Burundi National Radio and Television

Radio Télévision Nationale du Burundi
Country Burundi
Broadcast areaNational
Headquarters Bujumbura, Burundi
Programming
Picture format1080i HDTV
(downscaled to 4:3 480i pan and scan for SDTVs)
Ownership
OwnerGovernment of Burundi
Sister channelsRTNB Radio 1
RTNB Radio 2
History
Launched5 October 1975 (1975-10-05)
Links
Websitewww.rtnb.bi

Burundi National Radio and Television (French: La Radio Télévision Nationale du Burundi (RTNB)) is the national broadcaster of Burundi. It currently broadcasts in Kirundi, French, Swahili also known as Kiswahili, and English.

History & identities

Burundi National Radio and Television began its activities in 1961 with Radio Burundi, when the country was still a Belgian colony. Television made its debut, however, in 1984, long after the country's independence.[1] The television station broadcast using a 0.5kW transmitter in Bujumbura on UHF channel 25.[2] Among its founding staff was Rwandan-born Valence Rwamukwaya, who worked on Burundi's national radio since 1982.[3]

RTNB operates two radio stations and a television channel, which offers educational and informational programs, as well as TV series, talk shows, cartoons and other entertainment programs.[4]

In June 2013, Burundi began operations for the migration of television from analogue to digital technology, which was completed by the end of 2014.[5]

On a mountain landscape background, there is a Burundi flag, which is inside the text RTNB. The rest of the ident is unknown.[7]

See also

References

  1. ^ L'avis du Petit Futé sur Radio-Télévision Nationale du Burundi (RTNB), Petitfute.com
  2. ^ 2005 World Radio and Television Handbook, page 638
  3. ^ Utumesi, Doreen (1 March 2012). "Thirty years behind the camera". The New Times (Rwanda).
  4. ^ Eva Palmans, Les médias audiovisuels au Burundi Archived 3 March 2016 at the Wayback Machine, pp. 3-4, www.ua.ac.be
  5. ^ Radio-télévision: le Burundi veut passer au numérique d'ici le 31 décembre 2014 Archived 3 March 2016 at the Wayback Machine, www.french.cri.cn, 1 June 2013.
  6. ^ "File:RTNB (2000's).jpg". Audiovisual Identity Database. 2025-03-18. Archived from the original on 2025-03-30. Retrieved 2025-06-11.
  7. ^ "Draft:Radiodiffusion et Television Nationale du Burundi". Audiovisual Identity Database. 2025-06-17. Retrieved 2025-06-30.
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