Télé Congo
 | |
| Country | Congo |
|---|---|
| Broadcast area | Sub-Saharan Africa, Various |
| Headquarters | Brazzaville |
| Programming | |
| Languages | French, Kituba, Lingala |
| Ownership | |
| Owner | Government of the Republic of Congo |
| Parent | Radiodiffusion Télévision Congolaise |
| Key people | André Ondélé (director general) |
| History | |
| Founded | 28 November 1962 |
| Launched | August 1963 |
| Links | |
| Website | www |
| Availability analogue, satellite, IP, cable | |
| Terrestrial | |
| VHF SECAM | channel 1 |
| Atlantic Bird 3 | |
| NSS 7 | |
| CanalSat Horizons | channel 330 |
| Streaming media | |
| Bbox | channel 556 |
| Alice ADSL | |
| Freebox TV | channel 458 |
| Orange TV | channel 537 |
| FR Neufbox TV | channel 566 |
Télé Congo, derived from Télévision Congolaise, is the national television of the Republic of Congo. Founded on 27 November 1962 with a three-day experimental service funded by French company OCORA,[1] it started broadcasting operations in August 1963.[2] It is the oldest television network in sub-Saharan Africa.[3][4][5][6] As late as the 1970s, it operated on one transmitter in Brazzaville.[7]
History
In October 1962, the Brazzaville government took a decision at the SORAFOM offices in Paris to establish a three-day experimental period from 27 to 29 November of that year. Up until then, SORAFOM, which was renamed OCORA with the independences of the countries of Françafrique, was dedicated only to radio. The three-day experiment ran from 8:30pm to 11:30pm each evening.[8]
Guy Bernède, the OCORA head who visited Brazzaville in October-November of 1962, returned to Brazaville in February 1963 after a political scandal in Senegal suspended a contract to establish a television station there. This time, he assisted the Congolese team in setting up its regular broadcasts effective March 1963. OCORA delivered air freightened material from France to cover five hours of programming a week, including a half-hour's worth of footage produced by RTF news footage. From April, broadcasts expanded from one night a week to three.[8]
References
- ^ "Television Factbook" (PDF). 1963. p. 745. Retrieved 2 February 2026.
- ^ "Television Factbook" (PDF). 1969. p. 934-b. Retrieved 5 April 2024.
- ^ "Télé Congo - les chaînes - Programmes TV - le Bouquet Africain". Archived from the original on 2009-12-25. Retrieved 2020-12-06.
- ^ "Journal de 20h de la Télévision Nationale". Archived from the original on 2015-12-29. Retrieved 2020-12-06.
- ^ "Congo Mail et Média". Archived from the original on 2015-09-10. Retrieved 2020-12-06.
- ^ "Republic of Congo Profile: Media". BBC News. 12 July 2011. Retrieved 24 July 2017.
- ^ "World Communications" (PDF). UNESCO. 1975. p. 51. Retrieved 19 April 2024.
- ^ a b Losch, Flora (2021). Les pérégrinations de Guy Bernède, acteur et témoin de la coopération télévisuelle post-indépendances: De l’Ocora Télévision à FR3 Dom-Tom (1962-1975) (in French).