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from 1962.

Events

* 1 January ** One of the longest running programmes in Irish news and current affairs history, '' RTÉ News: Six One'', began broadcasting, with

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reading the news. He continued to host the programme until his retirement in 1984. ** First broadcast of the weekday topical news magazine programme ''

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'' on Telefís Éireann. * 12 January – First broadcast of the long-running religious and social documentary series ''Radharc''. * 20 February – The

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relayed commentary of the Friendship 7 spaceflight when

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became the first American to orbit the Earth. * 17 March – US animated series '' The Flintstones'' (television's first animated prime time sitcom) began broadcasting on Telefís Éireann. * April – Telefís Éireann staff moved to newly-built studios in Donnybrook, Dublin. Previously, they were in temporary accommodation in the city centre. * May – Telefís Éireann showed the first party political broadcast following that year's Budget. * 6 July – ''

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'', one of the longest-running talk shows in the world, aired for the first time. * Autumn – Edward J. Roth resigned as Director-General of RTÉ. He was succeeded in December by Kevin C. McCourt. * October – Irish broadcaster

Gay Byrne Gabriel Mary "Gay" Byrne (5 August 1934 – 4 November 2019) was an Irish presenter and host of radio and television. His most notable role was first host of '' The Late Late Show'' over a 37-year period spanning 1962 until 1999. ''The Late Lat ...

became the first person to introduce ''

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'' on television as the band made their small screen debut on local news programme

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'' in

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, England. * December – The first

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were presented. The event was originally called the Jacob's Awards after its sponsor, Jacob's Ltd., until the late 1970s.

Debuts

*1 January – ''

'' (1962–1963) *1 January – '' RTÉ News: Six One'' (1962–present) *2 January – '' School Around the Corner'' (1962–1986) *6 January – ''

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'' (1962–1965) *17 March – '' The Flintstones'' (1960–1966) *6 July – ''

'' (1962–present) *31 December – ''

Dáithí Lacha ''Dáithí Lacha'' (; meaning "David Duck") was an Irish language television cartoon series for children broadcast on RTÉ during the 1960s. The series was not animated, however. For each five-minute episode, the creator, illustrator, and camera o ...

'' (1962–1969) *Undated – ''

Radharc ''Radharc'' was an Irish television documentary series broadcast by RTÉ Television from 1962 until 1996. The documentaries were created by a film unit funded by the Catholic Archbishop of Dublin, John Charles McQuaid, in anticipation of the inau ...

'' (1962–1996)

Ongoing television programmes

*'' RTÉ News: Nine O'Clock'' (1961–present)

Births

*Undated –

Enda Oates Enda Oates (born 1962), occasionally credited as Enda Oats, is an Irish stage, film, and television actor. He has received attention for his stagework, but is best known to Irish television audiences as the Reverend George Black in the long-ru ...

, film, stage and television actor *Undated –

Úna O'Hagan Una O'Hagan (born 1962) is an Irish author, journalist and former newsreader with Raidió Teilifís Éireann (RTÉ), Ireland's national radio and television station. She presented the main television news programmes '' Six One News'', '' Nine ...

, journalist and newsreader

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Events

Debuts

Ongoing television programmes

Births

See also

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