NRTN 1

NRTN 1 (formerly known as NDRB TV, NDRB Program 1, NDRB TV1, NTS 1 and NRT S1) is a Neonian free-to-air TV channel operated by Neon Radio and Television Network. It is the first television channel in Neon District, also known as Neonia. and the first one to broadcast in color. As of August 2022, it is the most watched television channel in Neon District.

NRTN 1 has a variety of programs, composed mainly of news, talk shows, sports, current affairs and national and international fiction such as films and TV series.

History
NDRB Television was launched on March 1st, 1952 at 6:00pm. The official voice of the channel has also changed throughout the years. The channel was opened at 6:00pm with the program "An introduction to television" which lasted 5 minutes, before the first edition of Neon Newsreel (now Neon News) was aired at 6:05pm. After that, a technology showcase, a Japanese-dubbed movie and a concert was aired before NDRB Television signed off at 11:00pm.

During its early days, NDRB Television had the aesthetics of Angolan television during the mid-late 1980's. Programming was imported from Japan, China, Taiwan, Spain and Mexico aswell as El Kadsreian programs from El Kadsreian Television. English-language programming was imported from the United Kingdom, United States, Canada and India.

In 1960, 8:00am to 9:00am was dedicated to general programming, 9:00am to 10:00am for women's programming, 10:00am to 12:00am for cultural programming, 6:00pm to 7:00pm for children's programming, 7:00pm to 8:00pm for movie, drama or documentary programming, 8:00pm to 9:00pm for news programming 9:00pm to 10:00pm for pre-closedown programming, and 10:00pm for the sign-off.

In 1964, for the launch of NDRB Program 2, NDRB Television renamed itself to NDRB Program 1. Color broadcasting commenced part-time in 1965 with yet another re-naming, with full-time color broadcasting being launched in 1968. The program Eurovision started airing in 1968, aswell.

On October 14th, 1969, as part of a day-long mourning session, broadcasts for both NDRB TV1 and NDRB TV2 stopped for that day. They resumed the day after. Children's programming started broadcasting in color in 1971.

NDRB TV1 renamed itself to NTS 1 as part of the split of NDRB into NTS (Neon Television System) and NRS (Neon Radio System) in April 1975. New idents using chryon trail and scanimate techniques were also used.

In April 1976, NTS 1 rebranded and recieved many new scanimate idents made by either Dolphin Productions or made in-house.

In March 1983, the miracle wore off and NTS became NRT S1; what was NTS 1 in Shiguto Prefecture would now be NRT S1, for Cochuga it would be NRT C1, vice verca.

A noticeable downgrade in branding quality was also noticed; The sign-on/sign-off ident, the main ident and commercial break idents and the main news intro at the time were commisioned by Japan 3D Graphics Lab, but most program openers were made in-house with low-budget CGI (until 1985 mostly without reflections, and until 1986 with screen-tearing) and cheap-looking 2D graphics, and chryoned-on text was in the OSD font, although the on-screen bug was in Arial Black.)

On November 11th, 1989, NRT S1 became NRTN 1, and also rebranded aswell. 21 days later, on Janurary 1st, 1990, the DROND was dissolved on Janurary 1st, 1990, transitioning the country into a semi-presidential republic.

In June 1991, NRTN 1 rebranded again and gained western-styled 3D graphics for the on-screen logos.

In May 1995, NRTN 1 rebranded yet again (although keeping the 1991 logo and word-mark), this time with a new sign-on and sign-off ident and many impressive-looking idents and logos, aswell. This was followed by a concept 1-day only rebrand on December 13th, 1999 and a major rebrand on Janurary 1st, 2000.

On Janurary 1st, 2000, to concide with the new millenium and also the new year, NRTN 1 started officialy broadcasting in 16:9, aswell as the other NRTN channels.

Programs
Main article: List of programs aired by NRTN 1

Slogans

 * The national channel of Neon District (1952 - 1975)
 * The first program (1964 - 1965)
 * The first channel (1965 - 1971)
 * The first network (1971 - 1983)
 * The Neon Network (1983 - 2000)
 * The first. (2000 - present)

Broadcast hours

 * 1952 - 1964: 8:00am to 12:00pm, 6:00pm to 10:00pm
 * 1964 - 1965: 12:00pm to 10:00pm
 * 1965 - 1971: 08:00am to 12:00am (weekdays), 12:00pm to 12:00am (weekends)
 * 1971 - 1975: 07:30am to 12:00am (weekdays), 11:30am to 12:00am (weekends)
 * August 1973 (Extreme financial crisis): 12:00pm to 10:00pm
 * 1975 - 1976: 07:00am to 12:00am (weekdays), 11:00am to 12:30am (weekends)
 * 1976 - 1983: 07:00am to 12:30am (weekdays), 12:00pm to 01:00am (weekends)
 * 1983 - 1991: 08:00am to 01:00am (weekdays), 12:00pm to 02:00am (weekends)
 * 1991 - 1995: 06:30am to 01:30am (weekdays), 10:00am to 02:45am (weekends)
 * 1995 - 2000: 06:30am to 02:00am (weekdays), 07:00am to 03:00am (weekends)
 * 2000 - 2008: 06:00am to 03:00am (weekdays), 07:00am to 04:00am (weekends)
 * 2008 - 2010: 06:00am to 03:00am (weekdays), 06:30am to 04:30am (weekends)
 * 2010 - 2017: 05:00am to 03:45am (weekdays), 06:00 to 05:00 (weekends)
 * 2017 - present: 05:00am to 04:30am