Editing Eurovision Song Contest 1958 (section)

== Broadcasts<span class="anchor" id="Broadcasters and commentators"></span> ==
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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. 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.<ref>{{cite web |title=The Rules of the Contest |url=https://eurovision.tv/about/rules |publisher=[[European Broadcasting Union]] (EBU) |access-date=13 September 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170414002249/https://eurovision.tv/about/rules |archive-date=14 April 2017 |url-status=live}}</ref> Known details on the broadcasts in each country, including the specific broadcasting stations and commentators are shown in the tables below.

No official accounts of the viewing figures are known to exist. In his introductory remarks, the Dutch commentator stated that a total number of "about 25 million viewers" across Europe could be estimated.<ref name="contestAV">{{cite AV media |title=Grand Prix Eurovision de la Chanson Européenne 1958 |trans-title=Eurovision Grand Prix of European Song 1958 |date=12 March 1958 |type=Television programme |language=nl |publisher={{lang|nl|[[Nederlandse Televisie Stichting]]|i=unset}} (NTS) |location=[[Hilversum]], Netherlands}}</ref>

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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]], {{lang|fr|[[La Première (Belgium)|Bruxelles I]]|i=unset}}
| {{N/A|}}
| style="text-align:center" rowspan="2" | <ref name="LeSoir">{{cite news |title=À la radio |trans-title=On the radio |url=https://uurl.kbr.be/1608656 |url-access=registration |date=12 March 1958 |work=[[Le Soir]] |location=[[Brussels]], Belgium |access-date=5 January 2025 |page=12 |language=fr |via={{ill|BelgicaPress|nl}}}}</ref>
|-
| [[VRT 1|NIR]]
| {{N/A|}}
|-
! scope="row" | {{Flagu|Denmark}}
| {{lang|da|[[DR (broadcaster)|Statsradiofonien]]|i=unset}}
| [[DR1|Statsradiofonien TV]], [[DR P1|Program 1]]
| Svend Pedersen
| style="text-align:center" | <ref>{{cite web |title=Alle tiders programoversigter – Onsdag den 12. marts 1958 |trans-title=All-time programme overviews – Wednesday 12 March 1958 |url=https://www.dr.dk/alletidersprogramoversigter/?date=1958-03-12 |publisher=[[DR (broadcaster)|DR]] |language=da |access-date=22 May 2024}}</ref>
|-
! scope="rowgroup" rowspan="2" | {{Flagu|France}}
| rowspan="2" | [[Radiodiffusion-Télévision Française|RTF]]
| [[TF1|RTF]]
| [[Pierre Tchernia]]
| style="text-align:center" | <ref>{{cite news |title=Les programmes de television |trans-title=Television programmes |url=https://www.archives.ain.fr/ark:/22231/vtac4e802538ebe0b59/daogrp/0/39 |access-date=7 November 2024 |work=La République Nouvelle |date=12 March 1958 |location=[[Bourg-en-Bresse]], France |page=3 |language=fr |via={{ill|Departmental archives of Ain|fr|Archives départementales de l'Ain}}}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=La carrière de Pierre Tchernia résumée en dix moments clés |trans-title=The career of Pierre Tchernia summed up in ten key moments |url=https://www.lesoir.be/art/1337388/article/soirmag/actu-stars/2016-10-08/carriere-pierre-tchernia-resumee-en-dix-moments-cles |access-date=5 June 2022 |work=[[Le Soir]] |date=8 October 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220605213811/https://www.lesoir.be/art/1337388/article/soirmag/actu-stars/2016-10-08/carriere-pierre-tchernia-resumee-en-dix-moments-cles |archive-date=5 June 2022 |language=fr |url-status=live}}</ref>
|-
| [[France Inter|France I]]
| {{N/A|}}
| style="text-align:center" | <ref name="LeSoir" />
|-
! scope="row" | {{Flagu|Germany}}
| [[ARD (broadcaster)|ARD]]
| {{lang|de|[[Das Erste|Deutsches Fernsehen]]|i=unset}}
| {{N/A|}}
| style="text-align:center" | <ref>{{Cite news |title=Das Fernsehprogramm vom 9. März bis 15. März |trans-title=The TV schedule from 9 March to 15 March – Wednesday |url=https://druckschriften-digital.marchivum.de/zd/periodical/zoom/586835 |access-date=9 September 2024 |work={{ill|Mannheimer Morgen|de}} |date=8 March 1956 |location=[[Mannheim]], West Germany |page=20 |language=de |via={{ill|Marchivum|de}}}}</ref>
|-
! scope="row" | {{Flagu|Italy}}
| [[RAI]]
| {{lang|it|[[Rai 1|RAI Televisione]]|i=unset}}, {{lang|it|[[Rai Radio 2|Secondo Programma]]|i=unset}}
| [[Bianca Maria Piccinino]]
| style="text-align:center" | <ref>{{cite magazine |title=Televisione {{!}} mercoledì 12 marzo |trans-title=Television {{!}} Wednesday 12 March |url=http://www.radiocorriere.teche.rai.it/Download.aspx?data=1958{{!}}10{{!}}000{{!}}P |magazine=[[Radiocorriere TV|Radiocorriere]] |location=[[Turin]], Italy |date=9–15 March 1958 |volume=35 |issue=10 |page=37 |access-date=31 May 2024 |language=it |via=[[Rai Teche]]}}</ref><ref>{{cite magazine |title=⁎ Radio ⁎ mercoledì 12 marzo |trans-title=⁎ Radio ⁎ Wednesday 12 March {{!}} Second Programme |url=http://www.radiocorriere.teche.rai.it/Download.aspx?data=1958{{!}}10{{!}}000{{!}}P |magazine=[[Radiocorriere TV|Radiocorriere]] |location=[[Turin]], Italy |date=9–15 March 1958 |volume=35 |issue=10 |page=36 |access-date=31 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/kwmn9x8t4/pages/4 |access-date=6 November 2022 |work=[[Luxemburger Wort]] |location=[[Luxembourg City]], Luxembourg |date=11 March 1958 |language=de, fr |page=4 |via=[[National Library of Luxembourg]]}}</ref>
|-
! scope="rowgroup" rowspan="2" | {{Flagu|Netherlands}}
| [[Nederlandse Televisie Stichting|NTS]]
| [[NPO 1|NTS]]
| rowspan="2" | {{ill|Siebe van der Zee|nl}}
| style="text-align:center" rowspan="2" | <ref name="NLC">{{cite news |title=Hilversum in actie voor 70 minuten Eurovisie |trans-title=Hilversum in action for 70 minutes of Eurovision |url=https://leiden.courant.nu/issue/NLC/1958-03-10/edition/0/page/5 |access-date=11 June 2021 |work=[[Trouw|Nieuwe Leidsche Courant]] |location=[[Amsterdam]], Netherlands |date=10 March 1958 |language=nl |page=5 |via=Erfgoed Leiden en Omstreken}}</ref><ref name="Telegraaf">{{cite news |title=Programma's binnen- en buitenlandse zenders |trans-title=Programmes on domestic and foreign channels |url=https://resolver.kb.nl/resolve?urn=ddd:110587333:mpeg21:p009 |access-date=5 June 2022 |work=[[De Telegraaf]] |location=[[Amsterdam]], Netherlands |date=11 March 1958 |language=nl |page=9 |via=[[Delpher]]}}</ref>
|-
| [[Dutch Radio Union|NRU]]
| [[NPO Radio 2|Hilversum 1]]
|-
! scope="row" | {{Flagu|Sweden}}
| [[Sveriges Radio|SR]]
| {{lang|sv|[[SVT1|Sveriges TV]]|i=unset}}
| {{ill|Jan Gabrielsson|sv}}
| style="text-align:center" | {{sfn|Thorsson|Verhage|2006|pp=14–15}}<ref>{{cite news |title=Radio och TV |trans-title=Radio and TV |work=[[Dagens Nyheter]] |date=12 March 1958 |location=[[Stockholm]], Sweden |page=32 |language=sv}}</ref>
|-
! scope="rowgroup" rowspan="3" | {{Flagu|Switzerland}}
| rowspan="3" | [[Swiss Broadcasting Corporation|SRG SSR]]
| [[SRF 1|TV DRS]], [[Radio SRF 2 Kultur|Radio Bern]]
| {{N/A|}}
| style="text-align:center" | <ref>{{cite news |title=Fernsehen |trans-title=Television |url=https://www.e-newspaperarchives.ch/?a=d&d=NZN19580312-03.1.2 |access-date=17 October 2024 |work=[[Neue Zürcher Nachrichten]] |page=2 |date=12 March 1958 |location=[[Zurich]], Switzerland |language=de |via=[[E-newspaperarchives.ch]]}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=Radioprogramm |trans-title=Radio programme |url=https://www.e-newspaperarchives.ch/?a=d&d=NZN19580312-03.1.2 |access-date=17 October 2024 |work=[[Neue Zürcher Nachrichten]] |page=2 |date=12 March 1958 |location=[[Zurich]], Switzerland |language=de |via=[[E-newspaperarchives.ch]]}}</ref>
|- 
| [[RTS 1 (Swiss TV channel)|TSR]], {{lang|fr|[[Espace 2|Radio Genève]]|i=unset}}
| {{ill|Georges Hardy|fr}}
| style="text-align:center" | <ref>{{cite magazine |title=Télévision |trans-title=Television |url=https://www.scriptorium.ch/zoom/322882/view?page=12&p=verso&tool=info |access-date=5 June 2022 |magazine=[[TV8 (magazine)|Radio Je vois tout – télévision]] |volume=36 |issue=10 |date=6 March 1958 |location=[[Lausanne]], Switzerland |pages=22–23 |language=fr |via=[[Scriptorium (website)|Scriptorium]]}}</ref><ref>{{cite magazine |title=Programmes des émissions suisses et étrangères |trans-title=Swiss and foreign broadcast programmes |url=https://www.scriptorium.ch/zoom/322882/view?page=20&p=verso&tool=info |access-date=5 June 2022 |magazine=[[TV8 (magazine)|Radio Je vois tout – télévision]] |volume=36 |issue=10 |date=6 March 1958  |location=[[Lausanne]], Switzerland |pages=38–40 |language=fr |via=[[Scriptorium (website)|Scriptorium]]}}</ref>
|-
| [[RSI Rete Uno|Radio Monte Ceneri]]
| {{N/A|}}
| style="text-align:center" | <ref>{{cite news |title=Pro memoria |trans-title=Memorandum |url=https://www2.sbt.ti.ch/quotidiani-public-pdf/main_part.php?fullscreen=true&paper=gt&day=12&month=3&year=1958&page=2&papername=Gazzetta%20Ticinese&allpages=1,2,3,4 |access-date=3 July 2024 |work={{ill|Gazzetta Ticinese|it}} |date=12 March 1958 |location=[[Lugano]], Switzerland |page=2 |language=it |via={{ill|Sistema bibliotecario ticinese|it}}}}</ref>
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|+ Broadcasters and commentators in non-participating countries
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! scope="col" | Country
! scope="col" | Broadcaster
! scope="col" | Channel(s)
! scope="col" | Commentator(s)
! scope="col" | {{refh}}
|-
! scope="row" | {{Flagu|United Kingdom}}
| [[BBC]]
| [[BBC One|BBC Television Service]]{{efn|Delayed broadcast on 16 March 1958 at 15:15 ([[Greenwich Mean Time|GMT]]).<ref name="Radio Times" />{{sfn|Roxburgh|2012|pp=160–164}}}}
| [[Peter Haigh]]
| style="text-align:center" | <ref name="Radio Times">{{cite magazine |title=Television Programmes – Sunday Afternoon |url=https://genome.ch.bbc.co.uk/page/252a415e92e540ed88a9055bb89302c7?page=12 |access-date=5 June 2022 |magazine=[[Radio Times]] |location=London, United Kingdom |date=16 March 1958 |page=12}}</ref>
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