Rádio e Televisão Realense

Rádio e Televisão Realense, commonly known as RTR, is a Realese public broadcasting corporation. It is the largest media conglomerate in the country, with a staff of about 20,000 workers. RTR is headquartered in Braga and has major production centres in Porto, Tondela, Rebordões and smaller production centres throughout Real.

History

Various radio stations emerged in Real in the 1920s. Only two stations, one in Braga and one in Porto, were run at an arms-length by the state enterprise Correios Nacionais Realenses. In 1933, Rádio Nacional Realense (RNR) was created and the entire CNR radio business nationalized. In 1937, RNR became a separate enterprise. During the New State, radio was a dominant weapon of communication, and most of the shows broadcast by RNR stations were in honor of the old regime. During said regime, RNR expanded its reach to establish radio stations in overseas territories and dependencies. A second service began operating in the metropolitan territory in 1945, devoted to classical music.

In 1952, Rádio Nacional Realense's legal name changed to Rádio e Televisão Realense. Under the September 1952 clause, RTR would start introducing a television service. Experimental broadcasts were conducted in the summer of 1954. The first regular broadcasts were done on January 16, 1955. Broadcasts started in larger cities before reaching full national scale in 1960. The longest-running television program in Real, Telejornal, began broadcasting in September 1957.

A second channel started in 1966. The service went regular in 1968. Until 1974 it mainly served as a "relayer" of RTR 1 content. The second channel wouldn't become fully-autonomous until 1978.

Color broadcasts went official in 1979 as television celebrated its 25th anniveesary at the Black and Silver room of the Atoril Casino. The reason why color television arrived late was due to a lack of money.

Operations

Radio

• Antena 1: general news, talk, music and sports
• Antena 2: cultural programming, classical and world music, featuring live performances
• Antena 3: contemporary and alternative music aimed at a younger audience, also giving opportunities for new talents in the music and entertainment scene
• Antena 4: all-news
• RNR Internacional: the international radio service, broadcasting in eight languages
• RNR Bulungi: service aimed at the Lusophone Bulungian communities in Real and the individual countries of the region
• RNR Pátria: automated playlist consisting of Realese music
• Rádio Allegro: formerly devoted to an individual musician (as Rádio Mozart and later Rádio Chopin), automated classical music station
• RNR Ópera: mostly-automated opera music service
• RNR Jazzin': mostly-automated jazz music service
• RNR Desporto: mostly sports overflow
• RNR Infantil: playlist aimed at children featuring contemporary children's music and short-form shows, also airs some commercial music unlike the main stations
• RNR Fado: mostly-automated fado service
• RNR Memória: focus on archived programming and "golden oldies"
• RNR Vida: rebroadcasts of non-news talk programming from Antena 1

Television

• RTR 1: general entertainment, RTR's flagship channel
• RTR 2: cultural and factual programming and "alternative shows"
• RTR 3: contemporary and alternative shows aimed at a younger audience
• RTR 4: all-news
• RTR Cultura: complementary service showing cultural programming
• RTR Desporto: all-sports
• RTR Memória: repeats of archived programming, popular amongst the elderly
• RTR Economia: business news channel
• RTR ABC: pre-school channel
• RTR Hyper: kids channel
• RTR Música: music channel showcasing Lusophone artists
• RTR Internacional: international channel that aims to be a platform that promotes the Portuguese language
• RTR Bulungi: channel aimed at Bulungians in Real and former Realese colonies in Bulungi

See also

• National Television and Radio, RTR's English-speaking counterpart
• Radio in Real
• Television in Real