# TGR

TGR (Italian: TG Regione) is the brand for Italian state-owned public broadcasting company Rai's regional news programmes. They are broadcast domestically on Rai Tre and Rai Radio 1. It was launched in 1979 as TG3 Regione, and was known as Rai Regione from 1987-1992 before adopting the current TGR name from 1992-1999 (when its name was changed to TG3 Regione again) and again from 2002 onwards. Today with about 800 journalists is Europe's largest broadcast news organisation..

## Programme format

The programme is generally presented by a single newsreader with additional newsreaders for the sports news. Most items are made up of reports and are generally preceded and followed by the correspondent reporting live from the scene of the report. It is a local news bulletin: the news only concerns the region to which the edition belongs (21 editions for 20 regions: for the Trentino-Alto Adige region two different news programs are broadcast, TGR Trento for the Trentino area and TGR Bolzano for the Alto Adige area) and the program only airs in the relevant region through Rai 3 channel. The programme airs at 14:00 and at 19:30 and lasts 20 minutes. There is also a third edition, shorter, lasting about five minutes, called "Edizione della notte" (night time edition) that airs at around 23:30 but sometime a bit later. The programme is followed by a weather report known as Meteo.

## Daily programme

Rai also produces other programmes with TGR brand, for a local or national audience

### National programmes

| Programm | Channel | Weekday | Time | Rai Local Branch | Topic |
| TGR Buongiorno Italia (Good Morning Italy) | Rai 3 | From Monday to Friday (except summer and holidays) | 7 AM | Coordinated by Milan and Naples with connections to others regional newsrooms | National Information |
| TGR Leonardo | Rai 3 | From Monday to Friday (except in summer) | 2:50 PM | Turin | Science |
| TGR Bellitalia (Beautiful Italy) | Rai 3 | Saturday (except in summer) | 11 AM | Florence | Culture |
| TGR Officina Italia | Rai 3 | Saturday (except in summer) | 11:30 AM | Bologna and Milan | Economy |
| TGR Petrarca | Rai 3 | Saturday (except in summer) | 12:55 PM | Turin | Ecology |
| TGR Il Settimanale | Rai 3 | Saturday (except in summer) | 12:25 PM | | Regional information |
| TGR Estovest (East West) | Rai 3 | Sunday (except in summer) | 11:10 AM | Bari and Trieste | European Integration |
| TGR Mediterraneo (Mediterranean Sea) | Rai 3 | Sunday (except in summer) | 12:25 AM | Palermo | Mediterranean Countries |
| TGR Regioneuropa (Region-Europe) | Rai 3 | Sunday (except in summer) | 11:30 AM | Rome | Europe-Regions Relationships |
| TGR Piazza Affari (Business Square) | Rai 3 | From Monday to Friday | 3:05 PM | Milan | Business, Stock Exchange, Economy |
| TGR Estovest Radio | Radio 1 | Sunday (except in summer) | 06:05 AM | Venice | European Integration |

### Regional programmes

| Program | Channel | Weekday | Time | Topic |
| TG Regione (Regional tv newscast) | Rai 3 | Daily | 2 PM | Regional Information |
| TG Regione (Regional tv newscast) | Rai 3 | Daily | 7:30 PM | Regional Information |
| TG Regione (Regional tv newscast) | Rai 3 | Daily | 12:10 AM (Between Saturday and Sunday at 11:30/11:40 PM) --- No longer a time slot | Regional Information | |
| GR Regione (Regional radio newscast) | Rai Radio 1 | Daily | 7:18 AM (except on Sunday) | Regional Information |
| GR Regione (Regional radio newscast) | Rai Radio 1 | Daily | 12:10 PM (12:15 PM on Sunday) | Regional Information | In some regions also at other times |
| GR Regione (Regional radio newscast) | Rai Radio 1 | Daily | 18:30 PM (from Monday to Saturday) | Regional Information |
| TGR Buongiorno Regione (Good Morning Region) | Rai 3 | From Monday to Friday (except summer and holidays) | 7:30 AM | Regional Information | |

## History

TGR Piazza Affari launched it new opening on 7 July 2015 which was then later of TGR Regional newscast a little bit later on 21 July 2015 of most of them while some kept the same original opening which has a different sound when switching to a different opening of the newscast. Most of the news station set were changed mostly in August. TGR Buongirono Italia had a new graphics since it started airing Fall 2015.

## Directors

* 1979 Biagio Agnes
* 1987 Piervincenzo Porcacchia
* 1990 Leonardo Valente
* 1993 Barbara Scaramucci
* 1994 Piero Vigorelli
* 1996 Nino Rizzo Nervo
* 1997 Ennio Chiodi
* 2000 Nino Rizzo Nervo
* 2001 Antonio Di Bella
* 2002 Angela Buttiglione
* 2009 Alberto Maccari
* 2012 Alessandro Casarin
* 2013 Vincenzo Morgante
* 2018-present Alessandro Casarin

## Presenters
### TGR Piazza Affari

From Monday to Friday at 15:10. Presenters:
* Michela Coricelli
* Paolo Gila
* Sabrina Manfroi
* Fabrizio Patti
* Marzio Quaglino
* Chiara Rancati

### TGR Buongiorno Italia

From Monday to Friday at 7:00 am. Presenters:
* from Milan for the Central Northern Italy: Maria Chiara Grandis, Anna Madia (one week a month from TGR Marche), Maria Rosa Monaco and Luigina Venturelli (one week a month from TGR Bolzano)
* from Naples for the Central Southern Italy; Lorenzo Bertolucci (one week a month from TGR Calabria), Simona Desole (one week a month from TGR Sardegna), Diego Dionoro and Marcella Maresca

### TGR Buongiorno Regione

From Monday to Friday at 7:30 am. Presenters:
* Abruzzo: Alice Cercone, Roberta Mancinelli.
* Basilicata: Ines Siano, Igor Uboldi.
* Calabria: Livia Blasi, Gabriella D’Atri, Marco Innocente Furina, Mara Martelli, Ilaria Raffaele.
* Campania: Claudia Bruno, Diego Dionoro, Marcella Maresca.
* Emilia Romagna: Roberta Castellano, David Marceddu, Francesco Tomei, Lucia Voltan.
* Friuli-Venezia Giulia: Eva Ciuk, Nada Čok, Lorenzo Gherlinzoni, Livia Liberatore, Andrea Saule, Francesca Terranova, Anna Vitaliani
* Lazio: Rosario Carello, Eleonora Fioretti
* Lombardia: Simone Gorla, Maria Rosa Monaco, Eloisa Moretti Clementi, Marco Signorelli, Linda Stroppa; newspaper reader: Giuditta Castellanza, Claudia Mondelli, Laura Troja, Luigina Venturelli.
* Piemonte: Marzia De Giuli, Fabio De Ponte, Ludovico Fontana, Noemi Romeo, Martino Villosio.

### TG Regione ore 14:00

* Abruzzo: Monia Baldascino, Silvana Ferrante, Silvano Barone, Antimo Amore, Celeste Acquaffredda, Roberta Mancinelli
* Basilicata: Valentina Dello Russo, Manuela Mele
* Calabria: Mara Martelli, Maria Vittoria Morano
* Campania: Andrea Caruso, Alessandro Di Liegro, Fabio Forlano, Lara Martino, Margherita Rosciano
* Emilia Romagna: Roberta Castellano, Anna Maria Cremonini, Francesco Maltoni, David Marceddu, Virginia Novellini, Maria Chiara Perri, Francesco Satta, Sara Scheggia, Francesco Tomei, Lucia Voltan
* Friuli-Venezia Giulia: Marinella Chirico, Eva Ciuk, Lorenzo Gherlinzoni, Livia Liberatore, Dario Ronzoni, Elisabetta Zaccolo, Alessandra Zigaina
* Lazio: Isabella Di Chio, Ester Maria Lorido, Mauro Scanu, Francesco Trapanotto
* Liguria: Mariangela Bisanti, Marta Buonadonna, Rita Lucido, Enzo Melillo, Emanuela Pericu
* Lombardia: Giuditta Castellanza, Roberta Di Matteo, Alice Monni, Marco Signorelli
* Marche: Francesca Piatanesi, Anna Francesca Mezzina, Annalisa Serpilli
* Molise: Marco Scoteroni
* Piemonte: Lorenzo Bertolucci, Camilla Nata, Maria Elena Spagnolo, Elisabetta Terigi, Maria Valeria Vendemmia
* Puglia: Claudia Bruno
* Sardegna: Cristiana Aime, Elena Laudante, Monia Melis, Gaia Rau
* Toscana: Emilia Rettura, Maria Serena Wiedenstritt
* Trentino Alto Adige: Matteo Battistella, Cinzia Berardi, Laura Galassi, Paolo Scandale
* Umbria: Valentina Antonelli, Federica Becchetti, Giulia Bianconi, Alessandro Catanzaro
* Valle d'Aosta: Elena Baiocco, Enrico Romagnoli
* Veneto: Roberto Bonaldi, Giuseppe Bucca, Elena Chemello, Lucia Cappelletti, Alessia Piovesan, Federica Riva

### TG Regione ore 19:30

* Abruzzo: Berardo Aurini, Monia Baldascino, Ezio Cerasi
* Basilicata: Cinzia Grenci, Grazia Napoli, Manuela Mele
* Calabria: Gabriella d'Atri, Marco Innocente Furina, Carla Monaco
* Campania: Letizia Cafiero, Luigi Carbone, Giuseppe De Caro
* Emilia Romagna: Roberta Castellano, Anna Maria Cremonini, Francesco Maltoni, David Marceddu, Virginia Novellini, Maria Chiara Perri, Francesco Satta, Sara Scheggia, Francesco Tomei, Lucia Voltan
* Friuli-Venezia Giulia: Marinella Chirico, Eva Ciuk, Lorenzo Gherlinzoni, Livia Liberatore, Dario Ronzoni, Elisabetta Zaccolo, Alessandra Zigaina
* Lazio: Davide Fiorani, Danilo Fumiento, Pasquale Notargiacomo, Cleto Romantini
* Liguria: Pietro Adami, Mariangela Bisanti, Marta Buonadonna, Marco Gervino, Simone Gorla, Martin Kucera, Rita Lucido, Emanuela Pericu, Oscar Puntel
* Lombardia: Michela Coricelli, Valentina David, Maria Rosa Monaco, Federico Simonelli
* Marche: Francesca Piatanesi, Anna Francesca Mezzina, Annalisa Serpilli
* Molise: Marco Scoteroni
* Piemonte: Lorenzo Bertolucci, Camilla Nata, Chiara Pottini, Gabriele Russo, Maria Valeria Vendemmia
* Puglia: Claudia Bruno
* Sardegna: Francesca Caria, Nicola Corda, Salvatore Lussu, Lorenzo Manunza, Gaia Rau
* Toscana: Gianluca Vatti
* Trentino Alto Adige: Matteo Battistella, Cinzia Berardi, Laura Galassi, Paolo Scandale
* Umbria: Antonella Marietti
* Valle d'Aosta: Elena Baiocco, Enrico Romagnoli, Silvia Tagliaferri
* Veneto: Maura Bertanzon, Roberto Bonaldi, Giuseppe Bucca, Elena Chemello, Lucia Cappelletti, Alessia Piovesan, Federica Riva