South African Broadcasting Corporation

The South African Broadcasting Corporation ( SABC ) and Suid Afrikaanse - Uitsaaikorporasie ( SAUK ) is founded in 1936, public radio and Media Institute of South Africa. It operates three television and twenty radio programs.

  • 3.1 Transmitter List 3.1.1 1976-1995
  • 3.1.2 1996 to the present

History

The South African Broadcasting Corporation ( SABC ) was established in 1936 and replaced the African Broadcasting Corporation ( ABC), which was dissolved in the same year. She had for years a monopoly and was controlled by the white minority government. This meant that she was accused of supporting the apartheid government. At times, the most senior staff members of the Broederbond, an Afrikaner secret organization. She was known in Afrikaans as Suid - Afrikaanse Uitsaaikorporasie ( SAUK ), although this name and the abbreviation are no longer officially used by the Company.

In the course of the development of television programs was in February 1983, the function of the SABC Director-General of Riaan Eksteen, a former UN Ambassador of South Africa to Steve de Villiers. The media spokesman of the Progressive Federal Party described this change in personnel as the act of integrating SABC in the state system and as its reduction to the " voice of the Nasionale Party".

By 1979, the SABC was also active in Namibia, which at the time was under South African control. Starting this year, the South West African Broadcasting Corporation ( SWABC ) was responsible. From it was after the independence of Namibia in 1990, the Namibian Broadcasting Corporation ( NBC).

As of 1996, the SABC was restructured in terms of the new democratic changes in the country. Since then accused her, in the message area, the ruling party African National Congress (ANC ) should be preferred. Nevertheless, the media authority is still the dominant provider of radio and television stations.

Broadcasting

The SABC initially taught radio broadcasting services in the then official languages ​​of the country, English and Afrikaans, one on medium wave. Radiations in African languages ​​such as isiZulu, isiXhosa, Sesotho and Setswana followed later. In 1950, under the name Springbok Radio launched the first private radio station, he sent on medium wave in English and Afrikaans. Local music stations started on ultra-short wave in the early 1960s.

In 1966, an international station called Radio RSA was started which sent on short wave in twelve languages ​​, including English, Afrikaans, Swahili, French, Portuguese, Dutch and German (from 1984 still in eleven languages). He bears the name of Channel Africa today.

In 1996, after the end of apartheid, the SABC their transmitter structured to very strong. From the main channel in English was SAfm. In addition, some black radio speakers were set. After initial difficulties, the new transmitter was again very popular and a flagship of the new democracy. Because of differences between the government and the media authority, the transmitter was restructured in 2003 again. Under these changes, however, the station suffered greatly. The main station in Afrikaans in 1995 renamed Grense in radio special.

After the end of apartheid the SABC received intense competition from numerous new regional and local private radio stations, of which previously only a few from abroad or Homelands einstrahlten to South Africa. In addition, the SABC sold in the 1990s their commercial regional stations, such as Highveld Stereo / Hoëveld Stereo, Kfm and Radio Oranje.

Station list

  • Springbok Radio in Afrikaans / English - concluded on 31 December 1985
  • SAfm in English
  • 5FM in English
  • Good Hope FM in English
  • Metro FM in English
  • Radio Special Grense in Afrikaans
  • Radio 2000 in English
  • Ukhozi FM on isiZulu
  • Umhlobo Wenene FM on isiXhosa
  • Thobela FM on Sepedi
  • Lesedi FM on Sesotho
  • Motsweding FM on Setswana
  • Phalaphala FM on Tshivenda
  • Munghana ionene FM on Xitsonga
  • Ligwalagwala FM on Swati
  • Ikwekwezi FM on isiNdebele
  • Lotus FM in English for the Indian population
  • X -K FM on! Xu and Khwe
  • CKI FM in English and isiXhosa

TV

The Republic of South Africa was one of the last countries where television was introduced worldwide. Although South Africa was in the past, the most economically developed country in Africa is best, however, resulted in significantly worse off developing countries television far earlier. For example, South Africa was one of the few countries in the world where the moon landing in 1969 has yet to be seen live.

The reason for the rejection of television was mainly in conservative circles who saw television as a threat to the then political and social system of the country. We saw television as a dangerous medium, that would spoil children and adolescents. In addition, we considered it essential to import for television series and movies from the U.S., would have been where the obvious juxtaposition of blacks and whites to see and the (then dominant " white" ) Afrikaans language against the "black" English into behind came. It was also concerned that the broadcast television advertising the then disadvantaged black population with their situation even more dissatisfied would be if goods are constantly advertised that this group would have been able to afford.

After long discussions on the introduction of television in South Africa test transmissions were made only in 1975 in the big cities. On January 6, 1976, the first television station was broadcast nationwide. The financing is secured by a license fee since 1978. Initially, the programs were broadcast in English and Afrikaans. The local soap opera The Villagers, who plays around a gold mine, was very well received, while other national productions such as The Dingleys were rejected as amateurish.

The only advantage of the late arrival of television in South Africa was that already could be sent in color from the beginning, and one at least did avoid the costly conversion of black and white in color.

In December 1981, two more television programs went on the air, which were called TV2 and TV3. They designed their programs in five African languages ​​of the country. The main transmitter was called from this point TV1 and was designed for the information needs of white, colored and Indian origin population.

The third transmitter topsport Surplus (TSS ) was intended primarily for sporting events. He was later renamed the National Network TV ( NNTV ). The transmitters could be received in neighboring countries such as Botswana, Lesotho and Swaziland. In addition, the SABC helped the South West African Broadcasting Corporation in Namibia in 1981 to build up its own TV station. At the beginning, however, most parts of the program were flown in from South Africa.

1996 structured the SABC to his television station, so the different languages ​​could be better represented. The new transmitters were called SABC 1, SABC 2 and SABC 3 This resulted in a reduction of the Afrikaans - down transmission times, which led to the annoyance of the Afrikaans community. In addition, the SABC took over the TV station created in 1984 Bophuthatswana Broadcasting Television ( TV Bop ) from the Homeland Bophuthatswana, who worked in Setswana, English and Afrikaans. In recent years, moreover, the station SABC Africa was established, which can be received across the continent.

Currently, two other regional stations are planned ( SABC4 and SABC5 ). They should send in various African languages. However, unlike the other SABC channels they should not be received via satellite.

Station list

1976-1995

  • TV1
  • TV2
  • TV3
  • TV4
  • Topsport / NNTV

1996 to the present

  • SABC1 different languages
  • SABC2 different languages ​​( Afrikaans )
  • SABC3 English
  • SABC Africa
  • SABC4 ( in planning)
  • SABC5 ( in planning)
Cable Zulu language Xhosa language Sotho language Tswana language International broadcasting Bantustan Northern Ndebele language
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