The topic of this paper is the history of the sports department on Zagreb Television (Televizija Zagreb) and Croatian Radio-Television (Hrvatska radiotelevizija). This paper follows the development of the sports department through the most important broadcasts and shows that were carried by the sports program. The story begins on May 15, 1956, when the project “Zagreb Television” (Televizija Zagreb) was inaugurated at the initiative of the staff at Radio Zagreb. The most important names associated with the creation of the sports department were Hrvoje Macanović, Mladen Delić and Milka Babović. This paper follows the department and its role through the joint direction of Yugoslav Radio-Television, and through the war years when sports journalists assumed the role of war correspondents. Furthermore, it provides an insight into the current situation of the sports department following the introduction of commercial television. Information and research materials were collected from the Croatian Radio-Television archives, as well as from monthly and daily newspapers, and supported by the testimony of some of the TV staff who at the same time attempted to anticipate the future direction of sports programming on Croatian Radio-Television.