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Television and Radio
Broadcasting
The Olympic regional TV and Radio
Centre (ORTRC) with all the necessary
television, cine-technological and
radio-broadcasting equipment—a
component of the television and radiobroadcasting
system of the Olympiad-
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during the Regatta.
The ORTRC had at its disposal at
the republic's TV and radio centre
in Tallinn 390 sq m of production
premises and 70 sq m for the
studio.
A 314-m TV tower at the Republican
TV and Radio Centre was built by
the time of the Tallinn Regatta.
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For the first time in the history of
the Olympic Games portable videorecording
cameras were installed on
sea-bound launches for TV broadcasting.
The use of video-recordings,
which supplied the bulk of the materials
for TV programmes, speeded up
their compilation. Cinecameras were
also used.
Direct radio broadcasts from the
launches out in the bay were organised
with the help of portable UHF
stations. Direct broadcasts of the
Opening and Closing ceremonies were
also fed into the national TV circuit.
The duration of all the TV and radio
broadcasts during the Olympic Regatta
amounted to 115 hours.
The three closed-circuit programmes
(one programme for every distance
of the sailing races) functioned
at the Olympic Regatta. This was very
convenient for the officials when
analysing races in all the yacht
classes.