RTP Antena 1 Madeira is a radio station owned by Rádio e Televisão de Portugal catering Madeira. The station has heavy amounts of local programming, supplemented by relays from the mainland station. Antena 3 has a local station; Antena 2 is relayed from Lisbon.
History The station started broadcasting on 22 October 1967, 26 years after the Azores, as Emissor Regional da Madeira. The station competed with two private stations that emerged before: Posto Emissor de Radiodifusão do Funchal and Rádio Madeira. Like what happened in the Azores, the station had independent programming, on AM and later also FM.
The line-up of the first day featured: 12:00 - opening note from the president of Emissora Nacional's directive 12.05 - Escolha uma Canção 13:00 - Diário Sonoro 13:30 - Vamos Ouvir o Trio Odemira 13:52 - Football: fifth matchweek of the national championship 17:10 - Onda Musica 18:10 - História que os Portugueses não Devem Esquecer 18:45 - Festival 67 19:30 - Acro-íris 20:05 - ballet music 20:30 - Diário Sonoro 21:00 - Noite de Teatro, with an staging of Almeida Garrett's play Frei Luís de Sousa at closing - news summary and closedown.Emissão Inaugural do Emissor da Madeira
The base transmitter was finished a few months later, and only after that, the 10 kilowatt medium wave transmitter and the FM transmitter were operational.
In 1982, technical improvements were conducted, like the mainland.
On 29 May 1994, the station started broadcasting Saudades da Madeira, later renamed Abraço da Madeira, alongside RDP Internacional, to cater to the Madeiran diaspora. Originally a one-hour program, it doubled its length to two hours in 2001.Programa de rádio mata saudades a emigrantes madeirenses há 20 anos
In 2013, it made its first broadcast from the Desertas Islands.Ilhas Desertas registam aumento do número de visitantes
See also List of radio stations in Portugal
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