Country | Côte d'Ivoire |
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Programming | |
Language(s) | French |
Ownership | |
Owner | Radiodiffusion Television Ivoirienne |
History | |
Launched | 7 August 1963 |
Links | |
Website |
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La Première (RTI) is a pioneering terrestrial television channel in Côte d'Ivoire. It was formerly named Radio Télévision Ivoirienne (RTI), (the name of the company operating it) from 1963 to 1983, but in 1983 a new television channel made it necessary for the channel to be renamed to La Première.
It was first broadcast on 7 August 1963, established by the then President of the Republic Félix Houphouët-Boigny who wanted to make it an instrument of development. [1]
On 4 August 1966, two studios in Cocody, 100m2 and 400m2 respectively were built with quality equipment. By 1971, it started carrying an educational service during daytime hours. [2] In 1973 the station began broadcasting in color.
Following the launch of a second television channel, CH2 on 9 December 1983, RTI was renamed La Première.