Public service stations

Numerous innovations were implemented, focused on penetrating the various broadcasting platforms and the different programming products, with constant contaminations between channels.

The Road Safety and Civil Defence spaces were expanded for the analysis of infomobility: presenters were sent out onto the road networks and to the place where relevant events in terms of weather conditions and viability were taking place.

Morning programme focused on problems affecting people: public service issues are discussed every weekday morning with the consumer associations, managers of institutions linked to the worlds of finance, economy and mobility, with the live participation of listeners.

The central time slot is occupied by the programme Area di sosta, dedicated entirely to service issues (national and local viability, Civil Defence, territory), accompanied by musical proposals which give life to experimental initiatives in the evening (e.g.: Umbria Jazz Winter concerts, independent music producers, guests, etc.), subject to verifications in terms of broadcasting and economic impact.

The programming followed emergency events (evacuations, floods, snow) with long, non-stop live sessions.

At weekends, the programme Estate in garage (like Inverno in garage) presented infomobility issues with a relaxing style and pace, together with road education.

CCISS-Viaggiare Informati diversified the travel information product on tv (for users at home) and on the radio (for those on the move) and improved instructions to help the audience find forecasts on tv and the latest news on the radio.

The television bulletins were broadcast from the new studios, with a real set, that uses a touchscreen system, and a virtual set, generated by chrome key effects.

As regards Filodiffusione, during 2011 station V dedicated lots of programming to the composers subject to celebration during the years (e.g.: Franz Liszt, Nino Rota and Gian Carlo Menotti).

The feature Note d’attualità (Sunday at 9.00 p.m.) announced and anticipated the most significant events of musical life in Italy, with particular reference to the classical institutions and leading concert institutions, proposing musical previews of the events highlighted.

Extensive space was dedicated to concerts by the Rai National Symphony Orchestra, the Concerts of the Quirinale on Radio3, the repertory of recordings contained in the Rai’s historical archives and classical opera.

The website of station V FD was further enriched with the inclusion of about 150 new datasheets in relation to the programmes proposed.