RNT Giornale

RNT Giornale is the flagship newscast of italian television network Rete Nazionale di Televisione (RNT). The newscast for the first time aired on December 15th 1969 at 19:45. In January of 1973, the newscast lanuched 2 new editions, at 12:45 and 23:30. In June of 1976, the 19:45 edition was moved to 19:30, because of viewers moving to TG2. By October 1982, RNT introduced the 6:00 edition of the newscast with press review. The audience of the 19:30 edition is the highest in Italy, as it beats TG5 and TG1. The present editor-in-chief is Antonello Piroso.
==Editions and presenters==
All morning editions of RNT Giornale are anchored by one person. From 6:00 to 9:30 they are:
*Leonardo Sgura
*Cristina Guerra
*Susanna Petruni
*Donato Bendicenti
==RNT Giornale Edizione Prima==
Aired every day from 6:00 to 7:00, it offers a review of stories making headlines overnight, as well as press review and latest traffic information from Autostrade per L'Italia. The headline sequence is different to 12:45, 19:30 and 23:30 editions, as it doesn't feature moving images.
==RNT Giornale Mattina Flash==
Two five minute news bulletins are aired at 7:30 and 9:30. The 10-minute bulletin is aired at 8:30.
==RNT Giornale 12:45==
This 45-minute edition is broadcasted from Milan and Rome and anchored by two-person team.
*Paolo Di Giannantonio and Lamberto Sposini (Monday-Friday)
*Fabio Tricoli and Safiria Leccese (Saturday and Sundays)
==RNT Giornale Flash==
A brief 5-minute edition is aired at 16:00 and 17:30 an 10-minute edition signed for deaf and hard of hearing. Both editions are anchored by
*Stefania De Michele
*Luca Colantoni
*Nicoletta Manzione
*Stefania Squarcia
*Antonello Piroso
==RNT Giornale 19:30==
The flagship 45-minute edition which also includes an interview with an newsmaker is presented in alternance by:
*Stefania De Michele
*Antonello Piroso
On weekends the flagship bulletin is anchored by 1 person:
*Nicoletta Manzione
*Stefania Squarcia
*Luca Colantoni
==RNT Giornale Notte==
The late night edition aired at 23:30 for 30 minutes. At the end of the newscast it features an preview of tommorrow's newspapers. It's anchored from Monday to Thursday by Roberta De Matthaeis and on weekends by:
*Nicola Ferrante
*Leonardo Possati
==Regional News==
RNT offers 2 regional news bulletins, at 12:15 and 19:00. Those newscast compete with Rai 3's . The regional newscasts are branded as RNT Giornale (Regione) and broadcasted from 21 regions:
*Abruzzo (L'Aquila)
*Aosta Valley (Aosta)
*Apulia (Bari)
*Basilicata (Potenza)
*Calabria (Catanzaro)
*Campania (Naples)
*Emilia-Romagna (Bologna)
*Friuli-Venezia Giulia (Trieste)
*Lazio (Rome)
*Liguria (Genoa)
*Lombardy (Milan)
*Marches (Ancona)
*Molise (Campobasso)
*Piedmont (Turin)
*Sardegna (Cagliari)
*Sicily (Palermo)
*South Tyrol (Bolzano)
*Trentino (Trento)
*Tuscany (Florence)
*Umbria (Perugia)
*Veneto (Venice)
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Category:News programming in Italy
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