The National Broadcasting of Guinea-Bissau (RDN; in
Portuguese
Portuguese may refer to:
* anything of, from, or related to the country and nation of Portugal
** Portuguese cuisine, traditional foods
** Portuguese language, a Romance language
*** Portuguese dialects, variants of the Portuguese language
** Portu ...
: ''Radiodifusão Nacional da Guiné-Bissau''), also known only as National Radio (in
Portuguese
Portuguese may refer to:
* anything of, from, or related to the country and nation of Portugal
** Portuguese cuisine, traditional foods
** Portuguese language, a Romance language
*** Portuguese dialects, variants of the Portuguese language
** Portu ...
: ''Rádio Nacional''), is a
public broadcasting
Public broadcasting involves radio, television and other electronic media outlets whose primary mission is public service. Public broadcasters receive funding from diverse sources including license fees, individual contributions, public financing ...
company in
Guinea-Bissau
Guinea-Bissau ( ; pt, Guiné-Bissau; ff, italic=no, 𞤘𞤭𞤲𞤫 𞤄𞤭𞤧𞤢𞥄𞤱𞤮, Gine-Bisaawo, script=Adlm; Mandinka: ''Gine-Bisawo''), officially the Republic of Guinea-Bissau ( pt, República da Guiné-Bissau, links=no ) ...
, whose head office is located in
Bissau
Bissau () is the capital, and largest city of Guinea-Bissau. Bissau had a population of 492,004. Bissau is located on the Geba River estuary, off the Atlantic Ocean, and is Guinea-Bissau's largest city, major port, and its administrative and m ...
.
The RDN operates three radio stations in the country -
Bissau
Bissau () is the capital, and largest city of Guinea-Bissau. Bissau had a population of 492,004. Bissau is located on the Geba River estuary, off the Atlantic Ocean, and is Guinea-Bissau's largest city, major port, and its administrative and m ...
(in city suburb of
Nhacra
Nhacra is a town in the Oio Region of Guinea-Bissau
Guinea-Bissau ( ; pt, Guiné-Bissau; ff, italic=no, 𞤘𞤭𞤲𞤫 𞤄𞤭𞤧𞤢𞥄𞤱𞤮, Gine-Bisaawo, script=Adlm; Mandinka: ''Gine-Bisawo''), officially the Republic of Guin ...
),
Catió
Catió is a city in south eastern Guinea-Bissau. It is the capital of Tombali Region.
Population 9,217 (2008 est).
Catio, along with Canjadude and other camps were besieged by the Portuguese in 1973.
Notable people
*Abdulai Silá (1958-) -eng ...
and
Gabu -, in addition to several regional stations and an international broadcast service. A network of transmitters allows the radio to cover about 80% of the country, in frequency modulation (91.5 / 104.0 FM).
The broadcasts are made mostly in Portuguese, and also have programs in the national languages of the country, namely:
Creole,
Fula
Fula may refer to:
*Fula people (or Fulani, Fulɓe)
*Fula language (or Pulaar, Fulfulde, Fulani)
**The Fula variety known as the Pulaar language
**The Fula variety known as the Pular language
**The Fula variety known as Maasina Fulfulde
*Al-Fula ...
,
Balanta, Susso,
Mankanya,
Papel,
Bijago,
Felupe,
Mandinka Mandinka, Mandika, Mandinkha, Mandinko, or Mandingo may refer to:
Media
* ''Mandingo'' (novel), a bestselling novel published in 1957
* ''Mandingo'' (film), a 1975 film based on the eponymous 1957 novel
* ''Mandingo (play)'', a play by Jack Kir ...
,
Manjak,
Beafada, Balanta Mané,
Pajadinka and
Nalu.
Historic
The current RDN arose from the merger of two important broadcasting services that were installed in Guinea-Bissau still in the colonial period, which operated with clearly divergent objectives. The oldest was the public state broadcaster, called the "Official Broadcaster of Portuguese Guinea", started in 1944, and; the other broadcasting service was called "Radio Liberation", started in 1964 on the initiative of nationalist activists who were fighting for the independence of Guinea-Bissau.
The unification of services would only occur in post-independence, on September 10, 1974.
See also
*
Guinea-Bissau Television
References
External links
*{{official website
Publicly funded broadcasters
Radio stations in Guinea-Bissau
Portuguese-language radio stations
Radio stations established in 1974