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Yugoslav Radio Television

Logo: Jugoslovenska Radio-Televizija, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons3

National public broadcaster of the SFR Yugoslavia

Yugoslav Radio Television was the national public broadcasting system in the SFR Yugoslavia. It consisted of eight subnational radio and television broadcast centers with each one headquartered in one of the six constituent republics and two autonomous provinces of Yugoslavia.2 It ceased to exist in 1992.1 Wikipedia text CC BY-SA 4.0

Last updated Oct 21, 2026.

Overview

1956Founded1
  • HeadquartersBelgrade1
  • Founded inBelgrade1
  • Legal formstate-owned enterprise1
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Photo: LukaP at English Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons5

Yugoslav Radio Television (Jugoslavenska radiotelevizija/Југословенска радиотелевизија or Jugoslavenska radio-televizija/Југословенска радио-телевизија; JRT/ЈРТ) was the national public broadcasting system in the SFR Yugoslavia. It consisted of eight subnational radio and television broadcast centers with each one headquartered in one of the six constituent republics and two autonomous provinces of Yugoslavia.2

The story

JRT was one of the founding members of the European Broadcasting Union, and SFR Yugoslavia was the only socialist country among its founding members.

Among other activities, JRT organized the Yugoslav national final for the Eurovision Song Contest and broadcast both events for the Yugoslav audience.

Each television center created its own programming independently, and some of them operated several channels. The system dissolved during the breakup of Yugoslavia in the early 1990s when most republics became independent countries. As a result, the once subnational broadcasting centers became public broadcasters of the newly independent states, with altered names:

a. ^RTV Pristina still legally exists in Serbia as a dormant entity due to ongoing territorial dispute

From Wikipedia’s article on Yugoslav Radio Television, shared under CC BY-SA 4.0.4

Timeline

  1. 1992Dissolved Dissolved1
  2. 1956Founded Founded in Belgrade1