Radio Télévision du Burkina
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National broadcaster of Burkina Faso
 Headquarters of the Radio Burkina, part of Burkina Faso's national broadcasting company RTB in Ouagadougou | |
| Type | Broadcast |
|---|---|
| Country |  Burkina Faso |
| Availability | National |
| Owner | Government of Burkina Faso |
Launch date | 12 October 1959 (radio) August 1963 (television)[1] |
Former names | Radiodiffusion-Télévision Voltaïque |
Official website | https://www.rtb.bf/ |
The Radiodiffusion Télévision du Burkina is the national broadcaster of the West African state of Burkina Faso. Radiodiffusion Télévision du Burkina is headquartered in the capital city Ouagadougou. Generaldirector (CEO) of RTB is Marcel Toé.
RTB started broadcasting on 12 October 1959.
Television started broadcasting in August 1963 as VoltaVision and it broadcasts 4 hours per week during the first few years. Programmes from Burkina Faso were either made in their country, or imported from France, Germany and the United States.[2]
During the 2014 uprising, protesters stormed the building of the RTB, seized the technical equipment and stopped broadcasts of the TVB and RB.
At the January 2022 Burkina Faso coup d'état the mutinous soldiers declared on RTB television on 24 January 2022, that a military junta of Paul-Henri Sandaogo Damiba and his "Patriotic Movement for Safeguard and Restoration" had seized control of Burkina Faso.[3]
On the same year, eight months later, (see September 2022 Burkina Faso coup d'état) RTB television stopped broadcasting for hours until a group of soldiers, led by Ibrahim Traoré, announced the fall of Paul-Henri Sandaogo Damiba due to his inability to deal with jihadism in the country, they also announced a curfew, the suspension of all political and civil society activities, of the Constitution of Burkina Faso and closed all air and land borders. [4][5]
See also
References
- ^ "Television Factbook" (PDF). 1971. p. 1062-b. Retrieved 5 April 2024.
- ^ "World Communications" (PDF). UNESCO. 1975. p. 127. Retrieved 24 April 2024.
- ^ Mednick, Sam (2022-01-24). "Soldiers declare military junta in control in Burkina Faso". CTVNews. Retrieved 2022-01-26.
- ^ "Burkina: des militaires annoncent la dissolution du gouvernement, le capitaine Ibrahim Traoré prend la tête du pays". RFI (in French). 2022-09-30. Retrieved 2022-09-30.
- ^ "Burkina: Burkina Faso: Military officers remove President Damiba in a coup". AlJazeera. 2022-09-30. Retrieved 2022-09-30.
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