Editing Eurovision Song Contest 1956 (section)

== Broadcasts<span class="anchor" id="Broadcasts"></span> ==
Broadcasters competing in the event were required to relay the contest via its networks; non-participating EBU member broadcasters were also able to relay the contest.{{sfn|EBU|1956}} In addition to the television channels of the seven participating broadcasters and three non-participating passive broadcasters, the contest was also broadcast live on seven radio networks and recorded for later transmission by another 13.{{sfn|Roxburgh|2012|pp=93–96}}<ref name="decade" /> The United Kingdom's BBC took only partial live transmission of the event, joining 45 minutes into the contest and only showing the second set of entries from each country.<ref name="Radio Times" />{{sfn|Roxburgh|2012|pp=93–96}} Due to a technical fault, the transmission of images was interrupted during [[Mathé Altéry]]'s performance for about three minutes on German, Danish, and French television.<ref name="Berlingske" /><ref>{{Cite news |last=Becker |first=Rolf |date=26 May 1956 |title=Im Fernsehen: Solche und solche Gesichter |trans-title=On television: All kinds of faces |work=[[Kölner Stadt-Anzeiger]] |location=[[Cologne]], West Germany |page=36 |language=de |oclc=724431472}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |last=[[Radiodiffusion-Télévision Française]] |date=24 May 1956 |title=Rapport du chef de chaîne |work=Rapport du chef de chaîne |page=2 |language=fr |via=[[Institut national de l'audiovisuel]]}}</ref><ref name="Euro-Voice" />

No video footage of the whole contest is known to exist, with the only known footage being clips of the reprise performance of the winning song via [[newsreel]] and other recordings. As such, this is one of only two editions of the contest, along with the {{escyr|1964||1964 contest}}, to not have video recordings of the full event retained.<ref>{{cite web |title=Copenhagen 1964 |url=https://eurovision.tv/event/copenhagen-1964 |publisher=[[European Broadcasting Union]] (EBU) |access-date=1 June 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170802043239/https://eurovision.tv/event/copenhagen-1964 |archive-date=2 August 2017 |url-status=live}}</ref> Audio of most of the contest has, however, survived, with only the majority of the contest's interval acts currently lost. Attempts to find audiovisual materials related to the contest have yielded some results in recent years, including a large cache of photographs and some video footage taken by Swiss photographer Vincenzo Vicari from inside the venue.<ref>{{cite web |last=Ibrayeva |first=Laura |title=New Footage and Photos From the Eurovision Song Contest 1956 Uncovered |url=https://eurovoix.com/2022/04/14/new-footage-photos-eurovision-1956/ |publisher=Eurovoix |access-date=1 June 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220414080249/https://eurovoix.com/2022/04/14/new-footage-photos-eurovision-1956/ |archive-date=14 April 2022 |date=14 April 2022 |url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=EA exclusief: Foto's van het ESF 1956 in Zwitsers archief gevonden |trans-title=EA exclusive: Photos of ESC 1956 found in Swiss archives |url=http://www.eurovisionartists.nl/index.htm?esfreportitem.asp%3FID=462 |publisher=Eurovision Artists |access-date=1 June 2022 |language=nl |date=29 March 2022 |archive-date=17 May 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220517161556/http://www.eurovisionartists.nl/index.htm?esfreportitem.asp%3FID=462 |url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last=Granger |first=Anthony |title=New Photos From Eurovision 1956 Uncovered |url=https://eurovoix.com/2022/10/12/new-photos-from-eurovision-1956-uncovered/ |publisher=Eurovoix |access-date=17 October 2022 |date=12 October 2022 |archive-date=17 October 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221017131818/https://eurovoix.com/2022/10/12/new-photos-from-eurovision-1956-uncovered/ |url-status=live}}</ref>

Broadcasters were able to send commentators to provide coverage of the contest in their own native language and to relay information about the artists and songs to their television viewers. Known details on the broadcasts in each country, including the specific broadcasting stations and commentators, are shown in the tables below.

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|+ Broadcasters and commentators in participating countries
|-
! scope="col" | Country
! scope="col" | Broadcaster
! scope="col" | Channel(s)
! scope="col" | Commentator(s)
! scope="col" | {{refh}}
|-
! scope="rowgroup" rowspan=2 | {{Flagu|Belgium}}
| rowspan="2" | {{ill|National Broadcasting Institute|fr|Institut national de radiodiffusion|nl|Nationaal Instituut voor de Radio-omroep|lt=NIR/INR}}
| [[La Une|INR]]
| {{Ill|Raymond Colbert (radio personality)|lt=Raymond Colbert|fr|Raymond Colbert}}
| style="text-align:center" | <ref>{{Cite magazine |date=20 May 1956 |title=INR: Émissions françaises de télévision |trans-title=INR: French television shows |work=Micro magazine |publisher={{lang|fr|{{ill|Institut national de radiodiffusion|fr}}|i=unset}} (INR) |location=[[Brussels]], Belgium |page=42 |language=fr |volume=12 |issue=580 |oclc=1400213208}}</ref>
|-
| [[VRT 1|NIR]]
| Piet te Nuyl Jr.
| style="text-align:center" | <ref>{{Cite magazine |date=20–26 May 1956 |title=Binnen- en buitenlandse televisie programma's van 20 tot 26 mei 1956 |trans-title=Domestic and foreign television programmes from 20 to 26 May 1956 |magazine=De radio- en televisieweek |publisher={{lang|nl|{{ill|Nationaal Instituut voor de Radio-omroep|nl}}|i=unset}} (NIR) |location=[[Brussels]], Belgium |page=19 |language=nl |volume=12 |issue=21 |oclc=1399842623}}</ref>
|-
! scope="rowgroup" rowspan="2" | {{Flagu|France}}
| rowspan="2" | [[Radiodiffusion-Télévision Française|RTF]]
| [[TF1|RTF]]
| Michelle Rebel
| style="text-align:center" | <ref>{{Cite web |date=2016-05-24 |title=60 years ago today: Eurovision began |url=https://eurovisionworld.com/esc/60-years-ago-today-eurovision-began |access-date=2024-03-26 |website=Eurovisionworld |language=en-gb}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |date=20 May 1956 |title=Télévision |work=Radio Cinéma Télévision |location=Paris, France |page=10 |language=fr |issue=331 |issn=0481-5920 |oclc=474508236}}</ref>
|-
| {{lang|fr|[[France Inter|Paris-Inter]]|i=unset}}
| {{N/A|}}
| style="text-align:center" | <ref>{{Cite news |date=23 May 1956 |title=La radiodiffusion |url=https://www.proquest.com/hnplemonde/docview/2500053571 |url-access=subscription |access-date=2 November 2024 |work=[[Le Monde]] |location=Paris, France |page=13 |language=fr |via=[[ProQuest]] |issn=0395-2037 |oclc=224461606}}</ref>
|-
! scope="rowgroup" rowspan="4" | {{Flagu|Germany}}
| [[ARD (broadcaster)|ARD]]
| {{lang|de|[[Das Erste|Deutsches Fernsehen]]|i=unset}}
| [[Irene Koss]]
| style="text-align:center" | <ref name="Euro-Voice">{{Cite journal |last=Grassl |first=Andreas |date=October 2024 |title=Der erste Song Contest 1956 |journal=Euro-Voice |location=[[Munich]], Germany |issue=67 |page=100 |oclc=1190215751}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |title=Das Fernsehprogramm – Donnerstag |trans-title=The TV programme – Thursday |url=https://druckschriften-digital.marchivum.de/zd/periodical/zoom/577320 |access-date=8 September 2024 |work={{ill|Mannheimer Morgen|de}} |date=19 May 1956 |location=[[Mannheim]], West Germany |page=20 |language=de |via={{ill|Marchivum|de}}}}</ref>
|-
| [[Bayerischer Rundfunk|BR]]
| {{lang|de|[[Bayern 1|Radio München]]|i=unset}}{{efn|Delayed broadcast on 30 June 1956 at 20:15 ([[Central European Time|CET]])<ref name="PNP" />}}
| {{N/A|}}
| style="text-align:center" | <ref>{{Cite news |date=24 June 1956 |title=München |work=Bild+Funk |page=46 |language=de |issue=26/1956 |oclc=643528928}}</ref><ref name="PNP">{{Cite news |title=Rundfunk– u. Fernsehprogramm |trans-title=Radio and television programmes |url=https://daten.digitale-sammlungen.de/0006/bsb00064952/images/index.html?id=00064952&groesser=&fip=193.174.98.30&no=&seite=395 |access-date=13 December 2024 |work=[[Passauer Neue Presse]] |date=23 June 1956 |location=[[Passau]], West Germany |page=15 |language=de |via=[[Bavarian State Library]]}}</ref>
|-
| [[Radio Bremen|RB]]
| {{lang|de|[[Radio Bremen 2|Zweites Programm]]|i=unset}}
| {{N/A|}}
| style="text-align:center" | <ref>{{Cite magazine |date=20 May 1956 |title=Bremen |language=de |page=47 |work=[[Hörzu|Hör zu!]], Norddeutsche Ausgabe |location=[[Hamburg]], West Germany |issue=21/1956 |oclc=724053084}}</ref>
|-
| [[Südwestfunk|SWF]]
| {{ill|S2 Kultur|de|lt=SWF2}}{{efn|Delayed broadcast on 18 June 1956 at 23:00 ([[Central European Time|CET]])<ref name="F+F" />}}
| {{N/A|}}
| style="text-align:center" | <ref name="F+F">{{Cite news |date=17 June 1956 |title=Rund ums Programm |language=de |pages=4, 20 (supplement "Sendewoche vom 17. bis 23. Juni 1956") |work=Funk und Familie |location=[[Hamburg]], West Germany |issue=25/1956 |oclc=648143500}}</ref>
|-
! scope="rowgroup" rowspan="2" | {{Flagu|Italy}}
| rowspan="2" | [[RAI]]
| {{lang|it|[[Rai 1|RAI Televisione]]|i=unset}}
| [[Franco Marazzi]]
| style="text-align:center" | <ref>{{cite magazine |title=Televisione {{!}} giovedì 24 maggio |trans-title=Television {{!}} Thursday 24 May |url=http://www.radiocorriere.teche.rai.it/Download.aspx?data=1956{{!}}21{{!}}000{{!}}P |magazine=[[Radiocorriere TV|Radiocorriere]] |location=[[Turin]], Italy |date=20–26 May 1956 |volume=33 |issue=21 |page=39 |access-date=26 May 2024 |language=it |via=[[Rai Teche]]}}</ref>
|-
| {{lang|it|[[Rai Radio 2|Secondo Programma]]|i=unset}}
| {{N/A|}}
| style="text-align:center" | <ref>{{cite magazine |title=⁎ Radio ⁎ giovedì 24 maggio |trans-title=⁎ Radio ⁎ Thursday 24 May |url=http://www.radiocorriere.teche.rai.it/Download.aspx?data=1956{{!}}21{{!}}000{{!}}P |magazine=[[Radiocorriere TV|Radiocorriere]] |location=[[Turin]], Italy |date=20–26 May 1956 |volume=33 |issue=21 |page=38 |access-date=26 May 2024 |language=it |via=Rai Teche}}</ref>
|-
! scope="row" | {{Flagu|Luxembourg}}
| [[Compagnie Luxembourgeoise de Télédiffusion|CLT]]
| {{lang|fr|[[RTL9|Télé-Luxembourg]]|i=unset}}
| {{N/A|}}
| style="text-align:center" | <ref>{{cite news |title=Télé-Luxembourg |url=https://viewer.eluxemburgensia.lu/ark:70795/fqzdsrh4j/pages/8 |access-date=6 November 2022 |work=[[Luxemburger Wort]] |location=[[Luxembourg City]], Luxembourg |date=24 May 1956 |language=de, fr |page=8 |archive-date=6 November 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221106180551/https://viewer.eluxemburgensia.lu/ark:70795/fqzdsrh4j/pages/8/articles/DIVL663 |url-status=live |via=[[National Library of Luxembourg]]}}</ref>
|-
! scope="row" | {{Flagu|Netherlands}}
| [[Nederlandse Televisie Stichting|NTS]]
| [[NPO 1|NTS]]
| Piet te Nuyl Jr.
| style="text-align:center" | <ref>{{Cite news |date=19 May 1956 |title=Binnenlandse televisieprogramma's |trans-title=Domestic television programmes |url=https://resolver.kb.nl/resolve?urn=MMNIBG01:005188020:00039 |url-access=registration |work=Omroepgids |location=[[Wageningen]], Netherlands |page=39 |language=nl |via=[[Delpher]] |volume=32 |issue=20 |oclc=72761986}}</ref>
|-
! scope="rowgroup" rowspan="5" | {{Flagu|Switzerland}}
| rowspan="5" | [[Swiss Broadcasting Corporation|SRG SSR]]
| [[SRF 1|SRG]]
| {{ill|Fritz Schäuffele|de}}
| style="text-align:center" | <ref>{{cite news |title=Fernsehprogramm |trans-title=Television programme |url=https://www.e-newspaperarchives.ch/?a=d&d=NZN19560524-03.1.2 |access-date=3 November 2024 |work=[[Neue Zürcher Nachrichten]] |page=2 |date=24 May 1956 |location=[[Zurich]], Switzerland |language=de |via=[[E-newspaperarchives.ch]]}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |date=20 May 1956 |title=Do. 24. Mai |trans-title=Thu. 24 May |work={{ill|Bild+Funk|de}} |page=43 |language=de |issue=21/1956 |oclc=643528928}}</ref>
|-
| [[RTS 1 (Swiss TV channel)|TSR]]
| Raymond Colbert
| style="text-align:center" | <ref name="Revue">{{cite news |title=À la radio {{!}} TV programme |trans-title=On the radio {{!}} TV schedule |url=https://www.scriptorium.ch/zoom/154632/view?page=4&p=separate&tool=info |access-date=6 January 2025 |work=La nouvelle revue de Lausanne |date=24 May 1956 |location=[[Lausanne]], Switzerland |page=4 |language=fr |via=[[Scriptorium (website)|Scriptorium]]}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |date=2 June 1956 |title=Avec la télévision romande |trans-title=With Swiss French television |language=fr |page=31 |work=[[La Liberté (Switzerland)|La Liberté]] |location=[[Fribourg]], Switzerland |url=https://www.e-newspaperarchives.ch/?a=d&d=LLE19560602-01.1.31 |access-date=8 November 2023 |oclc=632871126 |via=[[E-newspaperarchives.ch]]}}</ref>
|-
| [[Radio SRF 1|Radio Beromünster]]
| {{N/A|}}
| style="text-align:center" | <ref>{{cite news |title=Radioprogramm |trans-title=Radio programme |url=https://www.e-newspaperarchives.ch/?a=d&d=NZN19560524-03.1.2 |access-date=3 November 2024 |work=[[Neue Zürcher Nachrichten]] |page=2 |date=24 May 1956 |location=[[Zurich]], Switzerland |language=de |via=[[E-newspaperarchives.ch]]}}</ref>
|-
| [[La Première (Switzerland)|Radio Sottens]]
| {{N/A|}}
| style="text-align:center" | <ref name="Revue" />
|-
| [[RSI Rete Uno|Radio Monte Ceneri]]
| {{N/A|}}
| style="text-align:center" | <ref>{{cite news |title=Pro memoria delle manifestazioni |trans-title=Memorandum of the events |url=https://www2.sbt.ti.ch/quotidiani-public-pdf/main_part.php?fullscreen=true&paper=gt&day=24&month=5&year=1956&page=2&papername=Gazzetta%20Ticinese&allpages=1,2,3,4 |access-date=3 July 2024 |work={{ill|Gazzetta Ticinese|it}} |date=24 May 1956 |location=[[Lugano]], Switzerland |page=2 |language=it |via={{ill|Sistema bibliotecario ticinese|it}}}}</ref>
|}

{| class="wikitable plainrowheaders"
|-
|+ Broadcasters and commentators in non-participating countries
|-
! scope="col" | Country
! scope="col" | Broadcaster
! scope="col" | Channel(s)
! scope="col" | Commentator(s)
! scope="col" | {{refh}}
|-
! scope="row" | {{Flagu|Austria}}
| [[ORF (broadcaster)|ORF]]
| [[ORF 1|ORF]]
| {{N/A|}}
| style="text-align:center" | <ref>{{Cite news |date=24 May 1956 |title=Radioprogramme |trans-title=Radio programs |work=[[Wiener Zeitung]] |location=[[Vienna]], Austria |page=8 |language=de |oclc=1371238305}}</ref>
|-
! scope="row" | {{Flagu|Belgian Congo}}
| {{ill|National Broadcasting Institute|fr|Institut national de radiodiffusion|nl|Nationaal Instituut voor de Radio-omroep|lt=NIR/INR}}
| RNB Congo{{efn|Delayed broadcast on 24 June 1956 at 21:30 ([[West Africa Time|WAT]])<ref name="Cou d'A" />}}
| {{N/A|}}
| style="text-align:center" | <ref name="Cou d'A">{{cite news |title=Le Courrier de la Radio |trans-title=The Radio Courier |url=https://uurl.kbr.be/2180894 |url-access=registration |date=14 June 1956 |work=Le Courrier d'Afrique |location=[[Kinshasa|Léopoldville]], Belgian Congo |access-date=28 November 2024 |page=15 |language=fr |via={{ill|BelgicaPress|nl}}}}</ref>
|-
! scope="row" | {{Flagu|Denmark}}
| {{lang|da|[[DR (broadcaster)|Statsradiofonien]]|i=unset}}
| {{lang|da|[[DR1|Statsradiofonien TV]]|i=unset}}
| Jens Frederik Lawaetz
| style="text-align:center" | <ref>{{cite web |title=Alle tiders programoversigter – Torsdag den 24. maj 1956 |trans-title=All-time programme overviews – Thursday 24 May 1956 |url=https://www.dr.dk/alletidersprogramoversigter/?date=1956-05-24 |publisher=[[DR (broadcaster)|DR]] |language=da |access-date=20 May 2024}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |date=24 May 1956 |title=Radiolytterens programmer |trans-title=Radio listener's programs |work=[[Berlingske Tidende]] |location=[[Copenhagen]], Denmark |page=28 |language=da |oclc=1367883859}}</ref>
|-
! scope="row" | {{Flagu|United Kingdom}}
| [[BBC]]
| [[BBC One|BBC Television Service]]
| [[Wilfrid Thomas]]
| style="text-align:center" | <ref name="Radio Times">{{cite magazine |title=Thursday 24 May – Television |url=https://genome.ch.bbc.co.uk/page/8550f816c7ad447fbfccbf0903ad4814?page=38 |access-date=2 June 2022 |magazine=[[Radio Times]] |date=18 May 1956 |page=38 |location=London, United Kingdom |archive-date=11 August 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220811084616/https://genome.ch.bbc.co.uk/page/8550f816c7ad447fbfccbf0903ad4814?page=38 |url-status=live}}</ref>
|}