 It was launched in 1979 as "TG3 Regione", and was known as "Rai Regione" from 1987-1992 before adopting the current "TGR" name from 1992-1999 (when its name was changed to "TG3 Regione" again) and again from 2002 onwards.Today with about 800 journalists is Europe's largest broadcast news organisation..The programme is generally presented by a single newsreader with additional newsreaders for the sports news.