Rundfunk Anstalt Südtirol
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The Rundfunkanstalt Südtirol (Italian: Radiotelevisione Azienda Speciale, Ladin: Radiotelevijion- Azienda per Südtirol, South Tyrol Broadcasting Agency) is a public broadcasting service for the mostly German-speaking Autonomous Province of South Tyrol, Italy whose purpose is to relay programmes from public broadcasters of Austria, Germany, German and Romansh Switzerland. The agency has its headquarters in the South Tyrol's capital city Bolzano (Bozen). RAS has not to be confused with the regional trilingual programme of RAI, the Italian public broadcaster. RAS is completely funded by grants of the South Tyrolean regional government.
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[edit] History
When television broadcasts began, the German-speaking population of South Tyrol asked for the reception of the Austrian television programme but it wasn't possible because of the RAI radio and television monopoly. In 1966 the Italian government in Rome created the German-speaking programme of RAI from Bolzano but the German-speaking South Tyrolean population just wanted to have the possibility to watch the programme from Austria and perceived the offer from Rome suspiciously. The German-speaking programme of the government-owned RAI was seen as a way to control the process of autonomy in the region. The regional autonomy for South Tyrol in 1972 permised to create an agency whose purpose was to relay programmes from Austria and other German-speaking countries. The autonomous statute says that: The Province shall have the power to issue laws on local artistic, cultural and educational events and activities, and also through the media of radio and television, but without the power to set up radio and television stations[1]. The RAS owns nowadays all antenna towers in South Tyrol and is working for the digitalization of the broadcasting system. RAS cooperates together with the local civil protection corps for the information of the population in cases of emergency.
[edit] Organization
RAS is a public company which is formed by a board elected for 2/3 by the Government of the Autonomous Province of South Tyrol. According to the agency the RAS employs 26 workers. While the Italian public broadcaster RAI is funded by licence fees and advertising, RAS is completely funded by regional's (of the Province) government funds. All the public broadcasters give the possibility to RAS to relay their programmes without any cost (South Tyroleans don't have to pay extra licence fees). South Tyrol is actually the only region in Italy to have two public broadcasting services operating (in South Tyrol there is an extra RAI regional programme and the 6 RAS TV programmes). The general director is Helmuth Hendrich.
[edit] Programmes
[edit] Television
RAS relays programmes from public broadcaster of Austria, Germany and Switzerland terrestrial both analogical and digital. Digital programmes cannot be seen analogical and vice versa. The network is under digitalization and in some areas the terrestrial reception of some programmes isn't more possible. The on-screen-design of RAS is a small writing down on the right of the screen.
RAS television programmes in South Tyrol:
ORF 1 (Austria)- ORF 2 (Austria)
ZDF (Germany)
ARD (Das Erste) (Germany, where digitalized only DVB-T)
SF 1 (Switzerland, where digitalized -for example Bolzano- only DVB-T)
SF 2 (Switzerland, only DVB-T)
[edit] Radio
Radio is under digitalization too.
RAS radio programmes in South Tyrol:
- Ö1 (Austria)
- Ö2-Radio Tirol (Austria - Tyrol)
- Ö3 (Austria)
- FM 4 (Austria, DVB-T)
Bayern 1 (Germany - Bavaria, DVB-T)- Bayern 2 (Germany - Bavaria, DVB-T)
- Bayern 3 (Germany - Bavaria, DVB-T)
- Bayern 4 Klassik (Germany - Bavaria, DVB-T)
- B5 aktuell (Germany - Bavaria, DVB-T)
- RadioJojo (Germany, DVB-T)
Radio Rumantsch (Romansh-speaking Switzerland , DVB-T)
Radio Swiss Jazz (Switzerland, DVB-T)
