Radio Television of Djibouti (RTD) ( ar, إذاعة وتلفزيون جيبوتي, french: Radiodiffusion télévision de Djibouti) is the

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Djibouti Djibouti, ar, جيبوتي ', french: link=no, Djibouti, so, Jabuuti officially the Republic of Djibouti, is a country in the Horn of Africa, bordered by Somalia to the south, Ethiopia to the southwest, Eritrea in the north, and the Red ...

. The station is based in

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and the only media outlet of the country. RTD is broadcasting in

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, Afar and Somali. In addition to RTD, the country's government does not allow any other broadcasters. According to

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, RTD is used for government propaganda. The opposition broadcaster '' La Voix de Djibouti'' broadcast for ten years as an online radio from

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, in June 2020 it resumed terrestrial broadcasting on a rented station from Bulgaria via

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. RTD operates a powerful medium wave transmitter that broadcasts the Arabic-language US-governmental program

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for all of

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History

The channel began broadcasting in the 1940s, during the colonial period in

French Somaliland French Somaliland (french: Côte française des Somalis, lit= French Coast of the Somalis so, Xeebta Soomaaliyeed ee Faransiiska) was a French colony in the Horn of Africa. It existed between 1884 and 1967, at which time it became the French Ter ...

. In 1967, the Office of French Radio and Television (ORTF) installed a regional station overseas in

Djibouti City Djibouti (also called Djibouti City and in many early English texts and on many early maps, Jibuti; so, Magaalada Jabuuti, french: link=no, Ville de Djibouti, ar, مدينة جيبوتي, aa, Gabuutî Magaala) is the eponymous capital of Dji ...

. The city is today a center for broadcast media and hosts a number of radio and television stations. Radio Television of Djibouti is a general news and entertainment channel. The broadcasting schedule is composed of news, cultural programs, series, entertainment and variety. Through

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satellite, the station's transmission can be received in North Africa, Europe, the Near and Middle East. Some of its programs are also streamed on the internet.

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External links

Official site
Publicly funded broadcasters Arabic-language television stations Somali-language radio stations French-language television networks Television channels in Djibouti Television channels and stations established in 1966 State media {{Africa-tv-station-stub