Telejornal (Portuguese TV program)

Telejornal
GenreNews
Country of originPortugal
Original languagePortuguese (along with local languages in some regional bulletins)
Production
ProducerRádio e Televisão de Portugal
Running time60 minutes (with commercials)
Original release
NetworkRTP1
RTP Notícias
RTP Mundo
RTP África
Release18 October 1959 (1959-10-18) –
present
Related
  • Revista Mundial (1956)
  • Jornal de Actualidades (1957-1959)

Telejornal is the flagship television newscast produced by state-owned public broadcaster Rádio e Televisão de Portugal (RTP). It is the longest running program in the history of television in Portugal as it has been broadcast daily since 18 October 1959.

The program is aired every day at 20:00 WET/WEST and is simulcast live on RTP1, RTP Notícias, RTP Mundo, RTP África and RTP Play. The title translates as tele-journal and is one of the most viewed in the country. The term 'Telejornal' in Portugal has become synonymous with television news.

History

The predecessor to Telejornal, Jornal de Actualidades, started its broadcast on 15 February 1957.[1] On 1 June 1959, the existing news programs merged under the umbrella title Jornal RTP,[2][3][4] which, on 19 October that year,[5] originated Telejornal, still on air.[6] It initially had two daily editions (at the beginning and the end of the schedule), increasing to three in 1961 (6:45pm, 9:30pm and 11:50pm),[7] and, between 1969 and 1974, had five editions on Sundays (at 12:30pm, 3pm, 7:30pm, 9:30pm and 11:55pm).[8] After the 1978 revisions, the name Telejornal was used exclusively for the main evening bulletin.

On 18 October 1959, Jornal de Actualidades was replaced by Telejornal with two editions: the main half-hour bulletin at 20:30, and a late edition before sign-off which was rarely broadcast after 23:30. The first presenters were Mário Pires and Alberto Lopes, but the choice made by RTP was seen as flawed. The newscast suffered constant cuts from the censors, as well as technical problems.[9]

Starting 1 November 1961, the weather reports were now seen in-vision from meteorologists, this time after the main news, as opposed to the late news. The most famous weatherman, Anthímio de Azevedo, did not join RTP until 1964.[10]

On 2 March 2009, RTP launched the video-on-demand service "O Meu Telejornal" through its website. Viewers can create their own newscasts with the news reports they want to see in the website anytime.

On 14 January 2012, RTP decided to reduce the runtime of Telejornal to 45 minutes, in order to have a similar runtime and format of its European counterparts.

On 31 August 2014, Telejornal broadcast without permission almost three minutes of the Lisbon derby match whose rights were owned by Benfica TV.[11][12]

In 2015, RTP decided to return the program's airtime to one hour.

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References

  1. ↑ "RTP/Lumiar: as experiências continuam". RTP. 2007. Retrieved 9 May 2022.
  2. ↑ Lopes, Anabela de Sousa; Duarte, Assuncao Goncalves; Cardoso Lopes, Fátima; Godinho, Jacinto; Coutinho, Manuel Carvalho; Mata, Maria J. (September 2022). "O jornalismo visual em Portugal: contributos para uma história". Lisbon Polytechnic Institute. Retrieved 2 December 2024.
  3. ↑ Teves, Vasco Hogan. "As emissões regulares". museu.rtp.pt. Retrieved 2 December 2024.
  4. ↑ "Televisão". Diário de Lisboa. No. 13103. Casa Comum. 1 June 1959. p. 15. Retrieved 25 February 2025.
  5. ↑ "Boletim do Dia". Diário de Lisboa. No. 13241. Casa Comum. 19 October 1959. p. 15. Retrieved 15 February 2024.
  6. ↑ "60 anos do Telejornal. O programa mais antigo da televisão portuguesa". Rádio e Televisão de Portugal (in European Portuguese). 21 October 2019. Retrieved 12 February 2024.
  7. ↑ Teves, Vasco Hogan. "RTP aos 10 anos". museu.rtp.pt. Retrieved 25 February 2025.
  8. ↑ "Programa de hoje". Diário de Lisboa. No. 16600. Casa Comum. 8 March 1969. p. 14. Retrieved 9 March 2024.
  9. ↑ "No Reino do "Directo"". RTP. 2007. Retrieved 9 May 2022.
  10. ↑ "RTP aos 10 Anos". RTP. 2007. Retrieved 9 May 2022.
  11. ↑ "RTP deu dérbi sem autorização" [RTP transmitted derby without permission] (in Portuguese). Record. 3 September 2014. Archived from the original on 24 September 2015. Retrieved 4 September 2014.
  12. ↑ "RTP transmitted derby without permission". Archived from the original on 4 September 2014. Retrieved 4 September 2014.
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