Radiodiffusion Télévision Sénégalaise
Radiodiffusion Télévision Sénégalaise (RTS) is the Senegalese public broadcasting company.
History
The French military opened the first radio broadcasting station in Dakar in 1932. It began broadcasting civilian programming in 1939. The origins of RTS are in Radio-Dakar, created in 1950, that broadcast eight hours per day. In 1951 two channels appear: Dakar Inter and Dakar Afrique, broadcast to listeners across western Africa.
In 1959, the fusion of Mali and Senegal into the Mali Federation causes the creation of Radio Mali, its bases being in Radio Inter. On August 20, 1960, when Senegal separated from the Mali Federation, Radio Mali became Radio Senegal with two channels: one national and the other international.
In 1962, Radio Senegal became the flagship member of the Union of African National Television and Radio Organizations and its successor, the African Union of Broadcasting.
In February 1965, the Senegalese government began its first television broadcasts,[1] which come to an end in 1972. However, the Munich Olympics created a demand that incited the Senegalese government to create an institution producing both television and radio broadcasts. The Office de Radiodiffusion Télévision du Sénégal (ORTS) was created in 1973, operating two radio channels and a national television channel.
"The programme Chossanie Senegambia... has a higher audience in the Gambia and Senegal than any other programme broadcast by ORTS and Radio Gambia. It is the only programme that goes into the people's own culture and tell them about the history of their ancestors."
On 4 October 1973, ORTS which had been in talks with
In 1992, the ORTS changed its name to the Société Nationale de Radiodiffusion Télévision Sénégalaise (RTS) also changing its structure from government direction to a publicly funded, independently managed corporation.
RTS1 introduced a new schedule in July 2001. Among the changes were the increase of news editions in French from two to three, 12 hours of programming on weekdays, 14 on Wednesdays and 15 on weekends (extending past midnight) and improved sports programming. At the time of the new schedule, RTS had bought a package of 52 feature films, mostly American and released less than two years before showing.[17]
RTS is member of the African Union of Broadcasting (AUB).[18]
Services
Radio
The RTS operates multiple national and regional FM radio stations.
Television
The RTS operates two nationwide television channels, RTS1 and RTS2.
Notes
- ^ "Television Factbook" (PDF). 1977. p. 1116. Retrieved 31 March 2021.
- ^ Joof, Alhaji Alieu Ebrima Cham. Senegambia - The land of our heritage. (1995). p 12
- Joof, Alhaji Alieu Ebrima Cham. Senegambia- The land of our heritage. (1995). pp 7-9
- ^ Radio Gambia Programmes now GRTS
- ^ Joof, Alhaji Alieu Ebrima Cham. Senegambia - The land of our heritage. (1995). pp 11
- ^ Radio Gambia Programmes now GRTS
- ^ Joof, Alhaji Alieu Ebrima Cham. Senegambia - The land of our heritage. (1995). p 11
- ^ Joof, Alhaji Alieu Ebrima Cham. Senegambia - The land of our heritage. (1995). p 11
- ^ Radio Gambia Programmes now GRTS
- ^ One Gambia.com interviews veteran journalist and historian Alhaji Mansour Njie Archived 2016-03-03 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ Joof, Alhaji Alieu Ebrima Cham. Senegambia - The land of our heritage. (1995). pp 7-11
- ^ Radio Gambia Programmes now GRTS
- ^ One Gambia.com interviews veteran journalist and historian Alhaji Mansour Njie Archived 2016-03-03 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ Radio Gambia Programmes now GRTS
- ^ Joof, Alhaji Alieu Ebrima Cham. Senegambia - The land of our heritage. (1995). pp 7-12
- ^ Joof, Alhaji Alieu Ebrima Cham. Senegambia - The land of our heritage. (1995). p 12
- ^ "New programme listings on RTS", Africa Film & TV Magazine, nº. 31, November 2001-January 2002
- ^ "Ours members". AUB-UAR MOBILE APP. Retrieved 2023-08-30.
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