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Burundi National Radio and Television
Publicly funded broadcaster of Burundi From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Burundi National Radio and Television, also known as the National Radio and Television of Burundi or Radio Television National of Burundi (French: La Radio Télévision Nationale du Burundi (RTNB)), is the national broadcaster of Burundi. It currently broadcasts in Kirundi, French, Swahili (also known as Kiswahili), and English.
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Burundi National Radio and Television began broadcasting in 1960 with the launch of Radio Burundi when the country was still a Belgian colony. However, television broadcasting programmes only began in 1984, long after Burundi gained independence.[1] The television station uses a 0.5kW transmitter in Bujumbura on UHF channel 25.[2] Among its founding staff was Rwandan-born Valence Rwamukwaya, who worked for Burundi's national radio for two years, beginning in 1982.[3]
RTNB operates two radio stations and one television channel, which broadcast a variety of content including news, public service announcements, cultural programmes, and entertainment shows.[4]
In June 2013, Burundi began transitioning from analogue to digital television, a process that was completed by the end of 2014.[5]
Idents
There are two known idents of the station: The first, used from 2008 to 2017, contains a mountain landscape background with the Burundi flag displayed inside the text RTNB at the centre of the screen.[6] The second, introduced after 2017, includes the day's broadcast programme for example, Amakuru, Journal, News, next programme, advertisment, Special Documentaire and idents.[7]
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