Radiotelevisión del Principado de Asturias (RTPA; Asturian: Radiotelevisión del Principáu d'Asturies) is the public broadcaster of Asturias, created in 2005. Since 2019, its general director is Francisco González. Services
The broadcaster manages several television channels and radio stations:
History Televisión del Principado de Asturias made its first test broadcast on 20 December 2005 at 21:00. On 7 January 2006, TPA broadcast its first sports coverage with a football match between Sporting de Gijón and Racing de Ferrol, although the match was provided by Televisión de Galicia. The next day, another football game was broadcast, this time at Gozón between Marino de Luanco and Cultural de Durango, but this time produced by themselves.La TV regional, aún en pruebas, emite hoy su primer partido de fútbol; ABC, 8 January 2006 During the first months, all the weekend games of Sporting de Gijón, Marino de Luanco and Real Oviedo were broadcast.
On 6 June 2006, TPA started regular broadcasts with news broadcasting. On September that year, RTPA started radio service tests and broadcasts via satellite through Hispasat.
The Radio del Principado de Asturias started regular broadcastings on 21 December 2007.
Divisions Televisión del Principado de Asturias Televisión del Principado de Asturias 2 Radio del Principado de Asturias
+ Media channels operated by RTPA Service Type Launch date Programming type TPA7 Television (Ch. 7) 2006 Generalist, main channel TPA8 Television (Ch. 8) 2010 Generalist, time-shift and regional RPA Radio 2006 Generalist news and music
References
External links
RTPA.es