RTVE will buy 5 short wave transmitters

The Board of Directors of RTVE Unanimously approves the purchase, installation and commissioning of a new short wave transmitter: the first of the five new transmitters that Spain's exterior radio (REE) needs “urgently” to guarantee the continuity of this public service.

The new transmitters will replace current equipment, which have "widely exceeded their useful life" and whose frequent breakdowns They put at risk the continuity of the emissions in short wave. Specifically, they will be in charge of carrying the short wave signal to Western Africa, the Middle East, North America and South America.

The bet of the corporation occurs After years of uncertainty. In 2014, for a few months, the Ree short wave closure. It was in 2018 when it was possible to return to a Eight -hour broadcast daily In short wave. With this decision, RTVE emphasizes, the entity meets its public service obligation collected in the framework and Law 17/2006 of June 5, where it is established that the corporation must “aim to attend to the broadest hearing, ensuring maximum continuity and geographical and social coverage, with the commitment to offer quality, diversity, innovation and ethical demand”.

Ree's short wave bears the voice and vision of Spain to the entire world. Therefore, the director of the Issuer, Luis Manuel Fernández Iglesias, has advocated in his speech before the Board of Directors of RTVE for “involving the Foreign and Culture Ministries of Spain in the future of Foreign Radio, both in the design of its programming and in the financing of this international public issuer, as is Ree”.