![]() The first broadcast on RTÉ 2 was on 6 June 1978, it was largely aimed at those in "single channel land". At first the new channel broadcast in the evenings only. Owing to a technical fault, audio from BBC2 was played during the countdown instead of the proper soundtrack, and when the channel commenced programmes, there was no audio for the initial 15 seconds or so. The channel, the Republic's second, began transmissions at 20:00 on 2 November 1978 with an opening broadcast of a gala ceremony from Cork Opera House. It was the last of these that was finally chosen. ![]() In the 1970s the Irish government considered three options for the introduction of a second television service: the re-transmission of BBC1 Northern Ireland authorisation of an independent commercial service or charging RTÉ with the establishment of a second national channel. 5.6.2.1 Men's and Women's World Cup coverage.
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