Radio Nacional del Paraguay (National Radio of Paraguay) is the public radio broadcaster of
Paraguay
Paraguay (; ), officially the Republic of Paraguay ( es, República del Paraguay, links=no; gn, Tavakuairetã Paraguái, links=si), is a landlocked country in South America. It is bordered by Argentina to the south and southwest, Brazil to th ...
. It is a division of the Ministry of Information Technologies and Communication () alongside national public TV channel
Paraguay TV. Programs are in Spanish and in the
Guarani language
Guaraní (), specifically the primary variety known as Paraguayan Guarani ( "the people's language"), is a South American language that belongs to the Tupi–Guarani family of the Tupian languages. It is one of the official languages of P ...
.
In
Asunción
Asunción (, , , Guarani: Paraguay) is the capital and the largest city of Paraguay.
The city stands on the eastern bank of the Paraguay River, almost at the confluence of this river with the Pilcomayo River. The Paraguay River and the Bay of ...
, it has two stations, the 100,000-watt
920 AM
The following radio stations broadcast on AM frequency 920 kHz: 920 AM is a Regional
In geography, regions, otherwise referred to as zones, lands or territories, are areas that are broadly divided by physical characteristics (physical geogr ...
(call sign
ZP1) and
ZPV1
ZPV1 is the FM station of Paraguay's state broadcaster, Radio Nacional del Paraguay. It transmits on 95.1 MHz with an effective radiated power
Effective radiated power (ERP), synonymous with equivalent radiated power, is an IEEE standardized ...
on
95.1 FM
The following radio broadcasting, radio stations broadcast on FM broadcasting, FM frequency 95.1 MHz:
Argentina
* LRM945 Esperanza in Venado Tuerto, Santa Fe
* LRP756 Estilo in San Justo, Santa Fe
* Metro 95.1 in Buenos Aires
* KISS FM in R ...
, with separate programming. RNP also operates services in
Pilar (ZP12, 700 AM) and
San Pedro de Ycuamandiyú
San Pedro de Ycuamandiyú () is a city and distrito in Paraguay. It is the capital of the department of San Pedro.
The conquistador Aleixo Garcia, the first European to cross Paraguay and reach the Inca empire in 1524, is believed to have be ...
(105.9 FM).
History
RNP was established on 2 September 1942. It came to occupy a major role in the military dictatorship of
Alfredo Stroessner
Alfredo Stroessner Matiauda (; 3 November 1912 – 16 August 2006) was a Paraguayan army officer and politician who served as President of Paraguay from 15 August 1954 to 3 February 1989.
Stroessner led a coup d'état on 4 May 1954 with t ...
; Judith María Vera, who served as director general of RNP in the late 2000s, called it "an efficient tool of disinformation". It was known for the program and also originated the other two daily required broadcasts of all radio stations as '.
By the mid-2000s, the shortwave service had been discontinued.
In 2001, the Paraguayan government took over the Pilar station, which had previously been the private Radio Carlos Antonio López; it became a budget item in 2004. A 2005 column in ''
ABC Color'' argued that the ownership of the Pilar and Asunción AM stations was illegal, given that law reserved for the government one national AM frequency and FM frequencies in each department. The San Pedro FM outlet began broadcasting on 8 August 2013.
References
External links
Radio Nacional del Paraguay official websiteWeb stream for 920 AMWeb stream for 95.1 FM
Radio stations in Paraguay
1940s establishments in Paraguay
Radio stations established in 1942
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