NRT1

NRT1 is a public television channel owned by NRT Inc.

As NRT Television
In 1957, NRT Television launched on airways airing news and children's programs, the most infamous program was the 1957 version of Homestar Runner a,k.a. The Homestar Runner Progrum for being way too edgy. During the channel last day of color, it aired an episode of that series in "Pink" and this made one of the first controversial moment of the channel, in which The Homestar Runner and Marzipan were about to get killed to Strong Bad utilizing a machine connected to a razor blade. This scene made parents concerned that the channel was promoting violence, so NRT Television deleted that scene during reruns.

In 1962, the channel upgraded from black and white to color and added movies, sports, and lifestyle programming to the mix. With this change, children's programs were no longer violent.

As NRT1 (first era)
In 1968, NRT Television changed it's name to NRT1 to coincide the newly launched family channel named " NRT2"

With this change the channel added game shows and documentaries. The second controversial moment happened one year later. The signals of the channel were hijacked once in 1969, the citizens of that country came up with the conclusion that it was a plan made by the Soviet Union, but the plan failed after NRT1 returned it's signals.

As NRT One
In 1983, NRT1 renamed into NRT One as part of NRT's rebranding efforts. In 1985, NRT One introduced it's own original newscast under the name "24 News" originally at the time called "NRT Alert" The channel was extremely popular in 1989.

As NRT1 (second era)
In 1993, NRT One reverted it's name back to NRT1. In 1997, the channel introduced a new identity package. In 2000, NRT introduced a network-wide rebrand that effected NRT. In 2011, the channel did another network-wide rebrand.