Eurovision Song Contest 1978#Participants

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{{lang|fr|Télévision Française 1|i=unset}} (TF1) staged the contest at the {{lang|fr|Palais des congrès de Paris|i=no}}, a multi propose venue in the 17th arrondissement of Paris. Designed by French architect Guillaume Gillet, the venue was inaugurated in 1974.

{{further|List of countries in the Eurovision Song Contest}}

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{{ESC 1978 participants}}

Denmark returned to the competition after having been absent for twelve years, while Turkey did so after missing out two years.{{cite web |url=https://eurovision.tv/event/paris-1978 |title=Paris 1978 |website=Eurovision.tv}} This meant that, for the first time, the contest had twenty entries competing.

Several of the performing artists had previously competed as lead artists representing the same country in past editions: Jean Vallée had represented {{esccnty|Belgium|y=1970|t=Belgium in 1970}}; and Norbert Niedermeyer as part of Springtime had represented {{esccnty|Austria|y=1972|t=Austria in 1972}} as part of Milestones. In addition, Ireen Sheer representing Germany, had represented {{esccnty|Luxembourg|y=1974|t=Luxembourg in 1974}}.

The postcards were filmed live, featuring the artists making their way to the stage. They took a corridor, then an elevator. Leaving the lift, they were greeted by the previous participants and then made their entrances to the stage. The camera also made several shots of the audience, notably Jane Birkin and Serge Gainsbourg.

Each song was accompanied by a 45-piece orchestra.

The Swedish participant Björn Skifs was unhappy with the rule that every country would have to perform in their native language. He planned to sing in English anyway, but changed his mind at the last moment, causing him to completely forget the lyrics. He therefore sang the first few lines in gibberish before finding the words again.

The Israeli win caused problems for several North African and Middle-Eastern nations that were televising the contest, even though they were not participating. According to author and political commentator John Kennedy O'Connor in his book The Eurovision Song Contest: The Official History, when Israel became the clear winners during the voting, most of the Arabic stations ended their transmission of the contest. Jordan Television finished the show with a photo of a bunch of daffodils on screen, later announcing that the Belgian entry (which finished second) was the winner.O'Connor, John Kennedy. The Eurovision Song Contest – The Official History. Carlton Books, UK. 2007 {{ISBN|978-1-84442-994-3}}

The contest was held on 22 April 1978, beginning at 21:30 (CEST).{{Cite news |last=Didi |first=Franklin |date=22 April 1978 |title=350 millions de téléspectateurs et 200 policiers |language=fr |pages=28–29 |work=Télé 7 Jours |issue=934}}

Fears of terrorist attacks like at the Summer Olympics 1972 in Munich and of stage invasions like in {{escyr|1964}} meant that security measures in and around the Palais des Congrès were particularly tight: 200 police officers, some of them as undercover agents, tried to prevent any potential incidents. Spectators had to go through metal detectors upon arrival at the Palais des Congrès.

In addition to his duties as a host together with Denise Fabre, Léon Zitrone also served as commentator for France, in an own commentary box backstage.

Each participating broadcaster appointed a spokesperson who was responsible for announcing the votes for its respective country via telephone. Known spokespersons at the 1978 contest are listed below.

• {{flagu|Finland}}{{snd}}Kaarina Pönniö{{cite book |last=Murtomäki |first=Asko |title=Finland 12 points! Suomen Euroviisut |date=2007 |publisher=Teos |location=Helsinki, Finland |isbn=951-851-106-3 |language=fi |pages=98–101}}
• {{flagu|Germany}}{{snd}}{{ill|Sigi Harreis|de}}{{cite news|url= https://www.ecgermany.de/images/rbrk_esc/1978/Presse_n1.jpg|title=Deutsche Grand-Prix-Jury war streng abgeschirmt: 11 Juroren erfuhren ihre Aufgabe erst am Sendetag |trans-title=The German Eurovision jury was strictly protected: 11 jurors only found out about their task on the day of broadcast |last=Janda |first=Fritz |work=Gong |location=Munich, West Germany |language=de}}
• {{flagu|Spain}}{{snd}}Matías Prats Luque{{cite news |title=Television |url=https://liburutegibiltegi.bizkaia.eus/bitstream/id/322499/b1126214x_1978_04_22.pdf |access-date=17 December 2024 |work={{ill|La Gaceta del Norte|es}} |date=22 April 1978 |page=47 |location=Bilbao, Spain |language=es |via={{ill|Bizkaiko Foru Liburutegia|eu}}}}
• {{flagu|Sweden}}{{snd}}Sven Lindahl{{cite book |last1=Thorsson |first1=Leif |last2=Verhage |first2=Martin |title=Melodifestivalen genom tiderna : de svenska uttagningarna och internationella finalerna |trans-title=Melodifestivalen through the ages: the Swedish selections and international finals |date=2006 |publisher=Premium Publishing |location=Stockholm |isbn=91-89136-29-2 |language=sv |pages=132–133}}
• {{flagu|Turkey}}{{snd}}Meral Savcı{{cite news |date=22 April 1978 |title=Yirmi ülke yarısıyor Eurovision |trans-title=Twenty countries are competing in Eurovision |url=https://gazetearsivi.milliyet.com.tr/liste?tarih=1978.04.22 |url-access=registration |access-date=18 August 2024 |work=Milliyet |location=Istanbul, Turkey |page=10 |language=tr}}
• {{flagu|United Kingdom}}{{snd}}Colin Berry{{cite book |last1=Roxburgh |first1=Gordon |title=Songs for Europe: The United Kingdom at the Eurovision Song Contest |date=2014 |publisher=Telos Publishing |location=Prestatyn |isbn=978-1-84583-093-9 |pages=312–327|series=Volume Two: The 1970s}}

Below is a summary of all 12 points in the final:

Each participating broadcaster was required to relay the contest via its networks. Non-participating EBU member broadcasters were also able to relay the contest as "passive participants". Broadcasters were able to send commentators to provide coverage of the contest in their own native language and to relay information about the artists and songs to their television viewers.{{cite web |title=The Rules of the Contest |date=31 October 2018 |url=https://eurovision.tv/about/rules |publisher=European Broadcasting Union |access-date=19 December 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221004011300/https://eurovision.tv/about/rules |archive-date=4 October 2022 |url-status=live}} TF1 provided 29 commentary boxes in the auditorium for foreign broadcasters.

In addition to the participating countries, the contest was also reportedly broadcast in 17 other countries, including Algeria, Iceland, Jordan, Morocco, Tunisia, and Yugoslavia; in Czechoslovakia, East Germany, Hungary, Poland, and the Soviet Union via Intervision; and in Hong Kong, Japan, and the United Arab Emirates. No official accounts of the viewing figures are known to exist; an estimate given in French press outlets ahead of the contest put the expected audience at around 350 million viewers worldwide, while media reports put viewing figures between 500 to 600 million.{{cite news |title=La Suisse neuvième au Grand Prix eurovision de la chanson remporté par Israël |trans-title=Switzerland ninth in Eurovision Song Contest, won by Israel |url=https://www.letempsarchives.ch/page/JDG_1978_04_24/9 |access-date=2 December 2024 |work=Journal de Genève |agency=Agence France-Presse |date=24 April 1978 |page=9 |location=Geneva, Switzerland |language=fr |via=Le Temps}}{{cite news |title=Wie wint het Songfestival? |trans-title=Who will win the song contest? |url=https://leiden.courant.nu/issue/LD/1978-04-22/edition/0/page/5 |access-date=15 December 2024 |work=Leidsch Dagblad |location=Leiden, Netherlands |language=nl |page=5 |date=22 April 1978 |via=Erfgoed Leiden en Omstreken}}

Known details on the broadcasts in each country, including the specific broadcasting stations and commentators are shown in the tables below.

| style="text-align:center" | {{cite news |title=T.V. Programma's |trans-title=T.V. Programmes |url=https://aalst.courant.nu/issue/DVP/1978-04-21/edition/0/page/30 |access-date=10 January 2023 |work=De Voorpost |date=21 April 1978 |pages=30–31 |location=Aalst, Belgium |language=nl |via=Stadsarchief Aalst}}

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| BRT

| TV1

| Luc Appermont

| style="text-align:center" | {{cite news |title=Een avondje thuis nietsnutten: Zoutloos songfestival |trans-title=An evening at home doing nothing: Saltless song festival |url=https://aalst.courant.nu/issue/DVP/1978-04-28/edition/0/page/32 |access-date=26 December 2024 |work=De Voorpost |date=28 April 1978 |page=32 |location=Aalst, Belgium |language=nl |via=Stadsarchief Aalst}}

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! scope="row" | {{Flagu|Denmark}}

| DR

| DR TV

| Jørgen de Mylius

| style="text-align:center" | {{cite web |title=Alle tiders programoversigter – Lørdag den 22. april 1978 |trans-title=All-time programme overviews – Saturday 22 April 1978 |url=https://www.dr.dk/alletidersprogramoversigter/?date=1978-04-20&fileIndex=0 |publisher=DR |language=da |access-date=20 May 2024}}{{cite news |title=Det Internationale Melodi Grand Prix 1978 |trans-title=The International Melodi Grand Prix 1978 |work={{ill|Frederikshavns Avis|da}} |language=da |location=Frederikshavn, Denmark}}

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! scope="rowgroup" rowspan="2" | {{Flagu|Finland}}

| rowspan="2" | YLE

| TV1

| {{N/A|}}

| style="text-align:center" rowspan="2" | {{cite news |title=Radio ja TV |trans-title=Radio and TV |url=https://nakoislehti.hs.fi/5b28f166-965e-4a98-b4b4-0f4e3d925f9e |access-date=23 December 2022 |work=Helsingin Sanomat |location=Helsinki, Finland |date=22 April 1978 |page=37 |language=fi |url-access=subscription}}

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| {{ill|Rinnakkaisohjelma|fi}}

| {{N/A|}}

|-

! scope="row" | {{Flagu|France}}

| colspan="2" | TF1

| Léon Zitrone

| style="text-align:center" | {{cite news |title=Radio-télévision |trans-title=Radio-television |url=https://archive.org/details/LeMondeDiplomatique1978FranceFrench/Apr%2016%201978%2C%20Le%20Monde%20Diplomatique%2C%20%2310330%2C%20France%20%28fr%29/page/n13/mode/2up |access-date=22 July 2024 |work=Le Monde |date=16–17 April 1978 |location=Paris, France |page=14 |via=Internet Archive}}

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! scope="row" | {{Flagu|Germany}}

| ARD

| {{lang|de|Deutsches Fernsehen|i=unset}}

| Werner Veigel

| style="text-align:center" | {{cite news |title=Tele-schau: Gesehen – Grand Prix Eurovision (I. Program) |trans-title=Tele-show: Seen – Grand Prix Eurovision (1st Programm) |url=https://www.ecgermany.de/images/rbrk_esc/1978/Presse_78_2.jpg |work={{ill|Bocholter-Borkener Volksblatt|de}} |location=Bocholt, West Germany |access-date=18 January 2023 |language=de}}

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! scope="row" | {{Flagu|Greece}}

| ERT

| ERT, A Programma

| {{N/A|}}

| style="text-align:center" | {{cite news |title=τηλεοραση |trans-title=television |url=http://efimeris.nlg.gr/ns/pdfwin.asp?c=65&dc=22&db=4&da=1978 |access-date=21 September 2024 |work=Rizospastis |date=22 April 1978 |location=Athens, Greece |page=8 |language=el |via=National Library of Greece}}{{cite news |title=ραδιοφωνο |trans-title=radio |url=http://efimeris.nlg.gr/ns/pdfwin.asp?c=65&dc=22&db=4&da=1978 |access-date=21 September 2024 |work=Rizospastis |date=22 April 1978 |location=Athens, Greece |page=8 |language=el |via=National Library of Greece}}

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! scope="rowgroup" rowspan="2" | {{Flagu|Ireland}}

| rowspan="2" | RTÉ

| RTÉ

| Larry Gogan

| style="text-align:center" | {{cite magazine |title=Saturday April 22 – Television |magazine=RTÉ Guide |location=Dublin, Ireland |volume=2 |issue=16 |page=13 |date=21 April 1978}}

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| RTÉ Radio

| Liam Devally

| style="text-align:center" | {{cite magazine |title=Saturday April 22 – Radio |magazine=RTÉ Guide |location=Dublin, Ireland |volume=2 |issue=16 |page=22 |date=21 April 1978}}

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! scope="row" | {{Flagu|Israel}}

| IBA

| Israeli Television, {{ill|Reshet Bet|he|רשת ב'}}

| {{N/A|}}

| style="text-align:center" | {{cite news |title=שבת – 22.4.78 – טלוויזיה |trans-title=Saturday – 22/4/1978 – Television |url=https://www.nli.org.il/en/newspapers/?a=d&d=dav19780421-01.1.64 |access-date=10 January 2023 |work=Davar |date=21 April 1978 |location=Tel Aviv, Israel |language=he |page=64 |via=National Library of Israel}}{{cite news |title=Rádio |url=https://adt.arcanum.com/en/view/UjKelet_1978_04/?pg=129&layout=s |access-date=13 March 2025 |work=Új Kelet |date=21 April 1978 |location=Tel Aviv, Israel |page=16 |language=hu |url-access=subscription |via={{ill|Arcanum Newspapers|hu|Arcanum Újságok}}}}

|-

! scope="row" | {{Flagu|Italy}}

| RAI

| {{lang|it|Rete Due|i=unset}},{{efn|Deferred broadcast at 21:55 (CET)}} Rai Radio 2

| Tullio Grazzini

| style="text-align:center" | {{cite magazine |title=TV2 {{!}} sabato 22 aprile |trans-title=TV2 {{!}} Saturday 22 April |url=http://www.radiocorriere.teche.rai.it/Download.aspx?data=1978{{!}}16{{!}}000{{!}}P |magazine=Radiocorriere TV |location=Turin, Italy |date=16–22 April 1978 |volume=55 |issue=16 |page=183 |access-date=26 June 2023 |language=it |via=Rai Teche}}{{cite magazine |title=sabato 22 aprile |trans-title=Saturday 22 April |url=http://www.radiocorriere.teche.rai.it/Download.aspx?data=1978{{!}}16{{!}}000{{!}}P |magazine=Radiocorriere TV |location=Turin, Italy |date=16–22 April 1978 |volume=55 |issue=16 |pages=202–203 |access-date=26 June 2023 |language=it |via=Rai Teche}}

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! scope="row" | {{Flagu|Luxembourg}}

| CLT

| {{lang|fr|RTL Télé-Luxembourg|i=unset}}

| Jacques Navadic and {{ill|André Torrent|fr|André Torrent}}

| style="text-align:center" | {{cite magazine |title=Samstag, 22. April 1978 |trans-title=Saturday, 22 April 1978 |url=https://viewer.eluxemburgensia.lu/ark:70795/6znh8dv6hj/pages/104 |magazine=Revue Agenda |location=Luxembourg City, Luxembourg |access-date=2 June 2024 |language=fr, de |volume=34 |issue=16 |pages=12–13 |date=22–28 April 1978 |via=National Library of Luxembourg}}

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! scope="row" | {{Flagu|Monaco}}

| colspan="2" | Télé Monte-Carlo

| {{N/A|}}

| style="text-align:center" | {{cite news |title=Les écrans francophones – Samedi 22 avril |trans-title=French-speaking screens – Saturday 22 April |url=https://archive.org/details/LeMondeDiplomatique1978FranceFrench/Apr%2016%201978%2C%20Le%20Monde%20Diplomatique%2C%20%2310330%2C%20France%20%28fr%29/page/n13/mode/2up |access-date=22 July 2024 |work=Le Monde |date=16–17 April 1978 |location=Paris, France |page=14 |via=Internet Archive}}

|-

! scope="row" | {{Flagu|Netherlands}}

| NOS

| {{lang|nl|Nederland 2|i=unset}}

| Willem Duys

| style="text-align:center" | {{cite news |title=Radio en televisie dit weekend |trans-title=Radio and television this weekend |url=https://resolver.kb.nl/resolve?urn=ddd:010563293:mpeg21:p007 |access-date=10 January 2023 |work=Limburgs Dagblad |date=22 April 1978 |page=7 |location=Heerlen, Netherlands |language=nl |via=Delpher}}{{cite news |last=Berkenbosch |first=Co |title=Groep Harmony in Parijs: 'Alleen Engeland grote concurrent' |trans-title=Group Harmony in Paris: 'Only England is a major competitor' |url=https://resolver.kb.nl/resolve?urn=ddd:011199229:mpeg21:p006 |access-date=10 January 2023 |work=De Telegraaf |date=22 April 1978 |page=6 |location=Amsterdam, Netherlands |language=nl |via=Delpher}}

|-

! scope="rowgroup" rowspan="2" | {{Flagu|Norway}}

| rowspan="2" | NRK

| {{lang|no|NRK Fjernsynet|i=unset}}

| Bjørn Scheele

| style="text-align:center" rowspan="2" | {{cite news |title=TV-radio programmene |trans-title=TV-radio programmes |url=https://www.nb.no/items/998eebd63f3e6d5cc7177077f483e231?page=33 |access-date=10 January 2023 |work=Oppland Arbeiderblad |date=22 April 1978 |page=35 |location=Gjøvik, Norway |language=no |via=National Library of Norway}}

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| NRK{{efn|Deferred broadcast at 23:10 (CET)}}

| {{ill|Erik Heyerdahl|no}}

|-

! scope="rowgroup" rowspan="2" | {{Flagu|Portugal}}

| RTP

| {{lang|pt|I Programa|i=unset}}

| Eládio Clímaco

| style="text-align:center" | {{cite news |title=Hoje |trans-title=Today |url=http://casacomum.org/cc/visualizador?pasta=06829.179.28124#!15 |access-date=10 January 2023 |work=Diário de Lisboa |location=Lisbon, Portugal |date=22 April 1978 |page=15 |language=pt |via=Casa Comum}}{{cite web |last1=Firmino |first1=Tiago |title=O número do dia. Quantos festivais comentou Eládio Clímaco na televisão portuguesa? |trans-title=The number of the day. How many festivals did Eládio Clímaco comment on on Portuguese television? |url=https://www.n-tv.pt/eurovisao/o-numero-do-dia-quantos-festivais-comentou-eladio-climaco-na-televisao-portuguesa/269763/ |publisher=N-TV |access-date=10 January 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221104125852/https://www.n-tv.pt/eurovisao/o-numero-do-dia-quantos-festivais-comentou-eladio-climaco-na-televisao-portuguesa/269763/ |archive-date=4 November 2022 |language=pt |date=7 April 2018 |url-status=live}}

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| RDP

| {{lang|pt|RDP Programa 1|i=unset}}

| {{N/A|}}

| style="text-align:center" | {{cite news |title=Rádio |url=http://casacomum.org/cc/visualizador?pasta=06829.179.28124#!18 |access-date=10 January 2023 |work=Diário de Lisboa |location=Lisbon, Portugal |date=22 April 1978 |page=18 |language=pt |via=Casa Comum}}

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! scope="row" rowspan="2" | {{Flagu|Spain|1977}}

| TVE

| TVE 1

| {{ill|Miguel de los Santos (broadcaster)|lt=Miguel de los Santos|es|Miguel de los Santos (presentador)}}

| style="text-align:center" | {{Cite magazine |title=1er programa – Sábado |trans-title=First Program – Saturday |url=https://prensahistorica.mcu.es/es/consulta/registro.do?id=11000960675 |access-date=27 June 2024 |magazine={{ill|Pueblo (newspaper)|es|Pueblo (periódico)|lt=Tele Pueblo}} |date=22 April 1978 |location=Madrid, Spain |pages=2–3 |language=es |via={{ill|Biblioteca Virtual de Prensa Histórica|es}}}}{{cite news |last=Cayon |first=José A. |title=Esta noche Eurovisión-78 |trans-title=Tonight Eurovision-78 |url=https://liburutegibiltegi.bizkaia.eus/bitstream/id/322499/b1126214x_1978_04_22.pdf |access-date=5 October 2024 |work={{ill|La Gaceta del Norte|es}} |date=22 April 1978 |page=48 |location=Bilbao, Spain |language=es |via={{ill|Bizkaiko Foru Liburutegia|eu}}}}

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| RNE

| {{lang|es|RNE Canarias|i=unset}}

| {{N/A|}}

| style="text-align:center" | {{cite web |title=Emisoras |trans-title=Broadcasters |url=https://jable.ulpgc.es/viewer.vm?id=6236657&page=13 |work={{ill|El Eco de Canarias|es}} |location=Las Palmas, Spain |page=13 |language=es |date=22 April 1978 |access-date=27 October 2024 |via=University of Las Palmas de Gran Canaria}}

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! scope="rowgroup" rowspan="2" | {{Flagu|Sweden}}

| rowspan="2" | SR

| TV1

| Ulf Elfving

| style="text-align:center" | {{cite news |title=tv programmen |trans-title=tv programmes |work=Svenska Dagbladet |date=22 April 1978 |location=Stockholm, Sweden |page=19 |language=sv}}

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| SR P3

| Kent Finell

| style="text-align:center" | {{cite news |title=radioprogrammen |trans-title=radio programmes |work=Svenska Dagbladet |date=22 April 1978 |location=Stockholm, Sweden |page=19 |language=sv}}

|-

! scope="rowgroup" rowspan="4" | {{Flagu|Switzerland}}

| rowspan="4" | SRG SSR

| TV DRS{{efn|Broadcast through a second audio programme on TSI|name="DRS"}}

| {{ill|Theodor Haller|de|Theodor Haller (Journalist)}}

| style="text-align:center" | {{cite news |title=Fernsehen – Samstag |trans-title=Television – Saturday |url=https://www.e-newspaperarchives.ch/?a=d&d=NZZ19780422-01.1.47 |access-date=10 January 2023 |work=Neue Zürcher Zeitung |page=47 |date=22 April 1978 |location=Zürich, Switzerland |language=de |via=E-newspaperarchives.ch}}

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| TSR

| {{ill|Georges Hardy|fr}}

| style="text-align:center" | {{cite magazine |title=TV – samedi 22 avril |trans-title=TV – Saturday 22 April |url=https://www.scriptorium.ch/zoom/324407/view?page=8&p=verso&tool=info |access-date=10 January 2023 |magazine=Radio TV – Je vois tout |date=20 April 1978 |volume=56 |issue=16 |location=Lausanne, Switzerland |pages=14–15 |language=fr |via=Scriptorium}}

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| TSI

| {{N/A|}}

| style="text-align:center" | {{cite news |title=Televisione |trans-title=Television |url=https://www.sbt.ti.ch/quotidiani-public-pdf/main_part.php?fullscreen=true&paper=gt&day=22&month=4&year=1978&page=14&papername=Gazzetta%20Ticinese&allpages=1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10,11,12,13,14,15,16 |access-date=10 January 2023 |work={{ill|Gazzetta Ticinese|it}} |date=22 April 1978 |location=Lugano, Switzerland |page=14 |language=it |via={{ill|Sistema bibliotecario ticinese|it}}}}

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| RSR 1

| Robert Burnier

| style="text-align:center" | {{cite magazine |title=Radio – samedi 22 avril |trans-title=Radio – Saturday 22 April |url=https://www.scriptorium.ch/zoom/324407/view?page=68&p=separate&tool=info |access-date=10 January 2023 |magazine=Radio TV – Je vois tout |date=20 April 1978 |volume=56 |issue=16 |location=Lausanne, Switzerland |page=68 |language=fr |via=Scriptorium}}

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! scope="row" | {{Flagu|Turkey}}

| TRT

| {{lang|tr|TRT Televizyon|i=unset}}

| {{N/A|}}

| style="text-align:center" | {{cite news |title=TV. |url=https://egazete.cumhuriyet.com.tr/Archive/CUMHURIYET/GAZETE_ARSIVI/1978/4/22/4B1EF50D-506F-49BE-B3F9-EE1158509002_3248368_9.jpeg |access-date=10 January 2023 |work=Cumhuriyet |date=22 April 1978 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230110143550/https://egazete.cumhuriyet.com.tr/Archive/CUMHURIYET/GAZETE_ARSIVI/1978/4/22/4B1EF50D-506F-49BE-B3F9-EE1158509002_3248368_9.jpeg |archive-date=10 January 2023 |location=Istanbul, Turkey |page=9 |language=tr |url-status=live}}

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! scope="rowgroup" rowspan="26" | {{Flagu|United Kingdom}}

| rowspan="2" | BBC

| BBC1

| Terry Wogan

| style="text-align:center" | {{cite magazine |title=Eurovision Song Contest 1978 – BBC1 |url=https://genome.ch.bbc.co.uk/209edf29dc3243d4a4a089fd86e15799 |access-date=10 January 2023 |work=Radio Times |location=London, United Kingdom |date=22 April 1978 |via=BBC Genome Project}}

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| BBC Radio 2{{efn|Simulcast on BBC Radio 1,{{cite magazine |title=as Radio 2 – BBC Radio 1 |url=https://genome.ch.bbc.co.uk/7cdd17995f144e91a47f24611d7b8331 |access-date=2 January 2025 |work=Radio Times |location=London, United Kingdom |date=22 April 1978 |via=BBC Genome Project}} BBC Radio Birmingham,{{cite news |title=TV and Radio |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/coventry-evening-telegraph-radio-program/168556709/ |access-date=22 March 2025 |work=The Centre Pages |date=22 April 1978 |location=Coventry, United Kingdom |page=2 |via=Newspapers.com}} BBC Radio Brighton,{{cite news |title=T.V. Weekend Guide |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/sevenoaks-chronicle-radio-programmes-for/168556956/ |access-date=22 March 2025 |work=Sevenoaks Chronicle |date=22 April 1978 |location=Sevenoaks, United Kingdom |page=23 |via=Newspapers.com}} BBC Radio Carlisle,{{cite news |title=Saturday radio and television |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-journal-tv-radio-programmes-for-22/168385732/ |access-date=19 March 2025 |work=The Journal |date=22 April 1978 |location=Newcastle upon Tyne, United Kingdom |page=8 |via=Newspapers.com}} BBC Radio Cleveland, BBC Radio Derby,{{cite news |title=Radio |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/evening-post-radio-programmes-for-22-apr/168556511/ |access-date=22 March 2025 |work=Evening Post |date=22 April 1978 |location=Nottingham, United Kingdom |page=4 |via=Newspapers.com}} BBC Radio Humberside,{{cite news |title=television and radio |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/grimsby-evening-telegraph-radio-programm/168556777/ |access-date=22 March 2025 |work=Grimsby Evening Telegraph |date=22 April 1978 |location=Grimsby, United Kingdom |page=3 |via=Newspapers.com}} BBC Radio Leeds,{{cite news |title=Radio: |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/huddersfield-daily-examiner-radio-progra/168557041/ |access-date=22 March 2025 |work=Huddersfield Daily Examiner |date=22 April 1978 |location=Huddersfield, United Kingdom |page=2 |via=Newspapers.com}} BBC Radio Leicester,{{cite news |title=Weekend TV and radio guide |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/leicester-mercury-radio-programmes-for-2/168557124/ |access-date=22 March 2025 |work=Leicester Mercury |date=22 April 1978 |location=Leicester, United Kingdom |page=3 |via=Newspapers.com}} BBC Radio London,{{cite news |title=Saturday radio |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/daily-mirror-radio-programmes-for-22-apr/168376259/ |access-date=19 March 2025 |work=Daily Mirror |date=22 April 1978 |location=London, United Kingdom |page=18 |via=Newspapers.com}} BBC Radio Manchester,{{cite news |title=All the weekend porgorammes |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/manchester-evening-news-radio-programmes/168556632/ |access-date=22 March 2025 |work=Manchester Evening News |date=22 April 1978 |location=Manchester, United Kingdom |page=11 |via=Newspapers.com}} BBC Radio Merseyside,{{cite news |title=And on your radio |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/daily-post-merseyside-ed-radio-progra/168556191/ |access-date=22 March 2025 |work=Liverpool Daily Post |date=22 April 1978 |location=Liverpool, United Kingdom |page=2 |via=Newspapers.com}} BBC Radio Newcastle, BBC Radio Nottingham, BBC Radio Oxford,{{cite news |title=TV and radio |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/reading-evening-post-radio-programmes-fo/168556574/ |access-date=22 March 2025 |work=Evening Post |date=22 April 1978 |location=Reading, United Kingdom |page=2 |via=Newspapers.com}} BBC Radio Solent,{{cite news |title=TV and radio |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/western-daily-press-radio-programmes-for/168556844/ |access-date=22 March 2025 |work=Western Daily Press |date=22 April 1978 |location=Bristol, United Kingdom |page=8 |via=Newspapers.com}} and BBC Radio Stoke.{{cite news |title=Weekend Television and Radio |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/evening-sentinel-radio-programmes-for-22/168556906/ |access-date=22 March 2025 |work=Evening Sentinel |date=22 April 1978 |location=Stoke-on-Trent, United Kingdom |page=2 |via=Newspapers.com}}}}

| Ray Moore

| style="text-align:center" | {{cite magazine |title=Eurovision Song Contest 1978 – BBC Radio 2 |url=https://genome.ch.bbc.co.uk/1eb2dc9218004c45be820c6c938beeda |access-date=10 January 2023 |work=Radio Times |location=London, United Kingdom |date=22 April 1978 |via=BBC Genome Project}}

|}

| style="text-align:center" | {{cite news |title=Телевизия |trans-title=Television |url=https://adt.arcanum.com/en/view/OtecestvenFront_1978_04/?pg=121&layout=s |access-date=29 April 2025 |work={{lang|bg-latn|Otechestven Front|i=unset}} |date=29 April 1978 |page=4 |location=Sofia, Bulgaria |language=bg |url-access=subscription |via={{ill|Arcanum Newspapers|hu|Arcanum Újságok}}}}

|-

! scope="row" | {{Flagu|Cyprus|1960}}

| CyBC

| RIK

| {{N/A|}}

| style="text-align:center" | {{cite news |title=Τηλεοραση |trans-title=Television |url=https://www.pressarchive.cy/s/en/item/903311 |access-date=4 March 2024 |work={{lang|el-latn|Haravgi|i=unset}} |date=22 April 1978 |location=Nicosia, Cyprus |page=4 |language=el |via={{ill|Press and Information Office|el|Γραφείο Τύπου και Πληροφοριών}}}}

|-

! scope="rowgroup" rowspan="2" | {{Flagu|Hong Kong|1959}}

| TVB

| TVB Pearl{{efn|Deferred broadcast the following day at 10:30 (HKT)}}

| {{N/A|}}

| style="text-align:center" rowspan="2" | {{cite news |title=星期日 – 當歸北芪酒 – 四月廿三日 |trans-title=Sunday – Angelica and Beiqi Wine – 23 April |url=https://archive.org/details/NPWK19780423/page/n27/mode/2up |work=Wah Kiu Yat Po Colour Weekly |date=23 April 1978 |location=Quarry Bay, Hong Kong |page=14 |language=zh-hant |via=Internet Archive |access-date=3 November 2024}}

|-

| RTV

| RTV-2{{efn|Deferred broadcast the following day at 19:00 (HKT)}}

| {{N/A|}}

|-

! scope="row" | {{Flagu|Hungary}}

| MTV

| MTV2{{efn|Delayed broadcast on 23 May 1978 at 21:40 (CET)}}

| {{N/A|}}

| style="text-align:center" | {{cite magazine |title=Kedd – május 23 |trans-title=Tuesday – 23 May |url=https://nemzetiarchivum.hu/news_archive/item/NEWS-N2ZWYU9JUWRSdDRNajVZazVtRjdvaXJQSnYwbllMQlJhSHg1UUowNGhCTT0 |access-date=10 January 2023 |magazine=Rádió– és Televízióújság |location=Budapest, Hungary |volume=23 |issue=21 |date=22 May 1978 |pages=12–13 |language=hu |via=Nemzeti Archívum}}

|-

! scope="row" | {{Flagu|Iceland}}

| RÚV

| {{lang|is|Sjónvarpið|i=unset}}{{efn|Delayed broadcast on 30 April 1978 at 21:20 (WET)}}

| Ragna Ragnars

| style="text-align:center" | {{cite news |title=Sjónvarp |trans-title=Television |url=https://timarit.is/page/3076460#page/n21/mode/2up |access-date=10 January 2023 |work=Dagblaðið |date=29 April 1978 |location=Reykjavík, Iceland |language=is |page=22 |via=Timarit.is}}

|-

! scope="row" | {{Flagu|Jordan}}

| JTV

| JTV2{{efn|Contest broadcast interrupted during the voting sequence by the broadcaster{{cite news |title=Israël vastbesloten Songfestival te organiseren |trans-title=Israel determined to host Eurovision Song Contest |url=https://krantenbankzeeland.nl/issue/stm/1978-05-29/edition/null/page/5 |access-date=18 February 2025 |work=De Stem |location=Vlissingen, Netherlands |date=29 May 1978 |language=nl |page=5 |via=ZB Krantenbank Zeeland}}}}

| {{N/A|}}

| style="text-align:center" | {{cite news |title=Jordan Times Daily Guide |url=https://archive.org/details/JordanTimes1978JordanEnglish/Apr%2022%201978%2C%20Jordan%20Times%2C%20%23735%2C%20Jordan%20%28en%29/page/n1/mode/2up |access-date=11 June 2024 |work=The Jordan Times |date=22 April 1978 |location=Amman, Jordan |page=3 |via=Internet Archive}}

|-

! scope="row" | {{Flagu|Netherlands Antilles|1959}}

| colspan="2" | TeleCuraçao{{efn|Delayed broadcast on 6 May 1978 at 22:30 (ADT)}}

| {{N/A|}}

| style="text-align:center" | {{cite news |title=Eurosong-festival op tv |trans-title=Eurosong contest on TV |url=https://resolver.kb.nl/resolve?urn=ddd:010639286:mpeg21:p003 |access-date=27 February 2025 |work=Amigoe |date=5 May 1978 |location=Willemstad, Curaçao |language=nl |page=3 |via=Delpher}}

|-

! scope="row" | {{Flagu|Poland|1928}}

| TP

| TP1{{efn|Deferred broadcast in a shortened format at 00:50 (CET)}}

| {{N/A|}}

| style="text-align:center" | {{cite news |title=Tygodniowy program telewizji od 22 IV do 28 IV 1978 r. |trans-title=Weekly TV schedule from 22 April to 28 April 1978 |url=http://mbc.malopolska.pl/dlibra/docmetadata?id=61924 |access-date=19 April 2024 |work=Dziennik Polski |date=22–23 April 1978 |page=8 |location=Kraków, Poland |language=pl |via={{ill|Digital Library of Małopolska|pl|Małopolska Biblioteka Cyfrowa}}}}

|-

! scope="rowgroup" rowspan="4" | {{Flagu|Yugoslavia}}

| rowspan="4" | JRT

| TV Beograd 1

| {{N/A|}}

| style="text-align:center" | {{cite news |title=Телевизија |trans-title=Television |url=https://istorijskenovine.unilib.rs/view/index.html#panel:pp{{!}}issue:UB_00064_19780422{{!}}page:16 |access-date=25 May 2024 |work=Borba |date=22 April 1978 |location=Belgrade, Yugoslavia |page=16 |language=sh-cyrl |via=Belgrade University Library}}

|-

| TV Koper-Capodistria

| {{N/A|}}

| style="text-align:center" | {{cite news |title=Radio Televizija |trans-title=Radio Television |url=https://www.dlib.si/stream/URN:NBN:SI:DOC-OPUTCBLM/1b56304d-250d-4893-8cab-1b3af732f220/PDF |access-date=22 October 2024 |work=Primorski dnevnik |date=22 April 1978 |page=4 |language=sl |location=Trieste, Italy |via=Digital Library of Slovenia}}

|-

| TV Ljubljana 1{{efn|Deferred broadcast the following day at 15:30 (CET)}}

| {{N/A|}}

| style="text-align:center" | {{cite news |title=Jutri na RTV |trans-title=Tomorrow on RTV |url=http://www.dlib.si/listalnik/URN_NBN_SI_doc-R9XASN1E/8/index.html |access-date=28 October 2024 |work=Delo |date=22 April 1978 |page=8 |language=sl |location=Ljubljana, Yugoslavia |via=Digital Library of Slovenia}}

|-

| TV Zagreb 1

| {{N/A|}}

| style="text-align:center" | {{cite news |title=TV Zagreb {{!}} od 22. do 28. travnja |trans-title=TV Zagreb {{!}} from 22 to 28 April |url=https://library.foi.hr/dbook/novine.php?C=20&godina=1978&broj=000016&page=010 |access-date=8 May 2024 |work=Glas Podravine |date=21 April 1978 |page=10 |language=sh |location=Koprivnica, Yugoslavia |via={{ill|Faculty of Organization and Informatics in Varaždin, University of Zagreb|hr|Fakultet organizacije i informatike u Varaždinu}}}}

|}

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