Radio Televizija Republike Srpske
Radio Television of Republika Srpska is the entity-level public broadcaster which operates radio and television services in Republika Srpska, Bosnia and Herzegovina. It is the official public broadcasting service that covers government activities in the Republic of Srpska.
Services
Founded in 1992, RTRS broadcasts a 24-hour television channel known as Televizija Republike Srpske, and one radio station called Radio Republike Srpske. There is also a unit known as Muzička Produkcija RTRS which was established in 2011.Headquarters of RTRS is located in Banja Luka. Regional radio and TV studios are located in the following cities: Prijedor, Istočno Sarajevo, Bijeljina, Trebinje, Doboj and Brčko.
Radio and television programming is mainly produced in the Serbian language.
As of January 2015 RTRS consists of three organizational units:
- Radio Republike Srpske – public radio service
- Televizija Republike Srpske – public television channel
- Muzička Produkcija RTRS – music production section of RTRS
History
The first experimental programs of Radio Banja Luka were broadcast on 25 January 1967. Regular programming began on 2 February 1967.In May 1992 Radio Banja Luka became the information-technical center for Bosnian Serb broadcasting, whose main office was in Pale.
In December 1994, Serbian radio-television / Srpska radio-televizija ) was founded, and programs from Banja Luka TV and radio studios were broadcast on demand. RTRS has a permanent staff of 100 journalists, editors, cameramen, musical collaborators and organizers.