Radio Televizija Republike Srpske

{{Short description|Public broadcaster of Republika Srpska}} {{Redirect|Serbian Radio Television|the public broadcaster in Serbia|Radio Television of Serbia}} {{Use dmy dates|date=June 2026}}

{{Infobox broadcasting network | name = Radio Television of Republika Srpska | logo = RTRS Logo.svg | type = Public broadcaster | country = Bosnia and Herzegovina | available = Terrestrial, cable, satellite and online | founded = {{Start date and age|1992|4|19|df=yes}} | founder = Republika Srpska | headquarters = Banja Luka, Bosnia and Herzegovina | broadcast_area = Republika Srpska and Bosnia and Herzegovina | key_people = Dijana Milanković, general director<ref name="Director">{{Cite web |title=Generalni direktor RTRS-a |url=https://lat.rtrs.tv/comp/gdirektor.php |access-date=1 June 2026 |website=RTRS |language=sr-Latn}}</ref> | former_names = Srpska radio-televizija (SRT) | servicename1 = Radio station | service1 = Radio Republike Srpske | servicename2 = Television channels | service2 = Televizija Republike Srpske<br />RTRS PLUS | callsigns = RTRS | callsign_meaning = Radio Televizija Republike Srpske | former_callsigns = SRT | website = {{URL|https://www.rtrs.tv}} }}

'''Radio Television of Republika Srpska''' (Serbian Cyrillic: ''Радио Телевизија Републике Српске''; Serbian Latin: ''Radio Televizija Republike Srpske''; '''RTRS''') is the entity-level public broadcaster of Republika Srpska, one of the two entities of Bosnia and Herzegovina. It operates radio, television and online services, including Radio Republike Srpske, Televizija Republike Srpske and RTRS PLUS.<ref name="RTRSHistory">{{Cite web |title=Osnovni podaci i istorija RTRS |url=https://lat.rtrs.tv/comp/mi.php |access-date=1 June 2026 |website=RTRS |language=sr-Latn}}</ref>

RTRS is based in Banja Luka. It is one of the three public broadcasters in the public broadcasting system of Bosnia and Herzegovina, together with Radio and Television of Bosnia and Herzegovina (BHRT) and Radio-Television of the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina (RTVFBiH).<ref name="RTRSHistory" />

== Services == thumb|250px|RTRS headquarters in Banja Luka, 2021

RTRS operates a 24-hour television channel, Televizija Republike Srpske, and the public radio service Radio Republike Srpske. It also operates RTRS PLUS, a second television channel, and the Music Production unit of RTRS.

Most RTRS programming is produced in the Serbian language, using both the Cyrillic and Latin alphabets. The broadcaster's regional radio and television studios are located in cities including Prijedor, Istočno Sarajevo, Bijeljina, Trebinje, Doboj and Brčko.

== History == The radio tradition from which RTRS developed began with Radio Banja Luka. The first experimental programmes of Radio Banja Luka were broadcast in January 1967, while regular broadcasting began on 2 February 1967.<ref name="RTRSHistory" />

Television of Republika Srpska began broadcasting on 19 April 1992, when the first edition of its main news programme was aired from the Banja Luka studio. In May 1992, the Channel S service from Pale also began broadcasting. On 31 December 1993, a common transmission and broadcasting system was established for Srpska radio-television, later Radio Television of Republika Srpska.<ref name="RTRSHistory" />

RTRS later developed as the public broadcasting service of Republika Srpska, with radio, television, multimedia and music-production units. Its website was first launched in 2001 and later expanded into a multimedia portal with live radio and television streams, news, video, audio and teletext services.<ref name="RTRSHistory" />

== References == {{Reflist}}

=== Sources ===

* Čokorilo, Radmila. ''Radio as Media''. Banja Luka: Faculty of Philosophy, 2009. {{ISBN|978-99938-34-95-3}}.

== External links == {{commons category}}

* {{Official website|https://www.rtrs.tv}} {{in lang|sr}}

Category:Radio Televizija Republike Srpske Category:Publicly funded broadcasters Category:Television networks in Bosnia and Herzegovina Category:Television stations in Bosnia and Herzegovina Category:Mass media in Banja Luka Category:Television channels and stations established in 1992 Category:1992 establishments in Bosnia and Herzegovina Category:Government-owned companies of Republika Srpska