[2] The small autonomous state of Saarland, then independent from Germany since 1945 (until 1957) and in economic and customs union with France from 1947 to 1959, adopted a law on broadcasting on June 18, 1952, prepared since 1950.
[1] The general director of Saarland Radio, Frédéric Billmann, decides to establish a television station, but the financial means of his company do not allow him to cover the broadcasting costs, he turns to private operators, which is so unusual.
Their main shareholder is the Monegasque company Images et Sons founded by Charles Michelson and hereditary Prince Rainier III of Monaco with the aim of establishing a network of private broadcasting stations in France.
[1] The channel had its own Tagesschau which was broadcast daily (the German bulletin of the same name only extended to a seven-day basis in October 1956).
The transmitter was closed by the police on January 25, 1958, and on March 10, the Minister of Federal Post ordered the permanent closure of Telesaar in mid-July.