The Department of Post and Telegraphs retained full responsibility for Radio Éireann until the Broadcasting Authority Act of 1960, when the Radio Éireann Authority was appointed (from 1966, the Radio Telefís Éireann Authority). The Broadcasting Act of 2009 further renamed it ‘Raidió Teilifís Éireann’, in line with Irish language spelling rules. With the beginning of television in 1961, ‘Teilifís Éireann’ came into being, and the combined services were re-styled ‘Radió Teilifís Éireann’ via the Broadcasting Authority (Amendment) Act of 1966. After the installation of a high-power station in Athlone in 1932, the Irish broadcaster became known colloquially as ‘Radio Athlone’ from 1937 the service in general was popularly called ‘Radio Éireann’, and this was only formalised in 1960. It closed in 1930, and reopened in 1958 on Union Quay. It came to be known as '2RN' after its call-sign.(Richard Pine 2RN and the origins of Irish radio (Dublin, 2002) p.40.) In 1927, a sister station was opened in Cork, 6CK its location was in the former Women’s Gaol in Sunday’s Well. ('Wireless Broadcasting Report – final Report of Special Committee', par.6.) The Wireless Telegraphy Act was not passed by the Dáil until November 1926, but in the meantime the ‘Irish Free State Broadcasting Service’ had begun broadcasting on 1 January 1926, as a section of the Department of Posts and Telegraphs. Radió Éireann – Raidió Teilifís Éireann On 26 March 1924, a Special Committee on Wireless Broadcasting filed their final report with the government of the Irish Free State, recommending that ‘Broadcasting should be a State service purely’, with its installation and management to be in the hands of the Postal Ministry. In Dublin, the creators were the General Features Office the Scriptwriters’ Office Children’s Department the Music Department. They derive from the Dublin and Cork Studios. CONTEXT This is a collection of radio talk and feature scripts from Radio Éireann/Raidió Teilifís Éireann (RTÉ), including affiliated materials such as correspondence and research papers.
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