{{Use dmy dates|date=January 2024}} {{Infobox television channel | name = RTS 1 | logo = RTS1_logo.png | launch_date = {{Start date and age|1958|08|23|df=y}} | language = Serbian | picture_format = 1080i (16:9) (HDTV) | owner = RTS | country = Serbia | headquarters = Belgrade | sister_channels = RTS 2<br />RTS 3 | former_names = Televizija Beograd (1958–1971) <br /> TVB 1 (1971–1992) <br /> RTS B1 (1992–1995) | website = [http://www.rts.rs] | terr_serv_1 = Digital | terr_chan_1 = Channel 1 }} '''RTS 1''' ({{langx|sr|РТС 1|translit=RTS jedan}}), known as '''RTS Program One''' ({{langx|sr|Први програм РТС-а|translit=Prvi program RTS-a}}), or '''Prvi''' ({{langx|sr|Први}}), is a Serbian television channel that is part of Radio Television of Serbia (RTS). It was established on 23 August 1958 as the first television station in Serbia.
==History== RTS 1 was the first television channel founded in the territory of Serbia. The channel began broadcasting on 23 August 1958 at 8:55 am, under the name '''Televizija Beograd''', as part of the Yugoslav Radio Television. Its first programme was the opening of the 2nd International Fair of Technics and Technical Achievements.<ref>{{cite news|script-title=sr:Београдска телевизија емитобаће данас свој први програм |trans-title=Belgrade Television will broadcast its first programme today |url=https://istorijskenovine.unilib.rs/view/index.html#panel:pp{{!}}issue:UB_00064_19580823{{!}}page:5 |access-date=30 December 2024 |newspaper=Borba |date=23 August 1958 |location=Belgrade, Yugoslavia |page=11 |language=sr|via=Belgrade University Library}}</ref> When TVB Program Two was launched on 31 December 1971, the new name for Program One became TVB 1. With the dissolution of Yugoslavia, the channel received its current name on 1 January 1992, when Radio Television of Serbia was established.<ref>{{cite book|last=Marko|first=Davor|year=2018|title=Media Constrained by Context|chapter=Media Reforms in Turbulent Times|publisher=CEU Press|location=Budapest|isbn=9789633862605|page=177}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|last=Nedeljkovich|first=Misha|editor-last=Kaid|editor-first=Lynda Lee|year=1999|title=Television and Politics in Evolving European Democracies|chapter=Elections in the New Yugoslavia|publisher=Nova Publishers|isbn=9781560727538|page=133}}</ref>
The final of the 2008 Eurovision Song Contest, held in Belgrade and produced by RTS, attracted a record high audience of 4,560,000 viewers. At the time, nine out of the ten most watched programs on Serbian television were from RTS' channels.<ref>{{cite web |title=Evroviziju na RTS-u gledalo 4.560.000 ljudi! |url=http://www.mtsmondo.com/services/tv/tvStory.php?vest=98144 |website=mtsmondo.com |date=26 May 2008 |access-date=3 September 2024|language=sr|archive-date=6 June 2008 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080606003950/http://www.mtsmondo.com/services/tv/tvStory.php?vest=98144 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
==See also== *RTS 2, second channel launched in 1971 *RTS 3, the third channel since 2008 *Radio Television of Serbia
==References== {{Reflist}}
==External links== *{{Official website}}
{{Television in Serbia}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:Rts1}} Category:Television stations in Serbia Category:Television channels in North Macedonia Category:Radio Television of Serbia Category:Television channels and stations established in 1958 Category:1958 establishments in Yugoslavia