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Rai 1 is the flagship free-to-air television channel of RAI - Radiotelevisione italiana, Italy's state-owned public broadcaster. Launched on 3 January 1954 as Programma Nazionale, it was the country's first regular television service and its only channel until RAI's second network arrived on 4 November 1961; over the decades it was known as Rete 1 (1975-1983) and Rai Uno (1983-2010) before adopting the current name.

News, Culture and Big Events

The channel's backbone is the TG1 news service alongside prime-time drama, cinema and entertainment, major breaking news, sport and special events. The Sanremo Music Festival has been televised since 1955, and Rai 1 has carried the Eurovision Song Contest - itself derived from Sanremo - since 1956. Culture and documentary strands include SuperQuark, the countryside magazine Linea Verde with Patrizio Roversi and Daniela Ferolla, the adventure series Overland and the arts magazine Magazzini Einstein.

Drama and Entertainment

Rai 1's fiction library includes Il Commissario Montalbano with Luca Zingaretti and its prequel Il giovane Montalbano, Don Matteo with Terence Hill, Un passo dal cielo, Che Dio ci aiuti with Elena Sofia Ricci and Provaci ancora prof. Entertainment ranges from Il cantante mascherato to Arena Suzuki and the archive celebration TecheTeche Top Ten.

Where to Find It

Rai 1 broadcasts nationwide on digital terrestrial position 1, on the Tivùsat satellite platform and on Sky Italia, with live streaming on RaiPlay within Italy.

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