Radio Africa No. 1

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Radio Africa No. 1
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Radio station
Program type News channels , music channels , talk radio
reception Shortwave radio , VHF , live stream on the Internet, satellite radio ( Africasat-1 )
Reception area Africa
Start of transmission 1978
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Radio Africa No. 1 is the oldest radio station targeting listeners across the African continent. It was set up in 1978 with French support in the Gabonese city ​​of Moyabi and also broadcasts in the Paris region .

history

The station was founded in 1978 in response to growing American, South African and European influence in countries in Central Africa . With the support of the then French President Valéry Giscard d'Estaing , a transmission system with an initial output of 500 kW was built in the province of Haut-Ogooué , near the small town of Moyabi, this location is located near a hydroelectric power station. According to its own information, the station reached 40 percent of the African population at that time. The channel is mostly financed through payments from the state of Gabon, French financial aid and advertising revenues.

The transmitter systems in Gabon are now an indispensable part of global communication networks and are also used for telecommunications , telemetry , marine radio and for aerospace. The transmission is carried out with the latest technology and uses geostationary satellite connections.

program

The station sees itself as an independent African broadcaster. It maintains its own network of correspondents and broadcasts news, educational and entertainment programs. The programs are broadcast in French, English and numerous African languages. Most of the educational programs are broadcast in French.

reception

The station (according to its own information) currently has around 40 million listeners all over the world. For the African listeners, the programs are broadcast on shortwave radio , in urban centers around the African capitals also on FM .

Radio Africa No. 1 has its own studio in Paris and can be received on VHF in the greater Paris area. For some years now, a live stream has also been broadcast on the Internet that can be used worldwide. The station is also present on Africasat-1 as a satellite radio .

In cooperation with various Asian countries (e.g. Japan and China ), the station now also broadcasts special programs for their nationals who are involved in Central African development aid projects.

FM frequencies of selected regions

literature

  • Marc Arcardi de Saint-Paul: Radio Africa No.1 In: Gabon. The development of a nation. Routledge, London and New York. 1989. p. 92.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ See in French Wikipedia article on the station