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ORIGINS In the early years of the station the main bulletin was broadcast on the half-hour, at 9.30, as were the station's radio bulletins, where were broadcast at 1.30 and 6.30. In the 1970s it was decided to move the main television news to 9pm. (The radio bulletins were also moved, in stages, with the last to move, the 6.30pm news, not being moved until the 1990s .) EARLY PRESENTERS RTÉ followed the BBC in having its news bulletins presented by Newsreader s, (ie, professional readers, often actors) who took no part on News Gathering but simply read a script presented to them. Among the most prominent 9.30pm news readers were Charles Mitchel and Maurice O'Doherty . By the 1970s, when the broadcast was moved to 9pm, they were joined by Don Cockburn , while Derek Davis and others took on the task in the 1980s, as first Mitchell and then O'Doherty retired. THE MODERN BULLETINS The 9 O'Clock News has tried various formats, with at different times one presenter each night or two presenters co-presenting the show. In most recent times the ''9 O'Clock News'', in contrast to ''Six One'', has relied on just one presenter. In the late 1980s and early 1990s, RTÉ switched from using ''newsreaders'' and instead opted to have Newscasters (ie, journalists involved in news gathering reading the news). LENGTH OF BULLETIN The bulletin usually runs for 26 minutes, including an Advertising break which divides the broadcast in two. Though a number of presenters read bulletins, the principal newsreader for the ''9 O'Clock News'' is Anne Doyle , a long-term news presenter who has been with the station since the 1980s . Another long-term newsreader, Eileen Dunne, takes over during the summer as well as for some other holiday breaks. STRUCTURE AND LOOK OF THE BULLETIN RTÉ's news-style is heavily modelled on the BBC . It places less emphasis on set and graphics than bulletins on Sky News or ITV News . Traditionally three separate elements were incorporated within the bulletin: news, sports results and the weather forecast. The weather forecast was subsequently separated and is now broadcast directly after the news bulletin. AVAILABLE ON THE INTERNET It can also be watched in full as a RealPlayer video stream from its associated Internet Webpage . OTHER RTE BULLETINS Other , and RTÉ News On Two . On the Internet, the current affairs programs Nationwide , Prime Time and Questions And Answers are also listed alongside these RTÉ News programmes. EXTERNAL LINKS
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