Six One News
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| Created by | RTÉ News |
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| Country of origin | Ireland |
| Original language(s) | English |
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| Camera setup | Multi-camera |
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| Picture format | 576i |
| Original release | 1 January 1962 – present |
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RTÉ News: Six One is the evening news programme broadcast each night on Irish television channel RTÉ One. It airs Monday to Sunday at 6:01pm. It is Monday to Friday at 6:01pm to 7:00pm and on Saturday & Sunday at 6:01pm to 6:30pm, when it is styled as 'Six One News and Sport'.
Six One is the dual-anchored news programme on RTÉ Television. It is currently presented by Caitriona Perry and Keelin Shanley Monday to Friday.
Teilifís Éireann made its first news broadcast at 6:00pm on 1 January 1962, the first day of full programming for the new television station. The ten-minute bulletin was read by Charles Mitchel, who remained as RTÉ's chief television newsreader until his retirement in 1984. He was accompanied in the early years by Andy O'Mahony and, from 1966, by Maurice O'Doherty.
A year after its launch, the early evening bulletin was moved to 5:50pm to accommodate a new weeknight current affairs programme called Broadsheet, which provided more detailed analysis and reportage on the issues of the day. In September 1964, the 5.50pm news became part of a new 40-minute magazine programme called Newsbeat, which featured a greater emphasis on off-beat regional stories and satire. Newsbeat was quickly reduced to 30 minutes but remained in an early evening slot shortly after 6pm. By 1967, the early evening bulletin reverted to a separate programme.
Newsbeat was broadcast for the final time on 11 June 1971 with News returned to its original 6pm slot but reduced to a short five-minute bulletin. The early evening bulletin would expand to 15 minutes in October 1972 and change timeslots on several occasions to suit various programming. In January 1975, RTÉ introduced a news summary for the deaf and hard of hearing to the early evening bulletin.
January 1980 saw the early evening news extended to a 25-40 minute slot, returned to 6pm and relaunched as Newstime, incorporating more regional news coverage, alongside a regular Countryside feature and the deaf news summary. A separate early evening news at 5:45pm was reintroduced in January 1987.
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