''Rai Vd'A'' (an acronym for or ) or is the regional branch of Italy’s public broadcaster RAI in the

Aosta Valley The Aosta Valley ( ; ; ; or ), officially the Autonomous Region of Aosta Valley, is a mountainous Regions of Italy#Autonomous regions with special statute, autonomous region in northwestern Italy. It is bordered by Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, Fr ...

(French: ''Siège régional RAI pour la Vallée d'Aoste''). It is responsible for producing and broadcasting radio and television programmes in both Italian and French within the region of the

. Some programming is also offered in Valdôtain patois.

Languages

The station is managed and programmed by the RAI Aosta Valley headquarters located in Grande-Charrière, Saint-Christophe. Under the terms of the RAI service contract, the broadcaster is committed to producing radio and television content in minority languages officially recognised by the Italian state. For French in the Aosta Valley, this obligation is fulfilled through Rai Vd'A. Broadcasts are in Italian and French without subtitles, as both languages are co-official and hold equal status in the region.Statut spécial pour la Vallée d'Aoste – Titre VI, article 38
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Valdôtain dialect Valdôtain (; endonym: , , ) is a dialect of Arpitan (Franco-Provençal) spoken in the Aosta Valley in Italy, and the common language of the Aosta Valley. It is commonly known as ''patois'' or . It is not an official language, the two regional o ...

, a regionally recognised but unofficial language, are always subtitled in Italian and/or French.

Television Programming

Rai Vd'A offers general programming with a strong focus on documentaries and news content relating to the Aosta Valley. It airs on

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exclusively in the Aosta Valley and is streamed online from Monday to Friday from 20:00 to 20:25, and on Sundays from 9:45 to 10:45. The channel was also formerly broadcast 24/7 in HD on RAI Mux 5. The schedule includes a variety of Italian- and French-language programming, such as series, in-depth reports, and documentaries exploring the life, culture, and traditions of the Aosta Valley, as well as neighbouring regions like the

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(Switzerland) and

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(France).

Radio Programming

Radio content in Italian and French is more extensive than the television offering. On Rai Radio 1, two current affairs programmes air Monday to Friday from 12:35 to 13:00 and from 13:35 to 14:00. On Saturdays, the station broadcasts additional content from 9:35 to 10:30 (in collaboration with

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and

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), from 12:35 to 13:00, and from 13:25 to 14:00.

References

External links

Rai Vd'A
RAI television channels French-language television stations Television in minority languages {{Italy-tv-stub