RDP África
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| Type | terrestrial, cable, digital, and satellite Radio |
|---|---|
| Branding | RDP África |
| Country | |
| Availability | International |
| Owner | RTP |
Launch date | 1 April 1996 |
Official website | [1] |
RDP África is a terrestrial radio station owned by Rádio e Televisão de Portugal broadcasting to Lusophone African countries with programming such as Lusophone African music, as well as Portuguese music and Brazilian music, with update reports from the Lusophone African recording world.
The station broadcasts on FM in Portugal (Lisboa 101.5 MHz, Coimbra 103.4 MHz and Faro 99.1 MHz), but also on most African Portuguese-speaking countries: Cape Verde, Guinea-Bissau, Mozambique, and São Tomé and Príncipe.
RDP África was introduced to Lusophone Africa when RDP Internacional stopped its broadcast on 6 January 1998 and launched RDP África the next day. The radio station also serves the Portuguese populations of Lusophone Africa and African populations of both black, white, and mulatto blood of Portugal.
History
[edit]Before the creation of RDP África, RDP created an opt-out service called Canal África in 1994. The service was catering Portugal and the Lusophone countries of Africa, with the exception of Angola due to laws banning foreign broadcasts in the country.[1]
RDP África became its own service on 1 April 1996, airing a 17-hour schedule, with David Borges as its first director.[2] The service later extended its schedule to 20 hours, from 5am to 1am. The downtime was filled by a simulcast of Antena 1 due to the lack of resources to produce an overnight schedule.[1]
For its twelfth anniversary in 2008, RDP África made a special 12-hour broadcast from the Campo Grande subway station, with 12 invitees.[3]
References
[edit]- ^ a b Cláudia Sofia Jorge Godinho (October 2015). "RFI África em português e RDP África: a lusofonia nos seus noticiários" (PDF). NOVA University Lisbon. Archived from the original (PDF) on 14 July 2024. Retrieved 14 July 2024.
- ^ RDP – Canal África
- ^ "RDP África comemora aniversário a partir de estação de metro". Diário de Notícias. 1 April 2008.
External links
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- International broadcasters
- Radio stations in Angola
- Radio stations in Cape Verde
- Radio stations in Guinea-Bissau
- Radio stations in Mozambique
- Radio stations in Portugal
- Radio stations in São Tomé and Príncipe
- Portuguese-language radio stations
- Rádio e Televisão de Portugal
- 1996 establishments in Portugal
- Radio stations established in 1996