Bianca Maria Piccinino
Bianca Maria Piccinino (Trieste, 29 January 1924)[1] is an Italian journalist and television hostess. She was the first woman to conduct an Italian newscast, the 5:00 pm newscast.
Bianca Maria Piccinino | |
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 Bianca Maria Piccinino in 1957 | |
| Born | 29 January 1924 Trieste, Italy |
| Occupation(s) | Journalist, television host and television author |
| Years active | 1953–1989 |
Life and career
Born in Trieste in 1924, she graduated with a degree in biology and joined RAI in 1953 as a television writer and presenter of popular science.
In the mid-1950s she conducted the television program L'amico degli animali with Angelo Lombardi and their assistant Andalù; she was conductor of Eurovision Song Contest 1957 and 1958.
In the following years she became responsible for fashion programmes, and in 1975 she conducted with Emilio Fede the first edition of the TG1 programme. On 29 July 1981, she presented the live broadcast of the wedding of Prince Charles and Lady Diana Spencer for Rai 1. Against the requests for her changing to Canale 5, she stayed on Rai even after his retirement in 1989, taking care of the weekly TV magazine Moda for some years.
Currently, she teaches "Costume fashion" at the Koefia Academy in Rome and writes articles for magazines.[2]
Orders
- San Giusto d’Oro: Trieste, 12 December 2014[3]
Bibliography
- Il Radiocorriere TV, n° 31 of 1957
References
- Dizionario della moda, Grasso A. (cure of), Enciclopedia della televisione, Garzanti, 2008, reports, wrongly, year's born as 1932.
- "Targa a Bianca Maria Piccinino, la prima giornalista della Rai" (in Italian). ilpiccolo.gelocal.it. 5 November 2014. Retrieved 26 December 2018.
- "Bianca Maria Piccinino... Giornalista RAI – Come era e Come è" (in Italian). gossipcomeeracomee.altervista.org. 10 August 2017. Retrieved 26 December 2018.