site.btaUPDATED "Attention, We Are on Air": 65 Years Since Start of Professional Television in Bulgaria
Snapshot from the first test broadcast from the Sofia TV station, Nov. 5, 1959 (BTA Archive Photo/Violeta Popova)
The words "Attention, we are on air" mark the beginning of professional television in Bulgaria. The first broadcast of Bulgarian television was made on November 7, 1959, on occasion of an anniversary of the October Revolution. The TV broadcast, which was hosted by Borislav Petrov, was the debut of the news section entitled "News".
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