page_title: Hrvatska radiotelevizija
section_title: History
hierarchical_section_title: Hrvatska radiotelevizija / History
caption_attribution_description: Hrvatski: Zgrada HRT Zagreb
context_page_description: Hrvatska radiotelevizija or simply HRT is a Croatian public broadcasting company. It operates several radio and television channels, over a domestic transmitter network as well as satellite. In 2014, more than 85% of HRT's revenue came from broadcast user fees with each household in Croatia required to pay 79 HRK per month for a single television set, with the remainder being made up from advertising. HRT is divided into three joint companies - Croatian Radio, Croatian Television and Music Production.
  The founder of HRT is the Republic of Croatia which exercises its founder's rights through the Croatian Government. Croatian Radio was founded on 15 May 1926. This date is considered the date on which HRT was founded. Television Zagreb began broadcasting on 7 September 1956. By the law enacted by the Croatian Parliament on 29 June 1990, Radio Television Zagreb was renamed to HRT.
  HRT operates as a provider of public broadcasting services, and Croatia provides independent funding in accordance with the Croatian Broadcasting Company Law and the State Aid Rules for Public Broadcasting Services.
context_section_description: Croatian Radiotelevision is the direct successor of the Radio station Zagreb (Radio stanica Zagreb) that started broadcasting on 15 May 1926 under its first director and co-founder, dr. Ivo Stern. During the first 14 years of its existence the Zagreb Radio station was owned by a private corporation. Radio Zagreb was nationalized on 1 May 1940. During the Independent State of Croatia, the station was known as Hrvatski krugoval. After World War II it began to operate as a state-owned radio station.
  Zagreb Radio station was the first public broadcasting facility in the southeast European area, including countries of former Yugoslavia.
  At the end of the first year of operation, Radio Zagreb company had a little over four thousand subscribers.
  On the 30th anniversary of the establishment of Zagreb Radio station, on 15 May 1956, the first television programme was broadcast from the transmitter built at Sljeme. For the next two years this was the only TV broadcasting service in the southeast European area. This was the first TV station in Yugoslavia and would later become a color station in 1972.
  In June 1990, the Croatian Parliament renamed the company from Radiotelevizija Zagreb to Hrvatska radiotelevizija. On 1 January 1993, HRT was admitted as a full active member of the European Broadcasting Union.
  The television channels were aired under the name "Croatian Television", Hrvatska televizija (HTV) between 1990 and 1993. Since then, the current name has been used. The radio broadcast unit is referred to as "Croatian Radio", Hrvatski radio (HR).
caption: Croatian Radiotelevision headquarters at Prisavlje, Zagreb
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