Television Singapura aired test broadcasts on channel 5 from 21 January to 15 February 1963, ahead of its first official pilot broadcast on the evening of 15 February 1963. Minister for Culture S. Rajaratnam became the first person to appear on Singapore TV, announcing that "Tonight might well mark the start of a social and cultural revolution in our lives." The first programme aired was a documentary, "TV Looks at Singapore". The pilot service would broadcast for one hour and 40 minutes nightly at the time, it was estimated that only one in 58 Singaporeans owned a television.