Radio RSA
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| Radio station ( public service ) | |
| Program type | Foreign service |
| reception | terrestrial ( KW ) |
| Reception area | southern africa |
| business | May 1, 1966 to 1992 |
| Broadcaster | SABC / SAUK |
| List of radio stations | |
Radio RSA: The Voice of South Africa ( English ) or Radio RSA: Die Stem van Suid-Afrika ( Afrikaans ) to German Radio RSA, The voice of South Africa was an international shortwave - radio stations from South Africa , which as of May 1, 1966 by the South African Broadcasting Corporation (English) or Suid-Afrikaanse Uitsaaikorporasie (Afrikaans) in Johannesburg . Broadcasting ceased in 1992 during the final phase of apartheid . Radio RSA defended the apartheid policy with its program and defamed the opponents of the government policy of the time, for example the ANC .
history
Radio RSA was part of the South African Broadcasting Corporation (SABC) or Suid-Afrikaanse Uitsaaikorporasie (SAUK) subordinate to the Ministry of Information, which was founded after the election victory of the National Party in 1948. The task of that ministry was to improve the image of South Africa and to counter the criticism of apartheid. At the end of the 1970s, due to the Muldergate affair, control of Radio RSA was transferred to the State Department. The annual budget was then 20 million rand .
In 1976 RSA radio broadcast 36 hours a week. The shortwave transmitters from Springbok Radio and three regional transmitters were used. The program was broadcast in twelve languages including English , Afrikaans , Swahili , French , Portuguese , Dutch and German ; from 1984 only in eleven languages.
As identification served u. a. the song of the Bokmakiri and the words: "This is Radio RSA, the Voice of South Africa, calling from Johannesburg" or in German: "Here is Radio RSA, the voice of South Africa, from Johannesburg". A little earlier there was a first, shorter announcement with the following words: “You are tuned to the German Service of Radio RSA” (English) and immediately afterwards “Here is the German Service of Radio RSA”.
With the transition from apartheid to democracy around 1992 and the ANC's election victory in 1994, Radio RSA will continue to operate as Channel Africa .
Transmitters
The studios of Radio RSA were in Johannesburg, which is additional transmission facilities ( HF Verwoerd Transmitting Station ) on the farm Bloemendal in Meyerton in the present province of Gauteng were.
The shortwave transmitters had an output of 250 and 500 kW .
Former frequencies
- 11 meter band: 25,790 kHz
- 13 meter band: 21,535 kHz
- 19 meter band: 15,155 kHz
- 25 meter band: 11,900 kHz