Rai Südtirol is a

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radio station produced by the

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public-service broadcasting network

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from its studios in

Bolzano Bolzano ( ; ; or ) is the capital city of South Tyrol (officially the province of Bolzano), Northern Italy. With a population of 108,245, Bolzano is also by far the largest city in South Tyrol and the third largest in historical Tyrol. The ...

. The station programming is aimed to the German-speaking listeners in

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. Rai Südtirol has roots in a station operated by the Ente Italiano per le Audizioni Radiofonich, whose inaugural broadcast aired on 12 July 1928, then in the Italian language, as part of the propaganda of the

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. German language contributions began in 1945, with the first broadcast in Ladin the following year. In 1960, Rai Bozen began transmitting from Mazziniplatz in Bolzano; it was later renamed to Rai Südtirol.

References

External links

''RAI Südtirol'' Official website
(in German) German-language mass media in South Tyrol German-language radio stations Radio stations established in 1960 1960 establishments in Italy Radio stations in Italy RAI radio stations Mass media in Bolzano {{Italy-radio-station-stub