RDP África
{{Short description|Radio station of Portugal}}
{{onesource|date=July 2024}}
{{Infobox broadcasting network
|network_name = RDP África
|network_logo = RdpAfrica_2016.png
|branding = RDP África
|country = Portugal and Lusophone Africa
|network_type = Terrestrial, cable, digital, and satellite Radio
|available = International
|owner = RTP
|launch_date = {{Start date and age|1996|04|01|df=y}}
|website = {{Official|http://www.rtp.pt/rdpafrica/}}
}}
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
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.{{cite web |author=Cláudia Sofia Jorge Godinho |title=RFI África em português e RDP África: a lusofonia nos seus noticiários |url=https://run.unl.pt/bitstream/10362/18287/1/_DISSERTA%C3%87%C3%83O%20MESTRADO%20LUSOFONIA_2.pdf |access-date=14 July 2024 |website=NOVA University Lisbon |date=October 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240714215001/https://run.unl.pt/bitstream/10362/18287/1/_DISSERTA%C3%87%C3%83O%20MESTRADO%20LUSOFONIA_2.pdf |archive-date=14 July 2024 }}
RDP África became its own service on 1 April 1996, airing a 17-hour schedule, with David Borges as its first director.[https://arquivos.rtp.pt/conteudos/rdp-canal-africa/ RDP – Canal África] 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.
For its twelfth anniversary in 2008, RDP África made a special 12-hour broadcast from the Campo Grande subway station, with 12 invitees.{{cite web|url=http://www.dn.pt/arquivo/2008/interior/rdp-africa-comemora-aniversario-a-partir-de-estacao-de-metro-997043.html|date=1 April 2008|work=Diário de Notícias|title=RDP África comemora aniversário a partir de estação de metro}}
References
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External links
- {{official website}}
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20090930061250/http://tv1.rtp.pt/canais-radio/rdpafrica/distribuicao.php?canal=4 FM, DAB and satellite transmitting network]
- [http://www.rtp.pt/play/direto/rdpafrica RDP África Live Stream on RTP Play]
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Category:International broadcasters
Category:Radio stations in Angola
Category:Radio stations in Cape Verde
Category:Radio stations in Guinea-Bissau
Category:Radio stations in Mozambique
Category:Radio stations in Portugal
Category:Radio stations in São Tomé and Príncipe
Category:Portuguese-language radio stations
Category:Rádio e Televisão de Portugal