Radio Televizija Republike Srpske Explained

Network Name:Radio Television of Republika Srpska
Type:Broadcast radio, television and online
Established:1992
Country:Bosnia and Herzegovina
Founder:Republika Srpska
Broadcast Area:Bosnia and Herzegovina
Republika Srpska
Serbia on cable
Key People:Dijana Milanković (General Director)[1]
Dejan Dejanović (head of MP RTRS)
Launch Date:1992
Former Names:Serbian radio-television (1992–1997)
Servicename1:Radio station
Service1:Radio Republike Srpske
Servicename2:Television Channel
Service2:Televizija Republike Srpske RTRS PLUS
Callsigns:РТРС (RTRS)
Callsign Meaning:Радио Телевизија Републике Српске
Former Callsigns:СРТ (SRT)
Affiliation:BHRT
Website:rtrs.tv

Radio Television of Republika Srpska (Serbian: Радио Телевизија Републике Српске / Radio Televizija Republike Srpske or RTRS) is the entity-level public broadcaster which operates radio and television services in Republika Srpska, Bosnia and Herzegovina. It is the official public broadcasting service that covers government activities in the Republic of Srpska.

Services

Founded in 1992, RTRS broadcasts a 24-hour television channel known as Televizija Republike Srpske, and one radio station called Radio Republike Srpske. There is also a unit known as Muzička Produkcija RTRS ("Music Production Section of RTRS", locally known as MP RTRS for short) which was established in 2011.

Headquarters of RTRS is located in Banja Luka. Regional radio and TV studios are located in the following cities: Prijedor, Istočno Sarajevo, Bijeljina, Trebinje, Doboj and Brčko.

Radio and television programming is mainly produced in the Serbian language (in one of two alphabets: Cyrillic and Latin alphabet. Since April 2013, RTRS stations are broadcast on Eutelsat 16A (Team:Sat platform).

As of January 2015 RTRS consists of three organizational units:

On 19 April 2015, RTRS started to broadcast a second channel called RTRS PLUS.

History

The first experimental programs of Radio Banja Luka were broadcast on 25 January 1967. Regular programming began on 2 February 1967.

In May 1992 Radio Banja Luka became the information-technical center for Bosnian Serb broadcasting, whose main office was in Pale.

In December 1994, Serbian radio-television (Српска радио-телевизија (СРТ) / Srpska radio-televizija (SRT)) was founded, and programs from Banja Luka TV and radio studios were broadcast on demand. RTRS has a permanent staff of 100 journalists, editors, cameramen, musical collaborators and organizers.

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: RTRS.