Events

15 February - For the first time, a football match between Real Madrid and FC Barcelona is broadcast.^[1]
1 April - TVE broadcasts the inauguration of Valley of the Fallen.^[2]
19 March - First Television criticism is published in Spain by the newspaper ABC publishes .^[3]
14 July - Official Inauguration of Miramar TV Studios in Barcelona.^[4]
27 September - Laura Valenzuela, Federico Gallo and Alberto Closas host, from Barcelona, the Mediterranean Song Contest.^[5]
29 November - Artist Lola Flores sings and dances as guess in the Variety Show Gran Parada.^[6]
21 December - TVE broadcasts through the European Broadcasting Union Dwight D. Eisenhower visit to Madrid.^[7]

Debuts

^ Redaction (26 February 2009). RTVE (ed.). "En 1959, la primera trasmisión desde Madrid a Barcelona: el partido más importante de la liga". Madrid: Televisión Española. Retrieved 5 May 2014.
^ Redaction (21 March 1959). rtve.es (ed.). "Valle de los Caídos 50 aniversario: Inauguración". Madrid. Retrieved 5 May 2014.
^ Viana, Isabel (6 April 2010). ABC (newspaper) (ed.). "TVE, «para servir a Dios y a la política espdatela»". Madrid: Vocento. Retrieved 5 May 2014.
^ Redaction (13 July 2009). El País (ed.). "50 dates de TVE con acento catalán". El País. Barcelona: Grupo PRISA. Retrieved 5 May 2014.
^ Redacción. eurovision-spain.com (ed.). "Historia del Festival de la Canción Mediterránea". Archived from the original on 6 October 2014. Retrieved 5 May 2014.
^ cnice.mec.es, ed. (1986). "Historia de TVE - Televisión educativa" (PDF). Diario Ya. p. 200. Archived from the original (PDF) on 19 December 2013. Retrieved 5 May 2014.
^ Redacción. Agencia EFE (ed.). "21 DE DICIEMBRE DE 1959.- El presidente Eisenhower visita España". Madrid. Archived from the original on 19 April 2014. Retrieved 5 May 2014.
^ Ornia, José Ramon Pérez (4 February 1987). "TVE repone los seis 'Cuentos imposibles' escritos y dirigidos por Armiñán". El País (in Spanish).

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