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Radio Congo Belge (RCB) was created in 1940 by the general government of the Belgian Congo. After the country gained independence, Radio du Congo Belge (RCB) became Radiodiffusion Nationale Congolaise (RNC).
RTNC started television broadcasts in Kinshasa on November 24, 1966,[2] three hours a day (7pm to 10pm), on VHF channel 5.[3] By the mid-1970s, following the rename of the country to Zaire, the television station was known as Télé-Zaire, and had its broadcasting hours extended (6pm to 11pm weekdays and 10am or 1pm to 11pm weekends). A second station in Lubumbashi started in 1967, on channel 9.[4] Programming was mainly dedicated to news and current affairs topics, with smaller proportions of educational and entertainment programming.[5] In preparation for the start of color broadcasts in 1974, Télé-Zaïre received US$1.6 million investments from RCA, which not only saw the implementation of color television, but also increased the facilities in Kinshasa.[6]
Between 1981 and 1997, it was known as the Office Zaïrois de Radio Télévision (OZRT) at the time of Zaire,[7] it was also the only Zairian agency to broadcast on the airwaves since the 1972 law. The station was made available on satellite in the 90s using the Intelsat system to deliver its signals; most relay relay stations in the country's inland were dependent on available power supplies.[8] Since political liberalization in the 1990s, other private companies have broadcast audiovisual media. It took its current name on May 17, 1997, following the coming to power of the AFDL, the party of Laurent-Désiré Kabila.
Operations
Radio
RTNC Chaîne nationale
RTNC Kinshasa
RTNC Bandundu
RTNC Bukavu
RTNC Goma
RTNC Kat (Lubumbashi)
RTNC Kindu
RTNC Kisangani
RTNC MbujiMayi
RTNC Mbandaka
Television
RTNC covers 70% of the Congolese territory (as of 2001)[9] and operates two television channels:
RTNC1: general channel with national coverage;
RTNC2: public provincial commercial and entertainment channel in Kinshasa.
In the early 2000s, RTNC seized Canal Kin Télévision and TKM, renaming them RTNC3 and RTNC4 in the process.[9]
