The Israel Broadcasting Authority was an outgrowth of the radio station "Kol Yisrael", which made its first broadcast as an independent station on 14 March 1948. The name of the organization operating "Kol Yisrael" was changed to "Israel Broadcasting Service" in 1951. The law creating the "Israel Broadcasting Authority" was passed by the Knesset on 6 June 1965. Television broadcasts commenced on 2 May 1968, with color television following on 23 February 1983, although occasional color transmissions, of such events as the Eurovision Song Contest 1979 and the visit of the Egyptian President Anwar Sadat in 1977, had been made earlier.