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 (; ; ) officially the Principality of Asturias, is an autonomous communities of Spain, autonomous community in northwest Spain. It is coextensive with the provinces of Spain, province of Asturias and contains some of the territory t ...

. The channel broadcasts entirely in

and its programming is mainly general. Its headquarters are located in the

Universidad Laboral de Gijón The Universidad Laboral de Gijón (Asturian language, Asturian: ''Universidá Llaboral de Xixón'') is a large building located in Gijón (Asturias, Spain) in the parish of Cabueñes. Originally built as a learning center for orphans, it currently ...

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 is a Spanish professional association football, football club from Gijón, Principality of Asturias. Founded on 1 July 1905, it plays in the ...

and

Racing de Ferrol Racing Club de Ferrol, commonly known as Racing 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 , holding home games at '' E ...

, 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 ...

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 , holding home games at '' Estadio Miramar'', with a capacity of 3,500 seats. History Marino Luanco was founde ...

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 languages, Indo-European language family that evolved from the Vulgar Latin spoken on the Iberian Peninsula of Europe. Today, it is a world language, gl ...

. 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") is one of 11 parishes in Cangas de Onís, a municipality within the province and autonomous community of Asturias, in Northwestern Spain. It is situated in the Picos de ...

. 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 as the Primera División or La Liga, and officially known as LaLiga EA Sports for sponsorship reasons, is a professional association football league in Spain and the highest ...

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 football league system, Spanish league system. Zarag ...

and

Valencia CF Valencia Club de Fútbol, S. A. D. (; ), commonly referred to as Valencia CF or simply Valencia, is a Spanish professional Association football, football club based in Valencia, Spain, that currently plays in La Liga, the top tier of the Spani ...

. Since that moment, La Liga games and

Formula One Formula One (F1) is the highest class of worldwide racing for open-wheel single-seater formula Auto racing, racing cars sanctioned by the Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile (FIA). The FIA Formula One World Championship has been one ...

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, DTT, or DTTB) is a technology for terrestrial television, in which television stations broadcast television content in a digital signal, digital format. Digital terrestrial television is a major technologica ...

References

External links

Official website
{{DEFAULTSORT:Television del Principado de Asturias 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

History

See also

References

External links