Festivali i Këngës në RTSH, commonly known as Festivali i Këngës and also referred to as simply FiK or Fest, is an annual music competition in Albania organised by the national broadcaster Radio Televizioni Shqiptar (RTSH). Broadcast every year since its inauguration in 1962, the festival has determined the country's representative to the Eurovision Song Contest since 2004.
Vaçe Zela performing at the 11th edition of Festivali i Këngës in 1972.
Anjeza Shahini represented Albania in the Eurovision Song Contest 2004 in Istanbul.
Eugent Bushpepa represented Albania in the Eurovision Song Contest 2018 in Lisbon.
Radio Televizioni Shqiptar is the national public broadcasting company of Albania. Founded in 1938, it operates several radio and television channels, over a domestic transmitter network as well as satellite. The international television service via satellite RTSH Sat was launched in 1993 and is aimed at Albanian-speaking communities in Kosovo, Serbia, North Macedonia, Montenegro, and northern Greece, plus the Albanian diaspora in the rest of Europe. RTSH is funded by a combination of commercial advertising, an annual licence fee of US$10.00 and grant-in-aid from the Albanian government.
King Zog and Queen Geraldine Apponyi launched Radio Tirana in 1938.
Headquarters in Tirana.
The former grounds of the headquarters of Radio Tirana.
Mount Dajt overlooking Tirana. TV and radio transmitters are mounted at Fushe Dajti plain and on the highest peak at the altitude of 1613 meters.