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The Democratic Republic of the Congo has many radio stations, the majority of which are based in Kinshasa. The transitional Constitution installed an entity called Haute autorité des Medias (HAM), which oversees media activity, including radio broadcasting.
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]
Call it soukous, rumba, Zairois, Congo music, or kwassa-kwassa, the pop sound emanating from Congo's capital, Kinshasa has shaped modern African culture more profoundly than any other. Africa produces music genres that are direct derivatives of Congolese Soukous. Some of the African bands sing in Lingala, the main language in the DRC.
The Radiodiffusion Télévision Congolaise is the national broadcaster of the Central African state of Republic of the Congo. Télévision Congolaise is headquartered in the capital city Brazzaville .
Radio Okapi provides news, music, and political information to all corners of the Democratic Republic of Congo. The major purpose behind Radio Okapi is to provide all DRC citizens with radio services regardless of political affiliation. [citation needed] The FM waves Radio Okapi provided were aimed to be free of hate speech. Most importantly ...
The Cuban son groups like Sexteto Habanero, Trio Matamoros, and Los Guaracheros de Oriente were broadcast on Radio Congo Belge, gaining popularity in the country. [ 11 ] [ 13 ] [ 14 ] Due to influence of Cuban son, the maringa dance music—although unrelated to Cuban rumba —became known as " rumba Congolaise " as the imported records of ...
Rebroadcasts of the BBC World Service, Radio France Internationale, and the Voice of America are available. [7] Canal FM (est. 1977), Brazzaville community station; before 2002 called Radio Rurales du Congo [4] Radio Brazzaville (est. 1999), government operated local station for the capitol [6] [4] Radio Congo, government operated national ...
Congolese saxophonist Sam Talanis. The Republic of the Congo is an African nation with close musical ties to its neighbor, the Democratic Republic of the Congo.The Democratic Republic of the Congo's homegrown pop music, soukous, is popular across the border, and musicians from both countries have fluidly travelled throughout the region playing similarly styled music, including Nino Malapet and ...