Office De Radiodiffusion-Télévision Du Mali
The Office of Radio and Television of Mali (''Office de radiodiffusion et de télévision du Mali'', ORTM) is the national broadcaster of the West African state of Mali. History Malian broadcasting began in 1957 as a one kilowatt radio station called ''Radio Soudan'' in Bamako, then administrative center of the French colony of French Soudan. After independence in 1960, Radio Nationale du Mali (Radio-Mali) began broadcasting from ''la maison de la Radio'' in the Bozola neighbourhood of Bamako. Technical abilities were bolstered with Czech transmitters ranging from 18 to 30 kilowatts in 1962. In 1970, the Chinese government constructed four 50 kW radio transmitters about 7 km from Bamako, towards Kati, enabling Radio Mali to reach much of West Africa. On 22 September 1983, a Libyan financed television broadcast centre was opened in Bamako, enabling RTM to broadcast one channel of colour television. French and German grant programmes between 1984 and 1990 enabled news an ...
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