Teleràdio Montecarà

Teleràdio Montecarà

Type	Public broadcaster
Country	Montecara
Availability	Worldwide
Headquarters	10 Vìa Marcòn Montecara
Broadcast area	Montecara and surrounding areas
Owner	State of Montecara
Established	23 July 1936 (1936-07-23) (as Radio Montecara)
Launch date	19 November 1936 (1936-11-19) (Radio) 30 August 1959 (1959-08-30) (Television)
Television	Telè1 Telè2 Telè Banbìn
Radio	Radio Montecara 1 Radio Montecara 2
Official website	trm.co.mc

Teleràdio Montecarà (TRM) is a state-owned public broadcaster in Montecara. It owns and operates television and radio broadcast channels, and distributes its media free to air, online, and via cable and satellite.

Programming is free of advertisements, and is instead supported by a fee assessed on bills for cable and satellite television, streaming services, internet service, and cellular data. It has complete editorial independence from the state.

TRM has the exclusive local right to broadcast major events including the Invictus Games, the IFF Coupe du monde and IFF Feminine Coupe du monde, and the Euclovision Song Contest.

History

TRM's predecessor, Radio Montecara, was founded on 23 July 1936 as Montecara's first public, Montecaran-language radio service. It was initially funded by a license fee payable by anyone who owned a radio, a system that was changed to the current funding model only in 1986. A second radio channel, Radio Montecara 2, was launched in 1964 to meet rapidly growing demand for pop music.

Montecara's first domestic television channel, Televixiò Montecarà (now branded as Tele1), launched in 1959. It was on the air for only a few hours a week during its early years but moved to a full-time schedule by the mid-1960s as home television ownership became mainstream. The network's first color broadcast came in 1970 during its coverage of that summer's Invictus Games in Tosei, Senria. A second television channel, Tele2, was added in 1990 amid the network's expansion to cable and satellite networks to allow for a greater range of programming.

Television

TRM television channels

Channel	Logo	Programming	Availability
Telè1		Flagship channel; dramas, comedies, sport, news, live programs. Broadcasts 24 hours a day.	Over-the-air, cable, satellite
Telè2		Life and style, travel, home and garden, cuisine, history, documentaries, feature films. Broadcasts evenings and late nights; shared with Telè Banbìn.	Over-the-air, cable, satellite
Telè Banbìn	File:Teleradio-Banbin.png	Children's and teen programming. Broadcasts early mornings to late afternoons.	Over-the-air, cable, satellite

Original programming

• i Craxi - A period drama about the Craxi political dynasty set in the 15th and 16th centuries.
• Gazèta - A daily, 20-minute evening news broadcast aired at 22:00.
• Màta per te (Crazy for You) - Localization of Crazy About You.
• Mèsa àia Basìlica (Mass at the Basilica) - Catholic Mass broadcast live from the Basilica of Saint Stephen. Often the subject of jokes in Montecaran culture due to its elderly viewership and extremely early timeslot (6:00 on Sunday mornings).
• Òpera al linbo (Opera After Dark) - Opera performances, including live premieres at the Càxa da Òpera.
• ia Vìda da càxa (The Life of a House) - A cultural program that explores the history and inhabitants of a different Montecaran house across time in each episode.

Radio

TRM radio channels

Channel	Logo	Programming	Availability
Radio Montecara 1		Popular music, entertainment, news in brief	FM, streaming, satellite
Radio Montecara 2		Talk, news, sport, classical music, opera	FM, streaming, satellite

Original programming

• Boletìn marìn - The longest-running program on Montecaran radio, this five-minute segment plays daily at 00:05, 05:55, and 18:05 on RM2. The format is a brief summary of maritime weather conditions in the seas around Montecara followed by that day's ship arrivals and departures.

See also

• Media of Montecara