties for the previous twenty years, having been a successor of... BBC Worldwide. This division includes the largest selling television listings magazine in Ireland, the RTE Guide.

RTÉ receives income from three main sources:

• The television A television licence is an official licence required in some countries for all owners of a television receiver. Television licensing is common in Europe, Africa and Asia, but less so in the Americas. It is not used to restrict people from owning a television, but simply as an annual tax... licence fee, all owners of television sets in the State must pay a fee of EUR 152 in order to legally possess any piece of equipment capable of receiving television signals (not necessarily RTÉ). This money is collected by An Post (English literal translation: The Post, English official title: The Post Office) is the State-owned provider of postal services in Ireland. An Post provides a universal postal service to all parts of Ireland and is a member of the Universal Postal Union. Services provided include letter post; parcel... An Post, and then given over minus a fee to RTÉ.
• The sale of Generally speaking, advertising is the paid promotion of goods, services, companies and ideas by an identified sponsor. Marketers see advertising as part of an overall promotional strategy. Other components of the promotional mix include publicity, public relations, personal selling, and sales promotion. Contents // 1 History 2 Media 3 Objectives 4... advertising and Sponsorship can refer to several concepts: A sponsors support of an event, activity, person, or organization. Self Relationship, a form of therapy. This is a disambiguation page — a navigational aid which lists other pages that might otherwise share the same title. If an article link referred you here... sponsorship on its radio and television services. Certain types of programming, most notably News is the reporting of current events usually by local, regional or mass media in the form of newspapers, television and radio programs, or sites on the World Wide Web. News reporting is a type of journalism, typically written or broadcast in news style. Most news is investigated and presented... news, do not take sponsorship – although weather bulletins, part of all news programmes, are in reality sponsored on television by The neutrality of this article is disputed. Please see the relevant discussion on the talk page. Eircom, formerly Telecom Éireann, is the former State telecommunications operator of Ireland – as a private company they continue to have a virtual monopoly in some telecommunications areas, its main competitor is Esat BT... Eircom and on radio by IIB Bank. In January Su Mo Tu We Th Fr Sa   1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 2005 January is the first month of the year in... January Years: 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 | 2005 (MMV) | 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 Decades: 1970s 1980s 1990s - 2000s - 2010s 2020s 2030s Centuries: 20th century - 21st century - 22nd century News by month: Jan - Feb - Mar - Apr - May - Jun Jul - Aug - Sep - Oct - Nov - Dec 2005 in topic: Arts Architecture... 2005 the Broadcasting Complaints Commission upheld complaints about this circumventing of sponsorship restrictions imposed by The Commission for Communications Regulation (ComReg) is the general communications regulator for the Republic of Ireland, covering almost all possible types of communications. Founded on December 1st 2002, ComReg took over from the Office of the Director of Telecommunications Regulation, amongst other bodies. That body was established in 1997 to... Comreg.
• The profits from products sold by RTÉ CEL.

RTÉ makes also some income from overseas sales of its programmes.

History

(This section deals with the history of RTÉ as an organisation. For details of the development of the specific services, and especially the history of Radio Éireann prior to 1960, see the separate articles on those services).

Establishment

Broadcasting in Ireland began in 1926 with 2RN in Dublin. From that date, until June 1960, the broadcasting service (2RN, then later Radio Éireann) operated as a section of the The Minister for Posts & Telegraphs was responsible for Irelands postal and telecommunications services since the foundation of the State until 1984, the department was one of the largest civil service departments in Ireland. The reform of the sector and department begain, in ernest in 1978 with the creation of... Department of Posts and Telgraphs, and those working for the service were directly employed by the This article is part of the series Politics of the R. of Ireland President Council of State Oireachtas Dáil Éireann Seanad Éireann Taoiseach Tánaiste Government Supreme Court Judiciary Constitution Referendum Political parties Elections: President: 2004 Legislature: 2002 The Government (Irish: Rialtas) is the cabinet that exercises executive authority... Irish Government and regarded as civil servants.

In 1960, RTÉ was established (as Radio Éireann) under the Broadcasting Authority Act 1960, the principal legislation under which it operates. The existing Radio Éireann service was transfered to the new authority, which was also to make provision for the new television service (Télifis Éireann) which opened on December 31 is the 365th day of the year (366th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar. It is the final day of the Gregorian year. December Su Mo Tu We Th Fr Sa   1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15... 31st December 1961 (As MAD Magazine pointed out on its first cover for the year) was the first upside-down year - i.e., one that looked the same upside down - since 1881, and the last until 6009. Years: 1958 1959 1960 - 1961 - 1962 1963 1964 Decades: 1930s 1940s 1950s - 1960s - 1970s 1980s... 1961. Eamonn Andrews (1922-1987) was a Irish born television presenter in the United Kingdom. Andrews was born in Synge Street, Dublin, Ireland, the same street in which playwright George Bernard Shaw was born. He began his career as an amateur boxer and went on to be a sports commentator on... Eamonn Andrews was the first Chairman of Radio Éireann, the first director general was Edward Roth. The name of the authority was changed to Radio Telefis Éireann under the Broadcasting Authority (Amendment) Act 1966, and both the radio and television services became known as RTÉ in that year.

Northern Ireland

RTÉ's coverage of Northern Ireland Tuaisceart Éireann Northren Ireland Norlin Airlann Flag none (see Flag of Northern Ireland) Official language English, Irish, Ulster-Scots Capital Belfast Largest City Belfast First Minister: suspended Area  - Total Ranked 4th 13,843 km² Population  - Total (2001)  - Density Ranked 4th 1,685,267 122/km... Northern Ireland and the Troubles has always been controversial. Under Section 31 of the Broadcasting Authority Act 1960 the Minister for Posts and Telegraphs could direct RTÉ "not to broadcast any matter, or any matter of any particular class". In 1971, the first such directive was issued by Gerry Collins, directing RTÉ not to broadcast "any matter that could be calculated to promote the aims or activities of any organisation which engages in, promotes, encourages or advocates the attaining of any particular objectives by violent means". Following this, Collins dismissed the entire RTÉ Authority over an interview with an (unidentified on-air) source which had been the then chief of staff of the The Provisional Irish Republican Army (PIRA) is a paramilitary group which aimed, through the use of violence, to achieve three goals: (i) British withdrawal from Ireland, (ii) the political unification of Ireland through the merger of Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland , and (iii) the creation of an all... Provisional IRA.

Ìn 1977, Conor Cruise O'Brien, the then Minister, issued a new directive. RTÉ was now explicity banned from broadcasting statements by spokespersons of This article is part of the series Politics of the R. of Ireland President Council of State Oireachtas Dáil Éireann Seanad Éireann Taoiseach Tánaiste Government Supreme Court Judiciary Constitution Referendum Political parties Elections: President: 2004 Legislature: 2002 Sinn Féin (in the Irish language ourselves or we ourselves... Sinn Fein, the The Provisional Irish Republican Army (PIRA) is a paramilitary group which aimed, through the use of violence, to achieve three goals: (i) British withdrawal from Ireland, (ii) the political unification of Ireland through the merger of Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland , and (iii) the creation of an all... Provisional IRA, or any other organisation banned in Northern Ireland. This order was very rigorously enforced by RTÉ (following the earlier controversy), so much so that no person suspected of membership of Sinn Féin was allowed to appear on the station, in any capacity. This lasted until 1994 when it was allowed to expire.

Century Radio and the cap on RTÉ revenue

In 1990, the Minister for Communications, Ray Burke (born September 30, 1943) is a former Fianna Fáil politician. Burke was born in Dublin, Ireland. He was educated at OConnell Schools and became an auctioneer. He was elected to Dáil Éireann in 1973, following in the footsteps of his father P. J. Burke. He... Ray Burke, announced that in order to allow the independent broadcasting sector (but especially the then in trouble Century Radio, marketed as 100–102 Century Radio, was the shortlived first national commercial radio station in Ireland, it was licenced by the Independent Radio and Television Commission. Despite this marketing, its highest frequency transmitter was at 100.3Mhz, with all others sitting in the 98Mhz band. Founded on... Century Radio) to develop, RTÉ's advertising revenue would be capped (Broadcasting Act 1990). This did not help Century at all, but seriously hampered RTÉ's financial position, so much so that at the Flood Tribunal it was later revealed by the then RTÉ chief financial officer that RTÉ would have gone bankrupt, had the cap not been abolished in 1993.

RTÉ was also instructed by the Minister to reduce its transmission fees for Century to less than IEP 200,000. This was far below the commercial rate.

Future of RTÉ

In 2004, RTÉ and the Minister for Communications, Marine, and Natural Resources agreed that in future, RTÉ would operate under a Public Service Broadcasting Charter. Unlike the BBC's Royal Charter, this is non-binding and RTÉ's existence is not dependent on it. Nevertheless this is a substantial change in how RTÉ operates. It is also suggested that future legislation will abolish the current RTÉ structures and change the station into a A corporation (usually known in the United Kingdom and Ireland as a company) is a legal entity (distinct from a natural person) that often has similar rights in law to those of a natural person. Civil law systems may refer to corporations as moral persons; they may also go by... limited company incorporated under the Companies' Acts, and separate the regulatory role, perhaps to an expanded The Broadcasting Commission of Ireland (BCI) is the regulator of the commercial broadcasting sector in Ireland. It is responsible for arranging the provision of television and radio services in additional to those provided by Radio Telefís Éireann (RTE). In addition, it is responsible for developing codes on advertising and... Broadcasting Commission of Ireland (which would be renamed the Broadcasting Authority of Ireland). However legislation on this matter is still to be published.

Further reading

Jack Dowling, Lelia Doolin, Bob Quinn, Sit Down and Be Counted: the cultural evolution of a television station, Wellington Publishers Ltd., Dublin, 1969.

See also

• RTÉ News
• Communications in the Republic of Ireland, including postal services run by An Post, are regulated to a large extent by the Commission for Communications Regulation (ComReg), the Minister for Communications, Marine & Natural Resources has overall responsibility for national policy and regulation. Much of Irelands communications infrastructure is modern... Communications in Ireland
• Shortcut: Irish topics This page aims to list articles on Wikipedia that are related to Ireland. This is so that those interested in the subject can monitor changes to the pages by following the Related changes (http://en.wikipedia.org/w/wiki.phtml?title=Special:Recentchangeslinked&target=List_of_Ireland... Irish topics
• Amhrán na bhFiann - national anthem
• TV3 Ireland Launched: 20th September 1998 Audience Share: 13% (Jan 05) Owned By: CanWest and ITV plc Web Address: www.tv3.ie Availability [1] (http://myhome.iolfree.ie/~icdg/channels_tuning.htm) Terrestrial Analogue: UHF channels 26, 27, 29, 35, 46, 60, 62, 66 (PAL I standard) NTL Digital: channel... TV3 Ireland - independent Irish television station.
• The following page lists Irish companies according to their sector. The public companies (PLCs) have the Stock Exchange which they are listed on in brackets afterwards. All other entries are LTDs. Some entries such as O2 Ireland and Intel Ireland are subsidiaries of foreign companies. These subsidiaries are... List of Irish companies

External links

• RTÉ Interactive (http://www.rte.ie/)
• The TV Room - national anthem closedown (http://thetvroom.com/video4/BE-AR-RTE1-ANTHEM-94-02.rm) - used in 1980s/1990s (RealMedia 3.9MB video file).