Televisión del Principado de Asturias (
Asturian: ''Televisión del Principáu d'Asturies'',
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: ''Television of the Principality of Asturias'') is the first channel from
RTPA, in
Asturias
Asturias (, ; ast, Asturies ), officially the Principality of Asturias ( es, Principado de Asturias; ast, Principáu d'Asturies; Galician-Asturian: ''Principao d'Asturias''), is an autonomous communities of Spain, autonomous community in nor ...
. The channel broadcasts entirely in
Asturias
Asturias (, ; ast, Asturies ), officially the Principality of Asturias ( es, Principado de Asturias; ast, Principáu d'Asturies; Galician-Asturian: ''Principao d'Asturias''), is an autonomous communities of Spain, autonomous community in nor ...
and its programming is mainly general.
Its headquarters are located in the
Universidad Laboral de Gijón
The Universidad Laboral de Gijón is a large building located in Gijón (Asturias, Spain) in the parish of Cabueñes. Originally built as a learning center for orphans, it currently hosts several cultural institutions.
History
Built between 1946 ...
.
History
TPA made its first test broadcast on 20 December 2005 at 21:00. On 7 January 2006, TPA broadcast its first sports coverage with a football match between
Sporting de Gijón
Real Sporting de Gijón, S.A.D. (), commonly known as Real Sporting, Sporting Gijón, or simply Sporting (although in an international context this can lead to confusion with Sporting Clube de Portugal) is a Spanish football club from Gijón, P ...
and
Racing de Ferrol
Racing Club de Ferrol is a Spanish football team based in Ferrol, Province of A Coruña, in the autonomous community of Galicia.
Founded in 1919, the club currently plays in Primera División RFEF – Group 1, holding home games at '' Estadi ...
, although the match was provided by
Televisión de Galicia
Televisión de Galicia (; "Television of Galicia"; abbreviated as TVG), commonly known as A Galega ("The Galician ne), is a Spanish free-to-air television channel owned and operated by Televisión de Galicia S.A., the television subsidiary of ...
. The next day, another football game was broadcast, this time at
Gozón
Gozón is a municipality in the Autonomous Community of the Principality of Asturias, Spain. Its capital is the town of Luanco (also called Lluanco). The Cantabrian Sea lies on its northern edge, and it is bordered to the south by Corvera de As ...
between
Marino de Luanco
Club Marino de Luanco is a Spanish football team based in Luanco, in the autonomous community of Asturias. Founded in 1931 it plays in Segunda División RFEF – Group 1, holding home games at '' Estadio Miramar'', with a capacity of 3,500 seats. ...
and
Cultural de Durango, but this time produced by themselves.
La TV regional, aún en pruebas, emite hoy su primer partido de fútbol
ABC, 8 January 2006 During the first months, all the weekend games of Sporting de Gijón, Marino de Luanco and Real Oviedo were broadcast.
Despite having four programs in Asturian, its programming is mainly in Spanish language
Spanish ( or , Castilian) is a Romance languages, Romance language of the Indo-European language family that evolved from colloquial Latin spoken on the Iberian peninsula. Today, it is a world language, global language with more than 500 millio ...
.
On 8 September 2006, coinciding with the Day of Asturias, it started its morning broadcastings with the classic ''Mass of La Santina'' in Covadonga
Covadonga ( Asturian: ''Cuadonga'', from ''cova domnica'' "Cave of Our Lady"Juan Gil Fernández, José L. Moralejo, Juan Ignacio Ruiz de la Peña, ''Crónicas asturianas'', Universidad de Oviedo, 1985,
p. 203.) is one of 11 parishes in Ca ...
.
On 27 March 2010, TPA9 HD started its broadcastings with the game of La Liga
The Campeonato Nacional de Liga de Primera División, commonly known simply as Primera División in Spain, and as La Liga in English-speaking countries and officially as LaLiga Santander for sponsorship reasons, stylized as LaLiga, is the men's ...
between Real Zaragoza
Real Zaragoza, S.A.D. (), commonly referred to as Zaragoza, is a football club based in Zaragoza, Aragon, Spain, that currently competes in the Segunda División, the second tier of the Spanish league system. Zaragoza holds its home games at La ...
and Valencia CF
Valencia Club de Fútbol (, ca-valencia, València Club de Futbol ), commonly referred to as Valencia CF (or simply Valencia) is a professional football club based in Valencia, Spain, that currently plays in La Liga, the top flight of the Spa ...
. Since that moment, La Liga games and Formula One
Formula One (also known as Formula 1 or F1) is the highest class of international racing for open-wheel single-seater formula racing cars sanctioned by the Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile (FIA). The World Drivers' Championship, ...
is presented in this channel.
On 9 June 2011, TPA9 HD, with other autonomous channels, broadcast the concert of ''Violadores del Verso'', being this the first broadcasting on the new Digital Terrestrial Television
Digital terrestrial television (DTTV or DTT, or DTTB with "broadcasting") is a technology for terrestrial television in which land-based (terrestrial) television stations broadcast television content by radio waves to televisions in consumers' ...
.
See also
*Radiotelevisión del Principado de Asturias
Radiotelevisión del Principado de Asturias (RTPA) is a public broadcasting company within the Asturias created in 2005. Since 2011, its general director is Antonio Virgili.
History
Televisión del Principado de Asturias made its first test broad ...
*Radio del Principado de Asturias
Radio del Principado de Asturias is RTPA's principal radio station broadcasting generalist programs. RPA started broadcasting in 2006, and regularly on 21 December 2007.
Programs
Nowadays RPA broadcasts news at 14:30, news bulletins every hou ...
*Televisión del Principado de Asturias 2
Televisión del Principado de Asturias 8 is a Spanish television channel, launched in 2010. It was founded and started to broadcast in 2010. TPA8 currently broadcasts in Spanish
Spanish might refer to:
* Items from or related to Spain:
**Spaniards ...
References
External links
Official website
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Asturias
Television stations in Spain
Television channels and stations established in 2005
Asturian-language television stations
Spanish-language television stations
Radiotelevisión del Principado de Asturias