Rai in Barcolana

Rai (Italian national public broadcasting company) makes a comeback aboard Barcolana to tell the feelings, the charm and the protagonists of world’s largest international regatta, organized by the sailing club Società Velica di Barcola e Grignano (SVBG). Rai will stay in Trieste during the whole event and Rai Sport will broadcast the closing regatta from a special studio located in the Village next Sunday (13 October). Giulio Guazzini will host the live broadcast on the regatta, aired on Rai Sport+ HD and Rai3, together with TGR journalists (TG Regione, Rai’s brand for regional news programmes). The live broadcast can be watched also on Rai Play (Rai’s online broadcasting platform) and will be rebroadcast worldwide by Rai Italia.
The day before the regatta (Saturday 12 October), the Italian documentary “Linea Blu” (aired on Rai1) will come back to Barcolana with a special live broadcasting from the stage located in Piazza Unità. Donatella Bianchi and her guests will tell us the spectacular regatta and the never-ending relation between men and the sea. And also, Rai1 will spotlight the port of Trieste with interviews and reports of its programmes “UnoMattina” (aired on Friday 11 October, live from Piazza Unità) and “Vita in diretta”.
Many cultural and sports side events will anticipate the final regatta in Trieste. Rai’s extensive television, radio and media coverage includes reports, interviews and live broadcasts about the event, aired during national and regional television news programmes on Rai1, Rai Sport, Rainews24, TGR, Rai Friuli Venezia Giulia and radio broadcast on Radio1, Radio2 and Rai Radio Live. The latter will broadcast in-depth programmes on the unique relation between Trieste’s community, sea and sailing: Rai’s regional head office (Italian section) will broadcast regional programmes, aired both in the morning and in the afternoon, together with Radio1 from Barcolana, focusing everyday on a sea related theme (ranging from work opportunities to safety).
A detailed and impactful media coverage would be provided by the television news programmes on Friday 11 October, “Tg2 Italia” will be broadcast live from Rai’s stand together with a special slot on the travelling programme “Si viaggiare” after the conclusion of the regatta.
You can live Barcolana’s atmosphere and get to know the protagonists of the great celebrations listening to the special edition of the radio programme “Tutti Nudi”, hosted by Pippo Lorusso, Antonio Mezzancella and Dj Osso and broadcast live from Piazza Unità, on Saturday and Sunday from 1.45 pm to 4 pm: a 2-hours ironic and playful programme on one of Italy’s oldest and most interesting events. Once the live broadcasts are finished, Barcolana Village will dance with a dj set by Rai Radio 2, on Saturday from 4 pm to 6 pm and on Sunday from 10 am to 12 pm. You can follow Barcolana51 also on the radio streaming platform at RaiPlayRadio.it/Radio2, on RaiPlayRadio App and through the contents on Instagram, Facebook and Twitter @RaiRadio2.
Rai Radio1 radio channel will entirely focus on Barcolana with the radio programmes “Radio di bordo” (at 10.05 am) and “L’aria che respiri”, the programme about environment aired every Saturday at 6.05 am and hosted by Germana Brizzolari, that will talk about the good practices at sea. Live broadcasts will be aired during the sporting weekend of Radio1.
The special studio located in the Village will also host a Slovenian office: in the weekend, three radio events will guest three Slovenian writers who have included Barcolana and Trieste in their works, and the Slovenian participants in the regatta, protagonists of this friendly competition against the sailors from Friuli Venezia Giulia.
Like in past editions, Rai will participate in Barcolana: a crew will race aboard a boat exposing symbols of Rai and Radio2.