From that date until June 1960 the broadcasting service (2RN, later Radio Éireann) operated as a section of the Department of Posts and Telegraphs, and those working for the service were directly employed by the Irish Government and regarded as civil servants. Establishment and name īroadcasting in Ireland began in 1926 with 2RN in Dublin. For the history of the broadcasting service prior to 1960, see Minister for Posts and Telegraphs and RTÉ Radio 1. For details on this history of the various services see the separate articles on those services. History This section deals with the history of RTÉ as an organisation. Radio Éireann, RTÉ's predecessor and at the time a section of the Department of Posts and Telegraphs, was one of 23 founding organisations of the European Broadcasting Union in 1950. RTÉ is financed by television licence fee and through advertising, with some of its services funded solely by advertising, while others are funded solely by the licence fee. RTÉ is regulated by the Broadcasting Authority of Ireland. RTÉ is a statutory body, overseen by a board appointed by the Government of Ireland, with general management in the hands of the Executive Board, headed by the Director-General. RTÉ also publishes a weekly listings and lifestyle magazine, the RTÉ Guide. The radio service began on 1 January 1926, while regular television broadcasts began on 31 December 1961, making it one of the oldest continuously operating public service broadcasters in the world.

It both produces and broadcasts programmes on television, radio and online. Raidió Teilifís Éireann ( RTÉ) ( pronounced ( listen) Irish for 'Radio-Television of Ireland') is the national broadcaster of Ireland headquartered in Donnybrook, Dublin.

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