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Radio Television of Vojvodina[a] (RTV) is the regional public broadcaster in the Serbian province of Vojvodina, headquartered in Novi Sad. Alongside statewide Radio Television of Serbia, RTV serves as the second major public broadcaster in the country. The radio service began in 1949, and the television service launched in 1975. RTV broadcasts in multiple languages, including Serbian, Hungarian, Slovak, Romanian, and Rusyn, later adding Romani and Ukrainian.

RTV was initially known as Radio Novi Sad, established by the Assembly of Vojvodina's Chief Executive Committee (Government of Vojvodina). During the 1990s, RTV became part of the centralized Radio Television of Serbia (RTS) but maintained its multilingual programming. In 1999, NATO bombed the RTNS studios, leading to their relocation. The 2002 Broadcasting Act established RTV as a distinct public broadcaster, and in 2006, it was legally separated from RTS. Alongside primary area of Vojvodina, TV station is available in Belgrade, northern part of Central Serbia as well as in borderland areas of neighbouring countries.

History

Radio Television of Vojvodina headquarters, before and after bombing in 1999

SFR Yugoslavia

Contemporary Radio Television of Vojvodina began as Radio Novi Sad in 1949 following a decision by the Assembly of Vojvodina's Chief Executive Committee (Government of Vojvodina).[3] The radio station broadcasted its programs in five languages: Serbo-Croatian, Hungarian, Slovak, Romanian, and Rusyn.[3] With its multilingual program which included modern music and broadcasting mostly free of ideological concerns, the station earned reputation beyond Vojvodina and Yugoslavia in wider Cold War Eastern Europe.[3]

The original logo of Radio Television Novi Sad featured five rainbow colours, symbolizing the diverse ethnic and linguistic heritage of Vojvodina.[3] In 1971, the workers’ community council decided to establish Television of Novi Sad as an independent entity.[3] The Assembly of Autonomous Province of Vojvodina decided in 1972 to merge the radio with the new television as the Radio and Television of Novi Sad.[3] Television broadcasts began on November 26, 1975.[3] The initial broadcast was a special program, followed by news and political newscasts in Serbo-Croatian and Hungarian the next day.[3] Initially, the TV station broadcast program in Slovak, Romanian, and Rusyn, later adding Romani and Ukrainian.[3] The company was a part of the Yugoslav Radio Television, the national public broadcasting system in the SFR Yugoslavia.

FR Yugoslavia

Old Radio Television of Vojvodina headquarters in 2010

In 1992 Radio Television Novi Sad, together with Radio Television Belgrade (RTB) and Radio Television Pristina (RTP), became a part of Radio Television of Serbia, with RTNS serving as the network affiliate for Vojvodina providing multilingual programming in addition to RTS' national programs.

In 1999, the RTNS studios in the Mišeluk neighborhood of Novi Sad were bombed and destroyed by the NATO airforce. After the war, the RTNS was moved to the new building in the city centre.

After the Overthrow of Slobodan Milošević in 2000, the new Broadcasting Act of 2002 of the Republic of Serbia for the first time explicitly established Radio Television of Serbia (formed on the basis of Radio Television Belgrade exclusively) and Radio Television of Vojvodina as distinct public broadcasters.[4] Previously centralized RTS was constituted of Radio Television Belgrade, Radio Television of Prishtina and Radio Television of Novi Sad.[4] In 2006, the previously centralized RTS was legaly divided into two separate entities one of which was Radio Television of Vojvodina.[4]

Since 2006

In May 2006, the Radio Television of Serbia (Public Service of Serbia), based in Belgrade, ended its local services in Vojvodina, and with the reorganization of broadcasting services, Radio Television of Vojvodina (Public Service of Vojvodina), with headquarters in Novi Sad, was now formed on the basis of the old RTNS and part of the RTS bureaus for the region.

The 2014 Law on Public Broadcasting Service in Serbia regulates the operations of public broadcasters requiring that they nominally serve the public interest.[5]

Languages

Radio Television of Vojvodina produces programmes in 10 languages: Serbian, Hungarian, Croatian, Slovak, Rusyn, Romanian, Romany, Macedonian, Bunjevac language and, since 2011, German.

Certain TV shows are also translated into Sign language. In addition, Serbian-subtitled versions of Deutsche Welle's English-language programmes are broadcast.

Radio

RTV has the following radio channels:

  • Radio Novi Sad 1 (Радио Нови Сад 1), in Serbian
  • Radio Novi Sad 2 (Радио Нови Сад 2), in Hungarian
  • Radio Novi Sad 3 (Радио Нови Сад 3), in Croatian, Slovak, Rusyn, Romanian and Romany
  • Oradio (online radio station)

Television

Current channels

  • Rаdio television of Vojvodina 1 (Радио телевизија Војводине 1), in Serbian.
  • Radio television of Vojvodina 2 (Рaдио телевизија Војводине 2), in Serbian and minority languages.

Former channels

1999 to 2006

Before the transformation of television into Radio Television of Vojvodina, the Radio Television Novi Sad had two channels:

  • TV Novi Sad 1 (TВ Нoви Сад 1)
  • TV Novi Sad 2 (ТВ Нови Сад 2)

Before 1999

Before the NATO bombing, the Radio Television Novi Sad had two channels:

  • TV Novi Sad (ТВ Нови Сад)
  • TV Novi Sad plus (TВ Нови Сад плус)

Programming

International

Original name Local name Origin
Tarzán Тарзан
Tarzan
United States
The Brothers Karamazov Браћа Карамазови
Braća Karamazovi
Russia
Les Jurés Доба злочина
Doba zločina
France
Frasier Фрејжер
Frejžer
United States
Nothing Too Good for a Cowboy Каубоју никад удовољити
Kauboju nikad udovoljiti
Canada
Rachael Ray Рејчел Реј
Rejčel Rej
United States
La tassinara Таксисткиња
Taksistkinja
Italy

Domestic

  • Čarde na Dunavu[6]
  • Kuhinjica[7]
  • Njuškanje[8]

See also

Notes

  1. ^ Serbian Cyrillic: Радио Телевизија Војводине, Serbian: Radio Televizija Vojvodine, Hungarian: Vajdasági Rádió és Televízió, Slovak: Radio Televizia Vojvodiny, Romanian: Radioteleviziunea Voivodinei, Rusyn: Радіо Телебачення Воєводини; abbr. РТВ/RTV

References

  1. ^ a b c Ipsos Strategic Marketing (2015). "Analiza medijskog tržišta u Srbiji" (PDF) (in Serbian). Archived from the original (PDF) on 30 September 2018. Retrieved 2 October 2018 – via Regulatorno telo za elektronske medije.
  2. ^ a b "Bilans uspeha (2017) - RTV". Agencija za privredne registre (in Serbian). Retrieved 2 October 2018.[dead link]
  3. ^ a b c d e f g h i Sonja Kokotović; Miodrag Koprivica; Stanislav Radulović (2016). "New Media Laws in Republic Serbia, Pursuing the EU Media Legislative - Experience of the Public Media Institution RTV Vojvodina". On Student And University Broadcasting (PDF). University of Novi Sad. pp. 64–87. ISBN 978-86-499-0213-8.
  4. ^ a b c Dubravka Valić Nedeljković (2012). "Transformacija državnocentrične Radio televizije Novi Sad u javni servis Vojvodine". Radio-difuzija u Srbiji – sadašnjost i budućnost (PDF). Faculty of Political Sciences, University of Belgrade. pp. 35–47. ISBN 978-86-7558-948-8.
  5. ^ Dijana Subotički Miletić (2015). "Ostvarivanje javnog interesa na „Radio- televiziji Vojvodine"" (PDF). Media and Communication / Mediji i komunikacije. 2 (3). Academy of Social Sciences , University of Montenegro: 233–250.
  6. ^ "Čarde na Dunavu". Radio-televizija Vojvodine (in Serbian). Archived from the original on 2012-06-21. Retrieved 2012-06-15.
  7. ^ "Kuhinjica". Radio-televizija Vojvodine (in Serbian). Archived from the original on 2012-05-21. Retrieved 2012-06-15.
  8. ^ "Njuškanje". Radio-televizija Vojvodine (in Serbian). Archived from the original on 2011-05-02. Retrieved 2012-06-15.

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