Radio Television of Serbia
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| Type | Broadcast radio, television and online |
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| Country | Serbia |
| Availability | National International (via RTS SAT and rts.rs) |
| Revenue |
 €130.17 million (2013)
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| Owner | Government of Serbia |
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Key people
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Dragan Bujošević (General Director) |
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Launch date
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24 March 1929 (radio) 23 August 1958 (television) |
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Former names
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Radio-televizija Beograd (RTB) (1958–1992) |
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RTS1 RTS2 RTS3 |
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Radio stations
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Radio Beograd 1 Radio Beograd 2 Radio Beograd 3 |
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Official website
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www |
Radio Television of Serbia (Serbian: Радио-телевизија Србије – PTC or Radio-televizija Srbije – RTS) is the public broadcaster in Serbia. It broadcasts and produces news, drama, and sports programming through radio, television and the Internet. RTS is a member of the European Broadcasting Union.
Radio Television of Serbia has four organizational units - radio, television, music production, and record label (PGP-RTS). It is financed primarily through monthly subscription fees and advertising revenue.
Radio Belgrade began its broadcasts in 1929. The first news announcer in 1929 was Jelena Bilbija. The first radio program in Serbia was broadcast in February 1924, when released radio signal was transmitted from the transmitter in Belgrade suburb of Rakovica. After five years, on March 24, 1929 Radio Belgrade began with regular broadcasting of its program from the building of the Serbian Academy of Sciences and Arts.
The Second World War interrupted the broadcasting of the national radio program in Belgrade. During the war, there was a German radio station, which broadcast programs in Serbian language. The emergence of the current Radio Belgrade followed the liberation from the Nazis on November 10, 1944.
Radio Television Belgrade (RTB), consisting of Radio Belgrade and Television Belgrade (TVB) was established as a result of the decision by the Executive Council of the Socialist Republic of Serbia on 13 February 1958. This came after the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia's government decision of 1956 to invest in a television network.
The first televised broadcast was on 23 August 1958, an edition of the Dnevnik (Journal) news programme with Miloje Orlović, Branislav Surutka, Olga Nađ, Olivera Živković and Vera Milovanović. The first RTB program was broadcast from the Belgrade Fair and from a new TV Studio build there. From 1961, RTS began to use quadruplex video tape recording equipment. The Sixties saw dramatic development in all genres of TV programs. TVB became famous by its sitcoms (directed and written by Radivoje-Lola Djukić, Novak Novak and others (unfortunately, only a small proportion is preserved, owing to implicit censorship and shortage of tapes). Also, TVB had excellent documentary programs (series Karavan, Reflektor and others) and quizzes. By 1970, the entire territory of Serbia was covered by the RTS signal. On 31 December 1971, TVB started broadcasting in PAL color system on its second network. A new AM (radio) broadcast equipment in Zvečka, Obrenovac, with 2000 kW transmitter was erected in 1976.
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