Rai Südtirol ( ''Rai South Tyrol'') is an Italian

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regional television channel owned and operated by state-owned

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RAI – Radiotelevisione italiana. It is the company's

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and

Ladin Ladin may refer to: *Ladin language, a language in northern Italy, often classified as a Rhaeto-Romance language *Ladin people, the inhabitants of the Dolomite Alps region of northern Italy See also *Laden (disambiguation) *Ladino (disambiguati ...

languages television channel aimed at the German-speaking public of

South Tyrol it, Provincia Autonoma di Bolzano – Alto Adige lld, Provinzia Autonoma de Balsan/Bulsan – Südtirol , settlement_type = Autonomous province , image_skyline = , image_alt ...

and the Ladin-speaking population of

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. It was launched on 7 February 1966, it broadcast from its studios in

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and unlike all other RAI channels, it carries no

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History

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 Rai 2 is an Italian free-to-air television channel owned and operated by state-owned public broadcaster RAI – Radiotelevisione italiana. It is the company's second television channel, and is known for broadcasting ''TG2'' news bulletins, tal ...

) 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

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. It broadcasts the programmes of

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and

Rai Ladinia Rai Ladinia is a Ladin-language radio and television service broadcasting to people in Ladinia. The service is owned by RAI, the public broadcaster of Italy Italy ( it, Italia ), officially the Italian Republic, ) or the Republic of Italy, ...

for different periods of time day by day. Outside its own broadcasting hours, Sender Bozen's frequencies are used by

Rai 3 Rai 3 (formerly Rete 3) is an Italian free-to-air television channel owned and operated by state-owned public broadcaster RAI – Radiotelevisione italiana. It was launched on 15 December 1979 and its programming is centred towards cultural and ...

External links

''RAI Südtirol'' Official website
(in German) RAI television channels German-language television stations Television channels and stations established in 1966 1966 establishments in Italy Commercial-free television networks German-language mass media in South Tyrol Mass media in Bolzano Television in minority languages {{Italy-tv-stub