Channel 1 Ostankino

1991-1992. Establishment and start of broadcasting

On December 27, 1991, in connection with the formation of the CIS , the termination of activities of state bodies of the USSR , and also in order to ensure the functioning of interstate broadcasting within the CIS, the All-Union State Broadcasting Company was liquidated and the Russian state television and radio company Ostankino ^{[1] was} formed on its basis, which passed all television and broadcasting frequencies on which the All-Union State Television and Radio Broadcasting Company broadcasted and the production of all television and radio broadcasting programs GOVERNMENTAL programs All-Union State TV and Radio Company - "Central Television" became "Ostankino TV", "The first program of DH" was called "1st channel Ostankino". The Ostankino State Television and Radio Broadcasting Company was entrusted with the function of covering political, cultural and economic life in the CIS member states. The chairman of the All-Union State Television and Radio Company Yegor Yakovlev became the chairman of the Russian state television and radio company Ostankino. The information program of the 1st Channel of Ostankino was Novosti, and the informational and analytical Itogi .

Since 1992, the channel began to broadcast the socio-political talk show “Theme” hosted by Vladislav Listyev, the program went on prime time on Tuesdays at 19:55, and the analytical talk show “ Red Square ” hosted by Alexander Lyubimov, the Politburo program, led by Alexander Politkovsky, the producer of these programs was the VID television company .

In the summer of 1992, Eduard Sagalaev created the MNVK , which passed the evening of the “ sixth television channel ” (from 1993 to 1994 on the 6th channel in the morning and in the afternoon there were economic and educational programs of the Northern Crown television company). Instead of Eduard Sagalaev, Igor Malashenko , who was previously the political director of the Russian state television and radio company Ostankino, became the General Director of the Russian state television and radio company Ostankino. At the end of 1992 and the beginning of 1993, there was also the Starry Hour television game for teens and the Call of the Jungle children's television game, as well as documentary observation, “ So far, everyone is at home .”

On October 4, 1992, the channel’s broadcast of George Lucas’s Star Wars movie with the phrase “a pirate’s film purchased for screening without film and video rights” ^[2] was taken off the air of the channel ^[2] . This was the first airing in the national television broadcast. The space saga was shown on the “first button” only 13 years later with stereo sound .

1992-1994. Management Differences and Financial Issues

The liquidation of the State Television and Radio Broadcasting Company, the weakening of state control and the reduction of budget financing of state-owned media outlets led state-owned television companies, including the Ostankino State Television and Radio Broadcasting Company, to sell airtime in their programs, which led to the emergence of independent production companies that originally existed as editorial offices or creative associations of CT. In the difficult economic situation in Russia, as well as the lack of mobility of television structures, this was the only way the channel could survive. However, the coexistence of commercial and state television on the Ostankino television and radio broadcasting company did not ultimately bring her financial benefits, since most of the advertising money was deposited in the structures that produced the programs and sold them to the Ostankino, and the budget could not make large subsidies that would cover losses .

On November 24, 1992, Yegor Yakovlev, because of the screening of the film about the war between Ingushetia and North Ossetia on Channel 1 of Ostankino, was dismissed ^[3] and on January 11, 1993, Vyacheslav Bragin was appointed Chairman of the Ostankino State Television and Radio Broadcasting Company ^[4] . Due to disagreements on the management methods of the television and radio company Igor Malashenko left the post of general director of the Russian state television and radio company Ostankino ^[5] , his place was taken by Kirill Ignatiev.

Igor Malashenko , Oleg Dobrodeev , Yevgeny Kiselev and Alexey Tsyvarev created the non-state television company NTV in June 1993, Igor Malashenko became President and CEO of this television company, Oleg Dobrodeev Chief Editor and Chief Editor of the Information Service, and Alexey Tsyvarev Director of the Information Service. This television company proposed to transfer the fourth channel to it, which was opposed by the leadership of the Ostankino RGTRK .

In 1993, the production of the Itogi program was transferred to NTV television companies, and the program itself began to appear on October 5, 1993 on the 5th television channel . Channel 5 of the Ostankino Channel also hosted Channel 5 news feeds - Tatyana Mitkova and Mikhail Osokin , who became the presenters of the NTV television program Segodnya .

October 3, 1993 , at the end of the football match “ Rotor ” - “ Spartak ” ^{[6] [7]} , at 19:26 Moscow time due to the armed siege of the television and radio company “Ostankino” by order of Vyacheslav Bragin, the air of the 1st, 4th Ostankino canals and the Moscow Canal was interrupted ^{[7] [8] [9]} (against which there was Evgeny Kiselev ). Only St. Petersburg television and RTR remained on the air, on which Vesti appeared every half hour. The programs “Red Square” and “Politburo” were taken off the air. On October 4, at 6:30 a.m., the broadcast was resumed, and on the Teleutra broadcast, footage of the armed siege of the Ostankino television center was shown, as well as a live broadcast of the assault of the White House . After these events, Vyacheslav Bragin demanded to strengthen the protection of editions and studios of the Russian state television and radio company Ostankino.

On December 16, 1993, Vyacheslav Bragin resigned from his post as chairman of the Ostankino State Television and Radio Broadcasting Company ^[4] . This post was first offered to Vladimir Mukusev, but because of his conflict with the staff of the television company, this candidacy was withdrawn. Also, this position was offered to Evgeny Kiselyov, but he refused. Alexander Yakovlev was appointed Chairman of the Ostankino State Television and Radio Broadcasting Company, and Oleg Tochilin, Chief Editor of the Information Television Agency.

Instead of the “Itogi” program, information and analytical programs “Sunday” began to be led, led by Sergey Alekseev and Novosti Plus, led by Sergey Medvedev .

In the fall of 1992, OITV (Ostankino International Television, Ostankino International Television ) was founded by Russian businessmen in Israel, which, since the fall of 1993, relayed a signal from one of the zone versions of the “Ostankino Channel 1” abroad. In particular, such a version of the channel was broadcast in Israel itself, in early February 1994 in Transnistria, for some time in Ukraine, and since October 1994 in some cities in the European part of Russia. The channel was an Israeli Russian-language advertising, sometimes blocking the transmission. The exact fate of the channel is unknown, OITV allegedly ceased broadcasting after the launch of ORT, in April-May 1995.

Since May 1994, the channel began to publish an up-to-date interview " Peak Hour ", hosted by Vladislav Listyev , the producer of this program was the VID television company, while the program was broadcast daily in prime time - at 19:10, and the host of the " Topic " program was Lydia Ivanova , and the Red Square program resumed its release again under the old name “Vzglyad”, which was presided over by Alexander Lyubimov, and six months earlier the Politburo program resumed its release; they also started to exit in prime time (20:00) cultural and educational programs To Remember ", the manufacturer of which was the broadcaster the REN-the TV , leading Leonid Filatov (published on Wednesday) and the" Silver Ball "(published on Thursday), the manufacturer of which was the broadcaster VID and leading Vitaly Woolf , and from the end of 1993 on Monday talk shows were produced by ATV - “We” and “If,” hosted by Vladimir Pozner and “Man and Woman” hosted by Kira Proshutinskaya .

Children's programs and programs for teens - “ Good night, kids ”, “Early in the morning”, programs for teens “Marathon-15”, “Until 16 and older”, “ Call of the jungle ”, program for schoolchildren “Once upon a time” , as well as the program “While Everyone is Home” began to be produced by another non-state television company - “Class!”. As part of the Good Night, Kids program, the musical section “Quartet“ Merry KVampania “” began to be aired on Saturdays, which, since April 1995, also began to go on the air as an independent children's music program. During this period, a music program for schoolchildren, Domisolka, also appears. Also, on the basis of the program “Up to 16 and older”, a number of specialized programs appeared - music programs for teenagers - “Jam” and “Rock lesson”, the program on youth culture “Tin-tonic” and others.

Since August 2, 1994, in the off-air time of Channel 1 of Ostankino (in the afternoon from 11:20 to 16:00 and after 1 a.m.), the private company Global Media Systems starts broadcasting in Moscow and St. Petersburg. By early September, its programs became available in twelve cities of Russia. At the same time, in some countries of the near abroad the broadcasting of the “1st Ostankino Channel” was not carried out at all due to the peculiarities of time zones, for example, in Armenia the duration of the broadcasting of the channel was about 6 hours, while in the eastern regions of Kazakhstan to watch the broadcast of “Ostankino” it was not at all possible in the usual sense of time.

On October 3, 1994, a new broadcasting schedule was adopted: from now on, news releases were released at the 52nd minute of each hour, blocking the broadcasts that were broadcast at that time, the timing of each news release was 8 minutes (such a broadcasting network originally existed on GMS). The “Time” program has not been affected by these changes.

At the end of the summer of 1994, the Ostankino State Television and Radio Broadcasting Company signed an agreement with the Lithuanian television company LitPollinter TV. Under this agreement, Ostankino Channel 1 was able to broadcast LitPoliinter TV for several hours ^[10] . However, already on February 6, 1995, the LitPollinter TV channel stopped broadcasting due to financial problems, and Ostankino again began to broadcast in pure form in Lithuania.

1994-1995. Incorporation of the First channel. Liquidation of the Ostankino State Television and Radio Broadcasting Company

At the end of 1994, part of the leadership of the Russian state television and radio company Ostankino demanded that non-state television companies “share” part of the time in prime time, which meant the closure of part of the programs of non-state television companies. Then the television companies VID , ATV , REN-TV and “ Class! ”Created the Association of Independent Television Manufacturers, which took the initiative to create“ Public Russian Television ”, the majority of whose shares would belong to various business representatives, and ORT broadcasted on the first television channel. On November 29, 1994, by decree of the President of the Russian Federation, the Russian Public Television television company was created, 51% of the shares belonged to the state, and the remaining 49% to business representatives ^[11] . Meanwhile, the difficult financial situation of the Ostankino State Television and Radio Broadcasting Company (expressed in the inability to carry out normal activities even in the case of large subsidies from the Russian budget; by the end of 1994 the company had accumulated debt to the television center in the amount of 100 billion rubles) could lead to the termination of the first channel network by January 1, 1995, which was another argument in favor of the privatization of the "first button" ^[12] .

The Director General of Public Russian Television was appointed Director General of the VID television company, Vladislav Listyev , and the chairman of the board of directors of the Public Russian Television, the chairman of the Russian state television and radio company Ostankino, was appointed Alexander Yakovlev ^[4] .

It was also decided to introduce a moratorium on advertising on the Ostankino Channel 1 on March 1, 1995. But in the evening of that very day, Vladislav Listyev was killed at the entrance of his own house 3 hours after the Rush Hour program. On March 2, 1995, on all channels (including RTR , 2x2 , NTV , TV-6 ), except for the fifth television channel in St. Petersburg , only information programs were broadcast, the rest of the time a static screensaver “Vladislav Listyev killed” was broadcast.

Sergey Blagovolin ^[4] became the general director of Public Russian Television (ORT), and Arkady Evstafiev became the director of the Information Television Agency.

At the close of Channel 1 of Ostankino, its popularity began to plummet. News releases of ITA News and ITA Vremya began to be inferior in ratings to other information programs, in particular, Vesti and Today broadcasts on RTR and NTV. Viewers did not trust information from the front-line of the first Russian-Chechen war presented on the channel. The New Year’s program of the first button gathered an audience half as large as the NTV karaoke show. The audience of the Channel 1 news was becoming more and more age-related: its core audience was mainly elderly people with a low level of education and conservative political views ^[13] . Other programs of the channel, in particular, “ Man and the Law ”, were also perceived by young and active viewers as outdated ^{[14] [15]} .

On April 1, 1995, the entire first television channel went to ORT. Daytime breaks were no longer held, the GMS television company disappeared from the air, news began to appear in the usual schedule - at 9:00, 12:00, 15:00, 18:00 and after midnight with a time of 20 minutes. RGTRK Ostankino has become a producer of a number of programs - Time , Sunday, Versions (together with REN-TV), In the Animal World , Travelers Club, Health , Man and Law , Under the sign of Pi "and" Lucky chance . " The programs Russky Mir and Mysteries of the Old Square were closed, the program On Everyone's Mouth began to go on the air on weekends, in their time the TV game Guess the Melody , produced by the VID television company, went on the air. The main socio-political talk show of the first channel was the One-on-One program, which was hosted by Alexander Lyubimov, and the program was led by Sergei Shatunov and Dmitry Kiselyov.

On October 6, 1995, by the decree of the President of the Russian Federation Boris Yeltsin, the Ostankino State Television and Radio Broadcasting Company was liquidated ^[16] , on October 12, 1995 it was liquidated by a decree of the Government of the Russian Federation ^[17] . The production of the Vremya and Sunday programs was transferred to ORT, the Man and Law and Health programs were transferred to the Region television company (then transformed into RTS ) ^[15] , and the Versions program was closed and transferred to the NTV channel. The program "Ivanov, Petrov, Sidorov" was also closed (switched to RTR ). In March 1996, the Information Television Agency was liquidated, and Oleg Tochilin and Yulia Rakcheeva transferred to the NTV television company.

• Information programs:
  • “ TV Inform” and “ Television News Service ” (December 27–31, 1991),
  • Ostankino News (January 1 - July 27, 1992),
  • " ITA News " (July 28, 1992 - March 31, 1995) and " ITA Time " (December 26, 1994 - March 31, 1995).
• Information and analytical programs:
  • " Results " (January 5, 1992-19 September 1993),
  • "I" (1993-1994),
  • “News Plus” (1993-1994),
  • "Nota bene" (1994 - March 31, 1995).
• Morning infotainment program - “ Morning / Teleutro ” (December 27, 1991 - March 31, 1995).

Information and Analytical

• From November 3, 1992 to March 31, 1995 - Press Express
• From October 31, 1993 to March 26, 1995 - "Sunday"
• from May 27, 1994 to March 24, 1995 - “ Sight ”

Musical

• from December 27, 1991 to May 29, 1992 - "Show Exchange"
• from December 28, 1991 to March 27, 1995 - " Morning mail "
• from December 28, 1991 to March 31, 1995 - The Music Kiosk
• From January 1, 1992 to March 30, 1995 - " Song of the Year "
• from January 3, 1992 to March 31, 1995 - “ MuzOboz ”
• from January 4, 1992 to March 29, 1995 - " 50x50 "
• from January 7, 1992 to January 7, 1995 - " Christmas meetings "
• from January 10, 1992 to March 31, 1995 - "Hit Conveyor"
• from January 14 to April 28, 1992 - "Nine"
• from January 15, 1992 to July 22, 1993 - BlockNot
• From March 25, 1992 to March 1, 1995 - "Sound Track"
• from August 22, 1992 to March 19, 1995 - “ Play, harmonious beloved! "
• from September 14, 1992 to December 13, 1993 - "Jam session"
• From October 21, 1992 to March 31, 1995 - "Rock lesson"
• From December 10, 1992 to March 18, 1995 - "Ostankino hit parade"
• From January 27, 1993 to March 28, 1995 - "Jam"
• From January 1994 to March 6, 1995 - Cabaret All Stars
• from January 14 to September 3, 1994 - the "Academy"
• From November 15, 1994 to March 1995 - "In the world of jazz"
• From November 16, 1994 to March 30, 1995 - “Tin-tonic”
• 440 hertz
• "Autograph"
• "Top Ten MTV"
• "Federico Catalog"
• "Miniature"
• Musical Mosaic
• "Night, street, lantern, party"
• “At Ksyusha”
• Rock and Roll TV
• from January 8, 1992 “Wider Circle” (All-Russian Television Competition) ^[18]

Cultural, Scientific and Educational

• from December 29, 1991 to March 19, 1995 - " Travelers Club "
• from December 29, 1991 to March 19, 1995 - "Under the sign" Pi ""
• from January 4, 1992 to March 30, 1995 - " In the animal world "
• from January 25, 1992 to March 26, 1995 - "The Obvious - The Incredible "
• from 1993 to March 1995 - "New inhabitants"
• from November 29, 1992 to March 26, 1995 - "Living Tree" crafts (later on the channel " Culture ")
• From December 13, 1993 to February 23, 1995 - “ In Search of the Lost ”
• From December 22, 1993 to March 23, 1995 - “ To Remember ”
• From September 23, 1994 to March 30, 1995 - about books "Bookplate"
• From September 29, 1994 to March 13, 1995 - " Silver Ball "
• From 1994 to March 1995 - "Mysteries of History"

Talk Show

• from December 30, 1991 to March 27, 1995 - Press Club
• from January 21, 1992 to March 27, 1995 - “Theater + TV”
• From January 28, 1992 to March 28, 1995 - “ Theme ”
• From August 17, 1992 to March 24, 1995 - "Beaumond"
• From October 12, 1992 to March 28, 1995 - " We "
• From October 23, 1992 to March 31, 1995 - "Man of the week" (later on ORT under the name "Man at Work").
• From November 15, 1993 to December 26, 1994 - " Man and Woman "
• From May 30, 1994 to March 30, 1995 - " Rush Hour "
• From August 15, 1994 to January 9, 1995 - "If ..."
• From October 3, 1994 to March 27, 1995 - “On everyone’s lips”

Copyright

• From December 27, 1991 to March 31, 1995 - "Station of Dreams"
• From December 27, 1991 to February 18, 1995 - "Matador"
• From March 31, 1992 to December 31, 1994 - "Telescope"
• from October 9, 1992 to March 27, 1995 - "Auto Show"
• From April 23, 1994 to March 31, 1995 - Before and After
• from January 11 to March 31, 1995 - "The Age of Cinema"

Humorous

• From January 1, 1992 to March 26, 1995 - " Club of the Fun and Resourceful "
• from January 26, 1992 to May 27, 1993 - "Everything is possible"
• from April 28, 1992 to April 3, 1994 - " Full house "
• from September 28, 1992 to February 4, 1995 - “ Oba-On! "
• January to December 1993 - The Debility
• From January 1993 to March 11, 1995 - "The White Parrot "
• From January 9, 1994 to March 25, 1995 - " Laughter "

Journalistic

• from December 27, 1991 to March 15, 1995 - "Monologue"
• from December 27, 1991 to March 29, 1995 - “ Man and the Law ”
• from December 28, 1991 to 1993 - "Vedi"
• from February 7, 1992 to February 7, 1992 - "Yes!"
• from December 27, 1991 to December 27, 1993 - "Installation"
• from December 27, 1991 to December 1993 - "Box of Glasnost"
• from January 3, 1992 to December 26, 1994 - “Case”
• from January 6, 1992 to July 22, 1993 - Telemikst
• from January 10 to November 28, 1992 and December 29, 1993 - "Eldorado"
• from January 12, 1992 to December 18, 1993 - "Red Square"
• from January 25, 1992 to 1993 - "Madam Luck"
• from February 10, 1992 to December 1993 - “The new studio presents”
• from March 9, 1992 to December 13, 1993 - “ATV-broker”
• from June 5, 1992 to 1994 - “Program X”
• from August 17, 1992 to March 1995 - "Beau Monde"
• from 1992 to 1993 - “Federico Catalog”
• from September 7, 1992 to December 20, 1993 - “TV Gallery”
• from September 20, 1992 to March 10, 1995 - "Politburo"
• from October 5, 1992 to December 1993 - "Wagon-03"
• from October 12, 1992 to March 1995 - "Messengers"
• January to December 1993 - Antre
• from January 1993 to March 1995 - "New inhabitants"
• from January 1993 to March 26, 1995 - "Hello"
• from January 1994 to March 1995 - “Window to Europe”
• From April 23, 1994 to March 25, 1995 - “ The Word of the Shepherd ”
• from September 23, 1994 to March 30, 1995 - Bookplate
• From January 17 to March 1995 - "Special Brigade"
• “Without a pause”
• "Business Class"
• "Choice 2000"
• "Remembering Papanov ..."
• Wild field
• "Business Herald"
• “Behind the Kremlin wall”
• "Theatrical novel"
• "But"
• "Public opinion"
• "Panorama"
• Extra-UFO (later on Teleexpo and Channel 31 / M1 )
• "Prompter"
• "Miss Fortune"
• "The company guarantees"

Entertainment and TV

• from December 27, 1991 to March 31, 1995 - “ Field of Miracles” ”(previously on the 1st program of the Central Television of the USSR, now on ORT / Channel One).
• from December 28, 1991 to March 5, 1995 - " Cinema Panorama "
• from December 28, 1991 to January 10, 1995 - “ What? Where? When? "
• from December 28, 1991 to March 4, 1995 - " Lucky chance "
• From December 28, 1991 to March 5, 1995 - “ Love at first sight ”
• from December 29, 1991 to March 26, 1995 - Sportloto (5 of 36, 6 of 45)
• from January 4, 1992 to January 15, 1994 - "Under the Sign of the Zodiac" ^[19]
• from February 10, 1992 to December 27, 1993 - “New Monday” (Broadcast and others)
• March 14, 1992 - “ Keys to Fort Buillard ”
• from May 3, 1992 to March 31, 1995 - " Brain Ring "
• from May 29, 1992 to January 9, 1993 - "Rest"
• from June 29, 1992 to March 21, 1995 - "Between us girls ..."
• from July 6, 1992 to June 15, 1993 - “Startager”
• from 1992 to May 28, 1994 - "Guinness Show"
• From October 1, 1992 to March 30, 1995 - " Lotto-Million "
• from September 6, 1992 to December 1994 - "The Magnificent Seven"
• from October 19, 1992 to February 15, 1993 - "Eugenics and ..."
• from October 26, 1992 to June 21, 1993 - Megamix
• From November 8, 1992 to March 26, 1995 - “ So far, everyone is at home ”
• from January 14, 1993 to May 16, 1993 - "The Big Walk"
• from February 10 to June 30, 1993 - “ L-club ”
• From November 20, 1993 to March 25, 1995 - “ Smak ”
• from December 6, 1993 to March 20, 1994 - Cabaret "Blue Nights of the Cheka"
• From January 14, 1994 to March 1995 - " Army Store "
• From February 1, 1994 to February 14, 1995 - "Magic Show"
• From 1994 to March 28, 1995 - Videomix
• Keno (6 of 56)
• "Success"

Baby

• from December 27, 1991 to March 24, 1995 - “ Visiting a fairy tale ”
• from December 27, 1991 to March 30, 1995 - " Until 16 and older "
• From December 29, 1991 to March 19, 1995 - “ Morning Star ”
• from December 29, 1991 to March 26, 1995 - " Early in the Morning "
• From January 1, 1992 to March 28, 1995 - " Good night, kids "
• from January 5, 1992 to March 26, 1995 - " Marathon 15 "
• from October 19, 1992 to March 27, 1995 - " High point "
• From November 29, 1992 to March 19, 1995 - Clever women and wise men ”
• From April 22, 1993 to March 21, 1995 - “Do-mi-salt”
• From May 22, 1993 to March 25, 1995 - The Call of the Jungle
• From February 8, 1994 to March 28, 1995 - “The Magic World or Cinema”
• From September 7, 1994 to March 16, 1995 - Computer Hall
• From September 15, 1994 to March 23, 1995 - "Multitrollia"
• From October 13, 1994 to March 6, 1995 - Tete-a-tete
• From January 25 to March 25, 1995 - The Mirror

Sports

• from December 29, 1991 to March 30, 1995 - Football Review
• From December 28, 1992 to March 27, 1995 - “Goal!”
• From February 25 to March 25, 1995 - "Big Race"

Sports Broadcasts

• Winter Olympic Games (1992, 1994)
• Summer Olympics (1992)
• European Football Championship (1992)
• Wimbledon Tournament (1992-1994) ^[20]
• UEFA Champions League (1992-1995) ^{[21] [22]}
• UEFA Cup (1992-1995)
• UEFA Cup Winners Cup (1992-1995)
• Russian Football Cup (1993, 1994) ^[23]
• French Open Tennis Championship (1993-1994)
• Draw of the World Cup (1993) ^[24]
• Soccer world cup (1994)
• Goodwill Games ( 1994 )
• Biathlon World Championship (1995)

Logo

The channel logo was a unit enclosed in a square. Located in the lower right corner. From January 1 to 6, 1992 was in the upper left corner. ^[25] As a rule, it was removed when showing information programs (the ITA logo was also in the lower right corner), during announcers, as well as at the end of the broadcast.

On the international version of Ostankino’s 1st Channel, OITV, the corresponding inscription ^[6] was in the upper left corner.

From 1992 to 1993, the logo of the “1st Channel of Ostankino” was periodically multi-colored (green, blue, purple, pink).

From 1993 to 1995, the logo, standing in the lower right corner, quite often moved farther, now closer to this corner and to the right side of the screen, this is clearly visible on the records of different years. Also, the logo changed slightly in size and volume, as well as in transparency, and on the last day of broadcasting, March 31, 1995, was “flattened”.

A similar logo is currently used by the Ukrainian TV channel 1 + 1 .

Screensavers

• Clock (1991-1994) : analog clock, on a blue background, with white serif letters. They usually appeared before information programs, before leaving for a day break, and also at the beginning and end of the broadcast of the GMS television company.
• Clock (October 12, 1994 - 1995) : a similarity of the central clock was used in the computer version (the second hand was sharp). Also, this watch had a lighter and brighter background, a different font of numbers.
• Main screensaver (1992) : a square appears against the background of the cloudy sky. Then there is a disassembly of the square around its axis and as a result, the square turns into one. At the bottom there is an inscription "Ostankino".
• End of broadcast (1992) : a square appeared on a cloudy background. Then the unit in the center of the square-frame was assembled from 6 cubes, which rotated on the principle of a rubik-cube around its vertical axis. One side of the cube - part of the cloudy background, the second side - white - formed part of the unit. They all turned synchronously, forming a unit. The inscription “Ostankino” appeared below. Then came the “Don't forget to turn off the TV” screen saver of 1988.
• Advertising (1993-1994) : against the background, three rays of spotlights of different colors appeared, shone at one point and went up. After that, the inscription “Ostankino Advertising Agency” appeared and phone and fax numbers appeared. A later splash screen showed a neon billboard with the same caption.
• The main screen saver (1993) : to the music, presumably in the style of ambient, on the yellow-pink background the inscription “On air Ostankino television” appeared, rotated 180 degrees and within 8 seconds turned into the correct position.
• Начало эфира (1994) : показывалась движущаяся 3D-пирамидка с логотипом-единичкой на синем фоне. Когда пирамидка вставала на место логотипа, появлялась надпись «В эфире телевидение „Останкино“», написанная шрифтом Micra.
• Конец эфира (1994—1995) : показывался падающий вниз кубик с логотипом. Затем из центра экрана вылетал оранжевый квадрат с надписью «Спокойной ночи!» или «До встречи в 15.00!» (перед дневным перерывом), затем вылетал красный квадрат с надписью «Не забудьте выключить телевизор!». Шрифт всех надписей — Broadway. После окончания музыки (в дневной заставке звучала сокращённая мелодия начала эфира, заставка конца эфира ночью шла с грустной музыкой) около полуминуты звучал повторяющийся сигнал, при этом перед ним слышен звук непонятного происхождения.
• Основная заставка (1995) : на синем фоне появляются три куба (синий, красный и зелёный), потом они соединяются, образуя куб с логотипом на его сторонах. После он встаёт на синий фон с Останкинской башней, вокруг которой лежат 3 цветных шара. Появляется надпись «В эфире» — вверху, «телевидение Останкино» — внизу.

Время вещания

• 1992—1993 : по будням начинал вещание в 6:00, по субботам — в 7:30, по воскресеньям — в 8:00, эфир заканчивался в 1-4 часа ночи. По будням проводился перерыв в вещании с 12-14 до 14-15 часов ^[26] . С 24 февраля по 23 марта 1992 года по будням проводились перерывы и поздним вечером с полуночи до 1 часа ночи ^[27] .
• Июнь 1993—июнь 1994 : перерыв в будничном вещании стал проводиться только по понедельникам ^[28] (не всегда; иногда и в другие дни недели) ^[29] . К тому времени вечернее вещание телеканала завершалось к 1-2 часам ночи. В июне 1994 года дневные перерывы не проводились.
• Июль 1994 : перерыв в вещании снова стал проводиться по всем будним дням с 12:20 (± 10 минут) до 16:00 ^{[12] [30]} .
• Август—октябрь 1994 : перерыв стал начинаться часом раньше, в 11:20 ^[31] . В Москве и Санкт-Петербурге (а к началу сентября ещё в двенадцати городах России) в этом промежутке времени начинает работу телеканал «GMS». Стоит отметить, что днём 31 августа 1994 года «GMS» вещало только с 12 до 14 и с 15 до 16 часов в связи с прямой трансляцией канала «Останкино» о выводе российских войск из Германии ^[32] . Вечернее вещание канала «Останкино» завершалось около 1 часа ночи. С 29 августа «GMS» вещает и в ночном эфире (с часа ночи до четырёх утра).
• Октябрь 1994—март 1995 : перерыв стал начинаться в 11:00 ^[33] (иногда чуть раньше ^[34] ).

Профилактики на канале проводились раз в месяц по понедельникам до 15:00, 17:00 или 18:00.

В 1992—1995 годах на канале показывали лучшие советские мультфильмы киностудий «Союзмультфильм», «Киевнаучфильм», «Беларусьфильм», «Свердловск-телефильм», «Куйбышев-телефильм», «Саратов-телевильм», «Пермь-телефильм», «Грузия-фильм», «Арменфильм», «Узбекфильм», «Таллинфильм». Также, на канале демонстрировались зарубежные мультфильмы, мультсериалы, иногда японские аниме.

Уолт Дисней представляет…

• « Чип и Дейл спешат на помощь » ( англ. Chip'n Dale Rescue Rangers ). (1 января ^[35] — 22 декабря 1991 + повтор 31 августа — 10 ноября 1992 года)
• « Утиные истории » ( англ. DuckTales ). (1 января ^[35] — 22 декабря 1991 + повтор 31 августа — 10 ноября 1992, 5 июля — 27 декабря 1992 года)
• « Приключения медведей Гамми » ( англ. Disney's Adventures of the Gummi Bears ). (1 января — 27 декабря 1992 года)
• « Чудеса на виражах » ( англ. TaleSpin ). (1 января — 21 июня 1992 года)

Мультфейерверк

• «Каспер и его друзья» ( англ. Casper And Friends ) (3 января — 26 декабря 1993 года)
• « Настоящие охотники за привидениями » ( англ. The Real Ghostbusters ) (3 января 1993 — 25 декабря 1994 года)
• « Кот Феликс » ( англ. Felix the Cat ) (2 января — 3 июля 1994 год)
• «Баскетбольная лихорадка» ( англ. Basket Fever ) (10 июля — 25 декабря 1994 года)
• « Где Уолли? » (15 января — 9 апреля 1995 год)
• «Питер Пуш» (15 января — 19 февраля 1995 года)
• «Приключения бурундучков» ( англ. Alvin and the Chipmunks ) (26 февраля — 9 апреля 1995)

Animated

До 3 октября 1994 в 16:15, с 3 октября 1994 по 31 марта 1995 года в 9:00 (по будням).

• «Герои мультфильмов спешат на помощь» (25 декабря 1991—31 марта 1995 год)
• « Еноты » ( англ. The Raccoons ) (30 декабря 1991 год — 9 января 1992 год + повтор с 22 августа-19 сентября 1992 год)
• «Сонный камень» ( англ. The Dreamstone ) (март—август 1992 год)
• «Денвер — последний из динозавров» (август—сентябрь 1992 год)
• « Бамси » (7 ноября 1992—30 января 1993 год)
• « Дракулито-вампирёныш » (7 ноября 1992—6 февраля 1993 год)
• « Пчела Майя » (11 ноября — 18 декабря 1992 года+с 31 мая 1993 года начался повтор)
• « Летающий дом » ( англ. The Flying House ) (20 января — 7 июля 1993 и с 3 августа 1994 — 4 января 1995 года)
• « Пиф и Геркулес » ( фр. Pif et Hercule ) (7 марта—13 июня 1993 год)
• « Приключения Тедди Ракспина » ( англ. The Adventures of Teddy Ruxpin ) (9 августа — 23 декабря 1993 года)
• « Моя семья и другие животные » (18 — 27 января 1994 года)
• « Приключения Тома Сойера » ( яп. トム・ソーヤーの冒険 ). (22 февраля — 21 июня 1994 года)
• « Война гоботов » ( англ. Challenge of the GoBots ) (28 июня — 15 ноября 1994 года)
• «Топо Джиджио» [1] ( яп. トッポジージョ ). (21 ноября 1994 — 1 февраля 1995 года)
• « Необыкновенная схватка » ( яп. ワンダービートS , англ. Wonder Beat S ). (6 февраля — 27 марта 1995 года)
• « Looney Tunes » и « Весёлые Мелодии » ( англ. Merrie Melodies ) (март 1995 года)

Russian

• « Лифт » (1992 год)
• « Капитан Пронин » (1992—1994 годы)
• « Возвращение кота Леопольда » (1993 год)
• « Обезьянки, вперёд! » (1993 год)
• « Шут Балакирев » (1993 год)
• « Ну, погоди! (выпуск 17) » (1 апреля и 1 октября 1993 года)
• « Ну, погоди! (выпуск 18) » (1 октября 1993 и 24 июня 1994 года)
• « Жила-была царевна » (1993—1995 годы)

«1-й канал Останкино», входя вместе с «4-м каналом Останкино» в РГТРК «Останкино», имел общего генерального директора, а также общие производящие отделы («студии»), такие как « Информационное телевизионное агентство » (до осени 1991 года — «Студия информационных программ»), «Студия музыкальных и развлекательных программ», «Студия кинопрограмм» и т. д.

Генеральные директоры

• Олег Слабынько (1993)
• Григорий Шевелев (1993—1995)

• 4-й канал Останкино
• Общественное российское телевидение

• Фёдор Раззаков . Гибель советского ТВ. Книга 1. Тайны телевидения. От Сталина до Горбачёва, 1930—1991. — М. : Эксмо, 2009. — 528 с. — ISBN 978-5-699-33296-0 .
• Фёдор Раззаков . Блеск и нищета российского ТВ. Книга 2. Тайны телевидения. От Ельцина до Медведева. 1992—2008. — М. : Эксмо, 2009. — 592 с. — ISBN 978-5-699-33297-7 .

• Beginning of broadcasting of the 1st channel of Ostankino after a day break (July 1994): Ostankino television, Goodwill Games, ITA News, Sports and Weather on YouTube broadcast on air (video provided by http://antennamoscow.narod.ru )