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Rai 2
Country Italy
Broadcast areaItaly
Headquarters Rome, Italy
Programming
Language(s)Italian
Picture format 1080i HDTV
(downscaled to 16:9 576i for the SDTV feed)
Ownership
Owner RAI
Sister channels Rai 1
Rai 3
Rai 4
Rai 5
Rai Gulp
Rai Movie
Rai News 24
Rai Premium
Rai Scuola
Rai Sport
Rai Storia
Rai Yoyo
Rai Ladinia
Rai Südtirol
Rai Italia
History
Launched4 November 1961; 62 years ago (1961-11-04)
Former namesSecondo Programma (1961–1975)
Rete 2 (1975–1983)
Rai Due (1983–2010)
Links
Website rai.it/rai2
Availability
Terrestrial
Digital terrestrial televisionChannel 2 (HD)
Channel 502 (SD)
Streaming media
RaiPlay Live Streaming (Only in Italy)

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, talk shows, reality television, drama series, sitcoms, cartoons and infotainment. In the 1980s it was known for its political affiliation to the Italian Socialist Party, it has shifted recently its focus towards the youth, including in its schedule reality shows, entertainment, TV series, news, knowledge and sports.

The second television channel in Italy, it was launched on 4 November 1961, seven years after RAI's first channel was launched on 3 January 1954. The channel was initially referred to as "Secondo Programma". It received other names, such as "Rete 2" and "Rai Due" until it adopted its current name "Rai 2". Its direct competitor to Mediaset's Italia 1. It is also a state-owned channel like Rai 1.

History

Rai announced the opening of its second television network in late 1960. Its early plans suggested that the network would open by Autumn 1961. In the company's roadmap, it was planned that Rai would have 32 transmitters and 11 relayers carrying the service by year-end 1962. [1]

  • 3 October 1983 - 26 September 1988
    3 October 1983 - 26 September 1988
  • 23 October 2000 - 18 May 2010
    23 October 2000 - 18 May 2010
  • 18 May 2010 - 12 September 2016
    18 May 2010 - 12 September 2016
  • In use since 12 September 2016
    In use since 12 September 2016

Programmes

A few programmes include:

Cartoons

Kids Block

  • Random/ Cartoon Flakes (2005–2014)
  • Go-Cart mattina (1997–2005)

Not longer aired programmes

Until 1975 regular broadcasting was monochrome, with very few exceptions. Since late 1975, then called Rete 2 began airing some new shows in colour, then beginning semi-regular colour broadcasting during the autumn season (a few hours a week). Rai 1 followed its "sister network" a few months later. Eventually, regular broadcasting in colour began on 1 February 1977.

  • Rischiatutto, one-hour-long Italian version of Jeopardy!, hosted by Mike Bongiorno, aired on Thursday night, from 5 February 1970, at 9:15 pm (in 1972 season at 9:30 pm). About 20 million viewers watched every episode of the show, [2] the first one aired on Rai 2 to enter in the list of the Ten Most Watched Programmes on Italian TV during the year. The final two seasons (1973 and 1974) were aired on Rai 1.
  • Ondalibera (known popularly as Televacca, Cow TV), was a one-hour-long comedy and satirical show hosted by a very young Roberto Benigni in his television debut. In the show, the Tuscan peasant Mario Cioni (Benigni) hosts a programme aired in the fictional local channel Televacca, which has its headquarters in a stable full of hay and animals. Using a sometimes vulgar and desecrating speech, with a heavy Tuscan accent, Benigni improvised monologues and satirised the TV medium and the society. Co-hosts were the boor Monna ( Carlo Monni) and his "daughter" Donatella, a Daisy Mae Yokum stylish young woman. [3] Considered one of the most controversial programmes in Italian TV history, censored and interrupted after only four episodes despite being relatively successful, the programme debuted on 19 December 1976, airing on Sunday nights at 8:45 PM. [4]

References

  1. ^ "Broadcasting" (PDF). 5 December 1960. p. 90. Retrieved 17 April 2024.
  2. ^ http://www.eurojump.com/content/ventimilioni-il-gioved%C3%AC-di-mike[ permanent dead link] (Italian)
  3. ^ Archived at Ghostarchive and the Wayback Machine: "Roberto Benigni Onda Libera 1/5". YouTube.
  4. ^ The "opening theme" of the show, titled "La Marcia Degli Incazzati" (Pissed Off Guys' March) Archived 20 January 2014 at the Wayback Machine

External links

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