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Belgium

 

Click to launch RealPlayer clip of this item.Click to launch RealPlayer clip of this item.BRT (later BRTN, later still VRT)
National channel in Flemish.

The devolution in Belgian society along language lines continues with two separate state broadcasters providing 2 services each in their own language.

BRT = Belgium Radio/Television; BRTN = Belgium Radio/Television in Dutch;  VRT = Flemish Radio/Television

BRT testcard Kids programmes on BRT1 Morning programmes on BRT1
 

Click to launch RealPlayer clip of this item.RTBF 1 and 2
National channel in French.

The separation is so total that RTBF "went commercial" some years before BRTN even considered it.  This may be to do with the competition - RTBF v TF1 and BRTN v Nederland 1.

The '21' ident is from Tele21, identified by correspondent Nathalie Decker as a previous identity for RTBF2.

RTBF = Radio/Television Belgium in French

RTBF1 ident Good night from RTBF1 RTBF 2 in earlier days
 
The above pictures were caught - mainly through DX reception - in the 1980s