This article is about the news programme. For the Chinese space station "TG-1", seeTiangong-1. For USAAC glider trainer Frankfort "TG-1", seeFrankfort Cinema. For USAAC glider trainer Schweizer "TG-1", seeSchweizer TG-1. For USN torpedo bomber "TG-1", seeMartin T4M.
TG1 (Telegiornale 1) is theflagship televisionnewscast produced byRai 1, the main channel of state-ownedItalian public broadcasterRAI. It is the longest-running programme in the history oftelevision in Italy as it has been broadcast daily since 3 January 1954.
It is shown domestically on Rai 1 and across the world onRai Italia several times throughout the day. Gian Marco Chiocci is the current editor-in-chief. It was launched as simplyTelegiornale, which was later renamed asTG1 in 1975–76. From 1992 to 1993 it was namedTelegiornale Uno before reverting to the TG1 name.
The programme is generally presented by a singlenewsreader but with additional newsreaders for the sports. Most items are made up of reports and are generally preceded and followed by thecorrespondent reporting live from the scene. The programme is followed by aweather report known asMeteo and a financial news report, known asTG1 Economia.
However it was criticized by the newspaperla Repubblica[2] for political bias in favour ofThe People of Freedom party and its leaderSilvio Berlusconi, when the politicianAntonio Di Pietro requested the dismissal of the editor in chief of TG1 Augusto Minzolini, comparing him toEmilio Fede, editor-in-chief of a newscast broadcast by one of Berlusconi's networks.[3]
The opening theme for the newscast has been done by an orchestra since its debut in 1952, although the arrangement has been modernised several times, most recently on 8 October 2023.
The L.I.S. broadcast airs at 9:00 am on weekends and on weekends, it airs between 9:30 and 9:35 am. On weekends there is no 6:30 am newscast. However, there is a 9:00 newscast on weekends with the same presenter that does the 7:00 and 8:00 newscast.
Note: From the first half of the 80s until 2000 this edition was broadcast at 6 pm. From 2001 until 2014 it was instead brought forward from Monday to Saturday at 5 pm and on Sundays at 4.30 pm. From September 2014 to 2020 it aired Sunday to Friday at 4.30 pm and Saturday at 5 pm; from 2016 to 2020 the Sunday edition was postponed to 5.30 pm. From 2020 until 2022 it aired from Monday to Saturday at 4.45 pm (previously it aired at 4.10 pm and 4.30 pm) and on Sundays at 5.15 pm. From 2022 it will be broadcast Monday to Friday at 4.55 pm, Saturday at 4.45 pm and Sunday at 5.15 pm.
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