Editing Eurovision Song Contest 1960 (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 |date=31 October 2018 |url=https://eurovision.tv/about/rules |publisher=[[European Broadcasting Union]] (EBU) |access-date=13 December 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221004011300/https://eurovision.tv/about/rules |archive-date=4 October 2022 |url-status=live}}</ref> An estimated audience of 30 million would see the contest.<ref>{{cite news |title=Today's Television |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/evening-standard-todays-television/170530977/ |access-date=17 April 2025 |work=[[Evening Standard]] |date=29 March 1960 |location=London, United Kingdom |page=4 |via=Newspapers.com}}</ref>

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
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! 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 |url=https://dlib.si/stream/URN:NBN:SI:DOC-LHZDZJWP/1fe7ec67-046d-45df-9776-69dee61915cc/PDF |title=Radio program |trans-title=Radio schedule |work=Slovenski vestnik |page=7 |language=sl |date=25 March 1960 |access-date=21 May 2024 |location=[[Klagenfurt]], Austria |via=[[Digital Library of Slovenia]]}}</ref>
|-
! 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|Georges Désir|fr}}
| style="text-align:center" | {{sfn|Roxburgh|2012|pp=214–219}}<ref>{{cite news |title=Het TV blad |trans-title=The TV magazine |url=https://uurl.kbr.be/2199000 |url-access=registration |date=29 March 1960 |work=[[De Standaard]] |location=[[Brussels]], Belgium |access-date=19 February 2025 |page=10 |language=nl |via={{ill|BelgicaPress|nl}}}}</ref>
|-
| [[VRT 1|NIR]]
| {{ill|Nic Bal|nl}}
| style="text-align:center" | <ref>{{cite news |title=Televisiekijkers voor U... |trans-title=Television viewers for you... |url=https://aalst.courant.nu/issue/DGA/1960-03-26/edition/0/page/2 |access-date=22 June 2022 |work=De Gazet van Aalst |date=26 March 1960 |page=2 |language=nl |location=[[Aalst, Belgium|Aalst]], Belgium |via=Stadsarchief Aalst}}</ref>
|-
! scope="row" | {{Flagu|Denmark}}
| [[DR (broadcaster)|DR]]
| {{lang|da|[[DR1|Danmarks Radio TV]]|i=unset}}, [[DR P2|Program 2]]
| [[Sejr Volmer-Sørensen]]
| style="text-align:center" | <ref>{{cite web |title=Alle tiders programoversigter – Tirsdag den 29. marts 1960 |trans-title=All-time programme overviews – Tuesday 29 March 1960 |url=https://www.dr.dk/alletidersprogramoversigter/?date=1960-03-29 |publisher=[[DR (broadcaster)|DR]] |language=da |access-date=22 May 2024}}</ref>
|-
! scope="row" | {{Flagu|France}}
| [[Radiodiffusion-Télévision Française|RTF]]
| [[TF1|RTF]]
| [[Pierre Tchernia]]
| style="text-align:center" | {{sfn|Roxburgh|2012|pp=214–219}}<ref>{{cite news |title=Les programmes de television |trans-title=Television programmes |url=https://www.archives.ain.fr/ark:/22231/vtad39e0e980ea58afd/daogrp/0/99 |access-date=19 September 2024 |work=La République Nouvelle |date=29 March 1960 |location=[[Bourg-en-Bresse]], France |page=3 |language=fr |via={{ill|Archives départementales de l'Ain|fr}}}}</ref>
|-
! scope="row" | {{Flagu|Germany}}
| [[ARD (broadcaster)|ARD]]
| {{lang|de|[[Das Erste|Deutsches Fernsehen]]|i=unset}}
| [[Wolf Mittler]]
| style="text-align:center" | <ref>{{Cite news |title=Deutsches Fernsehen |trans-title=German television |url=https://www.deutsche-digitale-bibliothek.de/newspaper/item/2GKSANFKW6UDWBQFU652FNBZXB6SCNB2?&issuepage=4 |access-date=23 June 2024 |work=Neckar-Bote |date=26 March 1960 |location=[[Heidelberg]], West Germany |page=4 |language=de |via=[[Deutsche Digitale Bibliothek]]}}</ref><ref name="Radiogids" />
|-
! scope="row" | {{Flagu|Italy}}
| [[RAI]]
| {{lang|it|[[Rai 1|RAI Televisione]]|i=unset}}, {{lang|it|[[Rai Radio 2|Secondo Programma]]|i=unset}}
| Giorgio Porro
| style="text-align:center" | <ref>{{cite magazine |title=TV {{!}} martedì 29 marzo |trans-title=TV {{!}} Tuesday 29 March |url=http://www.radiocorriere.teche.rai.it/Download.aspx?data=1960{{!}}13{{!}}000{{!}}P |magazine=[[Radiocorriere TV]] |location=[[Turin]], Italy |date=27 March – 2 April 1960 |volume=37 |issue=13 |page=30 |access-date=31 May 2024 |language=it |via=[[Rai Teche]]}}</ref><ref>{{cite magazine |title=Radio {{!}} martedì |trans-title=Radio {{!}} Tuesday |url=http://www.radiocorriere.teche.rai.it/Download.aspx?data=1960{{!}}13{{!}}000{{!}}P |magazine=[[Radiocorriere TV]] |location=[[Turin]], Italy |date=27 March – 2 April 1960 |volume=37 |issue=13 |pages=28–29 |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/cd7xm1k8r/pages/4 |access-date=6 November 2022 |work=[[Luxemburger Wort]] |location=[[Luxembourg City]], Luxembourg |date=28 March 1960 |language=de, fr |page=6 |via=[[National Library of Luxembourg]]}}</ref>
|-
! scope="rowgroup" rowspan="2" | {{Flagu|Netherlands}}
| [[Nederlandse Televisie Stichting|NTS]]
| [[NPO 1|NTS]]
| rowspan="2" | Piet te Nuyl Jr.
| style="text-align:center" | <ref name="Radiogids">{{Cite news |date=26 March 1960 |title=Televisie {{!}} dinsdag |trans-title=Television {{!}} Tuesday |url=https://resolver.kb.nl/resolve?urn=MMNIBG01:005308013:00037 |work=Vrije geluiden |location=[[Hilversum]], Netherlands |page=37 |language=nl |via=[[Delpher]] |volume=30 |issue=13 |access-date=18 September 2024 |oclc=72761986}}</ref><ref name="Binnenhof">{{cite news |title=Rudi Carell als tiende |trans-title=Rudi Carell tenth |url=https://resolver.kb.nl/resolve?urn=MMKB19:002044025:mpeg21:p00002 |access-date=15 June 2022 |work={{ill|Het Binnenhof (newspaper)|nl|Het Binnenhof (dagblad)|lt=Het Binnenhof}} |location=[[The Hague]], Netherlands |date=28 March 1960 |language=nl |page=2 |via=[[Delpher]]}}</ref>
|-
| [[Dutch Radio Union|NRU]]
| [[NPO Radio 1|Hilversum 2]]
| style="text-align:center" | <ref name="Binnenhof" /><ref>{{Cite news |date=26 March 1960 |title=Avondprogramma – 29 maart 1960 dinsdag |trans-title=Evening programme – 29 March 1960 Tuesday |url=https://resolver.kb.nl/resolve?urn=MMNIBG01:005308013:00035 |work=Vrije geluiden |location=[[Hilversum]], Netherlands |page=35 |language=nl |via=[[Delpher]] |volume=30 |issue=13 |access-date=18 September 2024 |oclc=72761986}}</ref>
|-
! scope="row" | {{Flagu|Norway}}
| [[NRK]]
| {{lang|no|[[NRK1|NRK Fjernsynet]]|i=unset}}, [[NRK P1|NRK]]
| [[Erik Diesen]]
| style="text-align:center" | <ref>{{cite news |title=Radioprogrammet {{!}} Fjernsynet |trans-title=The radio programmes {{!}} Television |url=https://www.nb.no/items/654a3ef3c28eb9c9eb3d52ec7078ef36?page=3#2 |access-date=15 June 2022 |work=[[Drammens Tidende]] |location=[[Drammen]], Norway |date=29 March 1960 |page=4 |language=no |via=[[National Library of Norway]]}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=TV |url=https://www.nb.no/items/fcac9d2e3b99b9b277ca6f6f5d5d1a29?page=9#10 |access-date=15 June 2022 |work=[[Drammens Tidende]] |location=[[Drammen]], Norway |date=30 March 1960 |page=11 |language=no |via=[[National Library of Norway]]}}</ref>
|-
! scope="row" | {{Flagu|Sweden}}
| [[Sveriges Radio|SR]]
| {{lang|sv|[[SVT1|Sveriges TV]]|i=unset}}, [[Sveriges Radio P2|SR P2]]
| {{ill|Jan Gabrielsson|sv}}
| style="text-align:center" | <ref>{{cite news |title=Radioprogramma – TV tirsdag |trans-title=Radio programme – TV Tuesday |work=[[Svenska Dagbladet]] |date=29 March 1960 |location=[[Stockholm]], Sweden |page=34 |language=sv}}</ref>
|-
! scope="rowgroup" rowspan="3" | {{Flagu|Switzerland}}
| rowspan="3" | [[Swiss Broadcasting Corporation|SRG SSR]]
| [[SRF 1|TV DRS]], [[Radio SRF 1|Radio Beromünster]]
| {{ill|Theodor Haller|de|Theodor Haller (Journalist)}}
| style="text-align:center" | {{sfn|Roxburgh|2012|pp=214–219}}<ref>{{cite news |title=Radio und Fernsehen |trans-title=Radio and television |url=https://www.e-newspaperarchives.ch/?a=d&d=DBB19600328-02.2.21 |access-date=11 December 2024 |work=[[Der Bund]] |page=4 |date=28 March 1960 |location=[[Bern]], Switzerland |language=de |via=[[E-newspaperarchives.ch]]}}</ref>
|-
| [[RTS 1 (Swiss TV channel)|TSR]], [[La Première (Switzerland)|Radio Sottens]]
| {{N/A|}}
| style="text-align:center" | <ref>{{cite news |title=Votre programme |trans-title=Your schedule |url=https://www.scriptorium.ch/zoom/292916/view?page=3&p=separate&tool=info |access-date=6 January 2025 |work=Journal d'Yverdon |date=24 March 1960 |issue=12 |location=[[Yverdon-les-Bains]], Switzerland |page=3 |language=fr |via=[[Scriptorium (website)|Scriptorium]]}}</ref>
|-
| [[RSI La 1|TSI]], [[RSI Rete Uno|Radio Monte Ceneri]]
| {{N/A|}}
| style="text-align:center" | <ref>{{cite news |title=Spettacoli |trans-title=Shows |url=https://www2.sbt.ti.ch/quotidiani-public-pdf/main_part.php?fullscreen=true&paper=gt&day=29&month=3&year=1960&page=2&papername=Gazzetta%20Ticinese&allpages=1,2,3,4 |access-date=3 July 2024 |work={{ill|Gazzetta Ticinese|it}} |date=29 March 1960 |location=[[Lugano]], Switzerland |page=2 |language=it |via={{ill|Sistema bibliotecario ticinese|it}}}}</ref>
|-
! scope="row" | {{Flagu|United Kingdom}}
| [[BBC]]
| [[BBC One|BBC Television Service]]
| [[David Jacobs (broadcaster)|David Jacobs]]
| style="text-align:center" | <ref name="Radio Times">{{cite magazine |title=Eurovision Song Contest Grand Prix 1960 |url=https://genome.ch.bbc.co.uk/8c679613141f4658b8385060de5b1c27 |access-date=15 June 2022 |magazine=[[Radio Times]] |location=London, United Kingdom |date=27 March 1960 |via=[[BBC Genome Project]]}}</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|Finland}}
| [[Yle|YLE]]
| {{lang|fi|[[Yle TV1|Suomen Televisio]]|i=unset}}
| {{ill|Aarno Walli|fi}}
| style="text-align:center" | <ref>{{cite news |title=Radio-ohjelma |trans-title=Radio schedule |url=https://nakoislehti.hs.fi/d4891c4b-4f09-4a79-889e-16bbaffc7d60 |access-date=7 November 2022 |work=[[Helsingin Sanomat]] |location=[[Helsinki]], Finland |date=29 March 1960 |pages=37 |language=fi |url-access=subscription}}</ref>{{sfn|Pajala|2013|loc="Walli was closely involved in YLE's ESC productions; among other things he [...] provided the commentary for all the 1960s ESCs on Finnish television"}}
|-
! scope="row" | {{Flagu|Netherlands Antilles|1959}}
| colspan="2" | [[Radio Netherlands Worldwide|RNW]]{{efn|Delayed broadcast in [[Curaçao]] in a shortened format on 2 April 1960 at 19:20 ([[Atlantic Time Zone|ADT]])<ref name="Amigoe" />}}
| {{N/A|}}
| style="text-align:center" | <ref name="Amigoe">{{cite news |title=Radio en Televisie |trans-title=Radio and Television |url=https://resolver.kb.nl/resolve?urn=ddd:010459814:mpeg21:p004 |access-date=17 July 2024 |work=[[Amigoe|Amigoe di Curaçao]] |date=2 April 1960 |location=[[Willemstad]], Curaçao |language=nl |page=4 |via=[[Delpher]]}}</ref>
|}