Télé Congo, derived from Télévision Congolaise, is the national television of the

Republic of Congo The Republic of the Congo, also known as Congo-Brazzaville, the Congo Republic or simply the Congo (the last ambiguously also referring to the neighbouring Democratic Republic of the Congo), is a country located on the western coast of Central ...

. Founded on 28 November 1962 and started broadcasting operations in August 1963. It is the oldest television network in

sub-Saharan Africa Sub-Saharan Africa is the area and regions of the continent of Africa that lie south of the Sahara. These include Central Africa, East Africa, Southern Africa, and West Africa. Geopolitically, in addition to the list of sovereign states and ...

. As late as the 1970s, it operated on one transmitter in Brazzaville.

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Television channels and stations established in 1962 Television stations in the Republic of the Congo Multilingual broadcasters French-language television stations Television networks in the Republic of the Congo Publicly funded broadcasters State media {{Africa-tv-station-stub