BNT 1 (БНТ 1)
Launched	26 December 1959
Owned by	BNT (Bulgarian National Television)
Country	Bulgaria
Formerly called	First Programme (Първа програма) BT 1 (БТ 1) Channel 1 (Канал 1) (1992-2008)
Sister channel(s)	BNT Sat, BNT Pirin, BNT More, BNT Sever, BNT Plovdiv
Website	www.bnt.bg

BNT 1 (БНТ 1) is a Bulgarian-language public television station founded in 1959 which began broadcasting on December 26 the same year. The headquarters are located in Sofia, Bulgaria. BNT 1 is run by the Bulgarian National Television.

The old logo of BNT Channel 1, used before September 14, 2008

When it was initially launched, the channel was called simply Bulgarian Television (Българска телевизия), as it was the only channel available. When a second state-owned channel was started in 1974, it was renamed to First Programme (Първа програма), and later to "BT 1" (БТ 1) (with BT still referring to Bulgarian Television). In 1991, BT 1 and BT 2 were given separate visual designs and were renamed respectively to Channel 1 (Канал 1) and Efir 2 (Ефир 2). In this period, the channel was also referred to as BNT Channel 1 (Канал 1 на БНТ), to show that it was operated by the BNT. On 14 September 2008 BNT Channel 1 changed its name once more, this time to "BNT 1" in an effort to put all BNT channels under a single banner (e.g., the Plovdiv TV Channel will become BNT Plovdiv). It is speculated that a future digital second channel by the BNT will similarly be called BNT 2.

[edit] Current programming

Jimmy Wales appearing on Night Birds on June 15, 2009

• Panorama (Панорама)
• Around the World and at Home (По света и у нас) - regular news programme
• BNT Taxi (БНТ такси)
• A Minute is Too Much (Минута е много) - game show
• The Day Begins (Денят започва) - morning news and discussion block
• The Memory of Bulgaria (Памет българска) - history programme
• The Big Choice (Големият избор) - reality show, which aims to "find the new leader of Bulgaria"
• Faith and Society (Вяра и общество) - programme about religion in Bulgaria
• Night Birds (Нощни птици) - late-night talk show, featuring well-known persons from Bulgaria and around the world

[edit] Foreign programming

• Everwood
• ER
• The Black Adder
• The Bold and the Beautiful
• One Tree Hill (TV series)
• My Family
• Hannah Montana
• Wizards of Waverly Place
• JONAS (title translated as "Jonas Brothers")
• Totally Spies (from Canal France International)
• Mickey Mouse Clubhouse
• My Friends Tigger and Pooh

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