[1] On October 19, 1965, at 6:30 p.m., the High Commissioner of the Republic, Jean Risterucci, kicked off the first program broadcast in the territory which was inaugurated by Alain Peyrefitte, Minister of Information.

His speech was followed by that of the High Commissioner, the children's program Bonne nuit les petits, then the first television news bulletin from Télé Nouméa followed by a 1948 film, Ruy Blas, until around 9 p.m. when the channel shut down for the night.

The news primarily concerns Greater Nouméa and the Brousse, but the appointment of Marie-Thérèse Guinchard as editor-in-chief in 1965 and the visit of General de Gaulle in 1966 gave new impetus to this meeting.

Around these new programs appeared the first announcers like Marie-Claire Rothut, Marie-Claude Stuart, Sonia Boyer, today vice-president of the South Province, or even Marie-France Cubadda, who later became a journalist for the channel.

decided to extend broadcast coverage outside Nouméa by installing a new transmitter at Mont Do, entirely transported by the army, which had to trace an access route and mount the equipment on the backs of men.

Retransmitters were then installed in 1966 at Ouen-Toro and at Sémaphore then towards the North, the East coast and on the heights of Grande Terre, in order to allow all Caledonians to receive television.

Over the next fourteen years, RFO Nouvelle-Calédonie will gradually acquire quality technical equipment in order to produce and broadcast more and more regional programs.