First Programme ( el, Πρώτο Πρόγραμμα, ''Proto Programma'') is the first Greek public radio station, first broadcast by the

National Radio Foundation The National Radio Foundation ( el, Εθνικό Ίδρυμα Ραδιοφωνίας, ΕΙΡ, ''Ethniko Idryma Radiofonias'', EIR), was the main public state broadcaster of Greece from 1945 until 1970. The agency was founded in 1945, following lib ...

and later

Hellenic Broadcasting Corporation The Hellenic Broadcasting Corporation ( el, Ελληνική Ραδιοφωνία Τηλεόραση AE, Ellinikí Radiofonía Tileórasi SA) or ERT () is the state-owned public radio and television broadcaster of Greece. History Overview ERT b ...

1938

Founded in 1938 as ''

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'' from a studio in

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, with transponders in Ano Liosia and the musical branding " Tsopanakos" (I was a shepherd) by clarinetist Nikos Rellia, from

Goura, Corinthia Goura ( el, Γκούρα) is a settlement in Corinthia, Greece. It is located at an altitude of 950 metres on the western slopes of Mount Zireia in the valley of the river Olvios, 91 kilometres south-west of Corinth. The village is named after the ...

1945

When Germany invaded, it stopped transmitting, returning in 1945 with a new name, as ''radio EIR''. To station's program was mainly music, and in between, there was news. Since the beginning of the station had a significant presence and theater, with the participation of important artists such as Alexis Solomos and Karolos Koun while in theater of Sartre in 1951 made his radio debut Manos Hadjidakis writing music of investment.

1952

In 1952, the modernization of radio and to stand out from the newly created second program the radio station of the former National Institute of maintaining the informative orientation evolved in First Schedule.

1978

In 1978, the National Radio and TV Broadcasting Foundation (EIRT) was reorganized into a public limited company and renamed

and the first program continued to operate under the new entity. The station was founded under the name "First Program" in 1978. It was the first program that operated as public radio, The Hellenic Broadcasting Corporation (ERT) was reorganized as a public limited company. The station continued operating as part of the new entity.

1987

In 1987 due to the restructuring of the

Hellenic Radio The Hellenic Radio ( el, Ελληνική Ραδιοφωνία; or ERA) is the main public radio broadcaster in Greece. Founded in 1987 as a subsidiary of public broadcaster Hellenic Broadcasting Corporation (ERT), it broadcasts four domestic ra ...

, programs were renamed to ERA 1.

1997

In 1997, during another reorganization and consolidation of the television, NET (formerly ET2) again changed its denomination to NET 105.8, which later became "First Program" with news. The station got into the information radio market and had great success. The station went so in the competitive field of information broadcasting, but has great success. In 1997, under a new reorganization and consolidation of the

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changed once again called in NET 105.8, which later synetmise in NET FM, and had informative.

2012

In December 2012, it returned to its former name, but kept its programming. In December 2012 he returned to his former name, but tainted with the informative character.

2013

On June 11, 2013, the government decided to close the ERT. However, after ERT closed, the ERA 1 and some other stations owned by ERT are still remain online, controlled by then-former ERT employees via ERT Open. The name "First Program" continues to be used by the first radio station under the new state broadcaster,

NERIT New Hellenic Radio, Internet and Television ( el, Νέα Ελληνική Ραδιοφωνία, Ίντερνετ και Τηλεόραση) or NERIT (ΝΕΡΙΤ) was the state-owned public broadcaster for Greece from 4 May 2014 to 11 June 2015. A ...

2015

On June 11, 2015, the First programme was reopened.

Petridis and Zougris

Giannis Petridis and Kostas Zougris had a radio show, 1974—2012, for 38 years.

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