Rai Südtirol (TV channel)

Rai Südtirol (lit. transl. Rai South Tyrol) is an Italian free-to-air regional television channel owned and operated by state-owned public broadcaster RAI – Radiotelevisione italiana. It is the company's German and Ladin languages television channel aimed at the German-speaking public of South Tyrol and the Ladin-speaking population of Ladinia. It was launched on 7 February 1966, it broadcast from its studios in Bolzano and unlike all other RAI channels, it carries no commercials.

For the radio station, see Rai Südtirol (radio).
Rai Südtirol
CountryItaly
Broadcast areaSouth Tyrol
Programming
Picture format16:9 (SDTV)
Ownership
OwnerRAI
History
Launched7 February 1966
Links
Websiteraisudtirol.rai.it

History
The headquarters of the RAI in Bolzano

Transmissions began on 7 February 1966. Programming initially occupied just one hour daily, broadcast on the local frequencies of Rete 2 (today's Rai 2) between 20.00 and 21.00. On 15 December 1979 Rai Sender Bozen began broadcasting on its own dedicated channel.

Weekly airtime

Unlike all other RAI channels, Rai Südtirol is not on air 24/7. It broadcasts the programmes of Rai Südtirol and Rai Ladinia for different periods of time day by day. Outside its own broadcasting hours, Sender Bozen's frequencies are used by Rai 3.

DayStartEndTotal hours
Monday18.0022.304h30
Tuesday20.0022.302h30
Wednesday20.0022.302h30
Thursday20.0023.003h
Friday18.0022.304h30
Saturday18.0023.005h
Sunday20.0022.302h30

See also
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