November 1978 - January 1987
General Presentation [1]
Unfortunately, we don't have much footage of RTÉ One presentation from this period in our archive. If you have recordings of continuity links/presentation from this period, or recollections of presentation from these years, we'd be delighted to hear from you. Please refer to the Contact Us page for details of how to get in touch with us.
Above: RTÉ One ident [November 1978 - February 01 1980] [left] [reconstruction]. RTÉ One ident [February 01 1980] [middle] [reconstruction]. RTÉ One ident [1985 - December 1986] [right]. This more colourful, computer-animated version was introduced in 1985. With the numeral '1' centre-screen, then shrinking into due position on the crawling-in of the Saint Brigid's Cross, then the 'RTE' lettering finally zooming in from inside the 'TV screen' within the cross. The image shown here is of the still slide version of this ident.
Above: RTÉ One clock [February 1980 - December 1986]. This clock had actually been in use since around 1977, before RTÉ One was launched. There was some variation in the font used for the channel ID down through the years.
Above: RTÉ One promotional trail sting [1986].
