| TGR | |
|---|---|
| Country of origin | Italy |
| Original language | Italian [1] |
| No. of episodes | N/A |
| Production | |
| Running time | 4 to 20 mins. |
| Original release | |
| Network | Rai 2 (until 15 December 1979) Rai 3 Rai Italia (some national programmes) |
| Release | 1979 – present |
TGR (Italian : TG Regione) is the brand for Italian state-owned public broadcasting company Rai's regional news programmes. They are broadcast domestically on Rai Tre and Rai Radio 1. It was launched in 1979 as TG3 Regione, and was known as Rai Regione from 1987-1992 before adopting the current TGR name from 1992-1999 (when its name was changed to TG3 Regione again) and again from 2002 onwards. Today, with about 850 journalists employed across Italy, it is Europe's largest broadcast news organisation. [2]
The programme is generally presented by a single newsreader with additional newsreaders for the sports news. Most items are made up of reports and are generally preceded and followed by the correspondent reporting live from the scene of the report. It is a local news bulletin: the news only concerns the region to which the edition belongs (21 editions for 20 regions: for the Trentino-Alto Adige region two different news programs are broadcast, TGR Trento for the Trentino area and TGR Bolzano for the Alto Adige area) and the program only airs in the relevant region through Rai 3 channel. The programme airs at 14:00 and at 19:30 and lasts 20 minutes. There is also a third edition, shorter, lasting about five minutes, called "Edizione della notte" (night time edition) that airs at around 23:30 but sometime a bit later. The programme is followed by a weather report known as Meteo.
Rai also produces other programmes with TGR brand, for a local or national audience.
| Programm | Channel | Weekday | Time | Rai Local Branch | Topic |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TGR Buongiorno Italia (Good Morning Italy) | Rai 3 | From Monday to Friday (except summer and holidays) | 7 AM | Coordinated by Milan and Naples with connections to others regional newsrooms | National Information |
| TGR Leonardo | Rai 3 | From Monday to Friday (except in summer) | 2:50 PM | Turin | Science |
| TGR Bellitalia (Beautiful Italy) | Rai 3 | Saturday (except in summer) | 11 AM | Florence | Culture |
| TGR Officina Italia | Rai 3 | Saturday (except in summer) | 11:30 AM | Bologna and Milan | Economy |
| TGR Petrarca | Rai 3 | Saturday (except in summer) | 12:55 PM | Turin | Ecology |
| TGR Il Settimanale | Rai 3 | Saturday (except in summer) | 12:25 PM | Regional information | |
| TGR Estovest (East West) | Rai 3 | Sunday (except in summer) | 11:10 AM | Bari and Trieste | European Integration |
| TGR Mediterraneo (Mediterranean Sea) | Rai 3 | Sunday (except in summer) | 12:25 AM | Palermo | Mediterranean Countries |
| TGR Regioneuropa (Region-Europe) | Rai 3 | Sunday (except in summer) | 11:30 AM | Rome | Europe-Regions Relationships |
| TGR Piazza Affari ( Business Square ) | Rai 3 | From Monday to Friday | 3:05 PM | Milan | Business, Stock Exchange, Economy |
| TGR Estovest Radio | Radio 1 | Sunday (except in summer) | 06:05 AM | Venice | European Integration |
| Program | Channel | Weekday | Time | Topic | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TG Regione (Regional tv newscast) | Rai 3 | Daily | 2 PM | Regional Information | |
| 7:30 PM | |||||
| 12:10 AM (Between Saturday and Sunday at 11:30/11:40 PM) --- No longer a time slot | |||||
| GR Regione (Regional radio newscast) | Rai Radio 1 | Daily | 7:18 AM (except on Sunday) | Regional Information | |
| 12:10 PM (12:15 PM on Sunday) | In some regions also at other times | ||||
| 18:30 PM (from Monday to Saturday) | |||||
| TGR Buongiorno Regione (Good Morning Region) | Rai 3 | From Monday to Friday (except summer and holidays) | 7:30 AM | Regional Information |
It was created following the creation of the third RAI network following the 1975 RAI reforms. Until 1987, TG3 was in charge of the regional news bulletins, this changed in March of that year when TG3 became a national service. As consequence, a separate unit called RAIREGIONE was introduced. [3] Before the news reforms, TG3's regional bulletins aired at 7pm and 10pm. From August, in line with Rai Radio 1's conversion into an all-news service, the TV bulletins aired on RAI Tre at 2pm, 7:30pm and at around midnight. The RAIREGIONE radio bulletins moved from Rai Radio 2 to Radio 1. [4]
Coinciding with the laungh of TGS (Testata Giornalistica Sportiva), the bulletin was renamed TGR on 21 October 1991. On 13 March 1995, a 10:45pm bulletin was added. [5] On 8 March 1999, TGR was incorporated into TG3's structure, forming Telegiornale 3 (initially abbreviated as T3 and later TG3 again), touted as "the largest newscast in Europe". [6]
TGR regained its autonomy in 2002, being detached from TG3, when Rai 3 was given a new directorate under the opposition center-left. The regional news unit, however, was put under the directorate of center-right leaning candidate Angela Buttiglione. [7]
TGR Piazza Affari launched it new opening on 7 July 2015 which was then later of TGR Regional newscast a little bit later on 21 July 2015 of most of them while some kept the same original opening which has a different sound when switching to a different opening of the newscast. Most of the news station set were changed mostly in August. TGR Buongirono Italia had a new graphics since it started airing Fall 2015.
From Monday to Friday at 15:10. Presenters:
From Monday to Friday at 7:00 am. Presenters:
From Monday to Friday at 7:30 am. Presenters:
The center-left opposition got RAI3 (director Paolo Ruffini) and RAI3 news (Antonio Di Bella, already there and confirmed), but all regional news programs were split off into a new service headed by center-right candidate Angela Buttiglione.