Croatian Radio
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| Type | Broadcast radio, television and online |
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| Country | Croatia |
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First air date
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15 May 1926 (radio) 15 May 1956 (television) |
| Revenue | 1.42 billion HRK (US$ 239 million) (2011) |
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Broadcast area
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Croatia |
| Owner | Croatian Government |
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Key people
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Kazimir Bačić, |
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Former names
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Radiotelevizija Zagreb (RTZ) (until 1990) |
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HRT 1 HRT 2 HRT 3 HRT 4 |
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Radio stations
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HR1 HR2 HR3 regional stations, internet streams |
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Former affiliations
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Yugoslav Radio Television (JRT) |
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Official website
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hrt.hr |
Croatian Radiotelevision (Croatian: Hrvatska radiotelevizija, HRT) is a Croatian public broadcasting company. It operates several radio and television channels, over a domestic transmitter network as well as satellite. In 2011, more than 80% of HRT's revenue came from broadcast user fees with each household in Croatia required to pay 79 HRK (~€10) per month for a single television set, with the remainder being made up from advertising (which is limited by law).
Croatian Radiotelevision has three organizational units, three sister companies - the Croatian Radio (Hrvatski radio), the Croatian Television (Hrvatska televizija) and Music Production (Glazbena proizvodnja).
Croatian Radiotelevision is the direct successor of the Radio station Zagreb (Radio stanica Zagreb) that started broadcasting on 15 May 1926 under its first director and co-founder, dr. Ivo Stern. During the first 14 years of its existence the Zagreb Radio station was owned by a private corporation. Radio Zagreb was nationalized on 1 May 1940. During the Independent State of Croatia, the station was known as Hrvatski krugoval. After World War II it began to operate as a state-owned radio station.
Zagreb Radio station was the first public broadcasting facility in the southeast European area, including countries of former Yugoslavia.
At the end of the first year of operation, Radio Zagreb company had a little over four thousand subscribers.
On the 30th anniversary of the establishment of Zagreb Radio station, on 15 May 1956, the first television programme was broadcast from the transmitter built at Sljeme. For the next two years this was the only TV broadcasting service in the southeast European area. This was the first TV station in Yugoslavia and would later become a color station in 1972.
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