Radio Nacional del Paraguay

Radio Nacional del Paraguay (National Radio of Paraguay) is the public radio broadcaster of Paraguay.{{cite web|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/americas/country_profiles/1222081.stm|publisher=BBC|title=Paraguay country profile|access-date=16 August 2007|archive-date=19 September 2007|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070919074132/http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/americas/country_profiles/1222081.stm|url-status=live}} It is a division of the Ministry of Information Technologies and Communication ({{lang|es|Ministerio de Tecnologías de la Información y Comunicación}}) alongside national public TV channel Paraguay TV. Programs are in Spanish and in the Guarani language.

In Asunción, it has two stations, the 100,000-watt 920 AM (call sign ZP1) and ZPV1 on 95.1 FM, with separate programming.{{cite web|url=https://www.conatel.gov.py/conatel/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/rnst_fm-comercial_11022022.pdf|title=Registro Nacional de Servicios de Telecomunicaciones: FM Comercial|date=11 February 2022|access-date=27 April 2022|publisher=Comisión Nacional de Telecomunicaciones|archive-date=28 April 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220428020830/https://www.conatel.gov.py/conatel/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/rnst_fm-comercial_11022022.pdf|url-status=live}}{{cite web|url=https://www.conatel.gov.py/conatel/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/licencias-formato-general-rnst_am-23072021.pdf|title=Registro Nacional de Servicios de Telecomunicaciones: AM Comercial|date=23 July 2021|access-date=27 April 2022|publisher=Comisión Nacional de Telecomunicaciones|archive-date=26 December 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211226145937/https://www.conatel.gov.py/conatel/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/licencias-formato-general-rnst_am-23072021.pdf|url-status=live}} RNP also operates services in Pilar (ZP12, 700 AM) and San Pedro de Ycuamandiyú (105.9 FM).

History

RNP was established on 2 September 1942.{{Cite news |date=1 September 2020 |title=Radio Nacional del Paraguay cumple hoy 78 años de servicio informativo |language=es |work=Ministerio de Tecnologías de la Información y Comunicación |url=https://www.mitic.gov.py/noticias/radio-nacional-del-paraguay-cumple-hoy-78-anos-de-servicio-informativo |access-date=28 April 2022 |archive-date=26 November 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201126004518/https://www.mitic.gov.py/noticias/radio-nacional-del-paraguay-cumple-hoy-78-anos-de-servicio-informativo |url-status=live }} It came to occupy a major role in the military dictatorship of Alfredo Stroessner; Judith María Vera, who served as director general of RNP in the late 2000s, called it "an efficient tool of disinformation".{{r|vera}} It was known for the program {{lang|es|La voz del coloradismo}} and also originated the other two daily required broadcasts of all radio stations as {{lang|es|cadenas nacionales}}.{{Cite news |date=2 February 2019 |title=Hace 30 años también terminaba "La Voz del Coloradismo" |language=es-ES |work=Extra |url=https://www.extra.com.py/actualidad/hace-30-anos-tambien-terminaba-la-voz-del-coloradismo-n2795419.html |access-date=28 April 2022}}

By the mid-2000s, the shortwave service had been discontinued.{{cite web|url=http://www.radionacionaldelparaguay.com.py/index.php/editorial|trans-title=From the Official Radio Station to the Public Radio Station|lang=es|title= De la Radio oficialista a la Radio Pública|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100404055155/http://www.radionacionaldelparaguay.com.py/index.php/editorial |archive-date=4 April 2010 |publisher=Radio Nacional del Paraguay|first=Judith María|last=Vera|date= 4 October 2009}}

In 2001, the Paraguayan government took over the Pilar station, which had previously been the private Radio Carlos Antonio López; it became a budget item in 2004. A 2005 column in ABC Color argued that the ownership of the Pilar and Asunción AM stations was illegal, given that law reserved for the government one national AM frequency and FM frequencies in each department.{{cite news|url=https://www.abc.com.py/espectaculos/por-ley-el-estado-no-puede-contar-con-dos-am-810328.html|work=ABC|title=Por ley, el Estado no puede contar con dos AM|date=31 January 2005|trans-title=By law, the State cannot have two AM frequencies|lang=es}} The San Pedro FM outlet began broadcasting on 8 August 2013.{{cite news|url=https://www.ip.gov.py/ip/radio-nacional-san-pedro-celebro-8o-aniversario-de-creacion/|language=es |work=Agencia de Información Paraguaya|title=Radio Nacional San Pedro celebra 8º aniversario de creación|trans-title=Radio Nacional San Pedro celebrates 8th anniversary of creation|date=8 August 2021}}

References

External links

[https://www.radionacional.gov.py/ Radio Nacional del Paraguay official website]
[http://webaudio.radionacional.gov.py/920am/ Web stream for 920 AM]
[http://webaudio.radionacional.gov.py/951fm/ Web stream for 95.1 FM]

Category:Radio stations in Paraguay

Category:1940s establishments in Paraguay

Category:Radio stations established in 1942