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.
History
Radio Haute-Volta started broadcasting on 12 October 1959, with programmes in French and 13 other languages. It would air for at least 82 hours per week with culture and science programmes.
With equipment from France, television started broadcasting in August 1963 as VoltaVision and it broadcast 4 hours per week during the first few years.[1] Programmes on the service were either made in their country, or imported from France, Germany and the United States.[2] Television broadcasts were suspended in January 1966, but were restored at an unknown date.[3]
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