Luanda – The minister of Telecommunications, Information Technologies and Mass Media, Manuel Homem, said this Saturday that radio should serve as a means of spreading and preserving national culture and identity.
Speaking at the launch of Rádio Cultura de Angola, of the Rádio Nacional de Angola (RNA), Manuel Homem said that the role of the radio is comprehensive, as it is one of the means of communication that reaches the most distant areas from urban centers.
The station, which will operate on frequency 96.5, in Modelled Frequency (FM), will be national in scope and specialized in the promotion and dissemination of cultural, national and international content.
According to the minister, the launch of Rádio Cultura de Angola is a demonstration that the values of cultural identity will have their own channel to be discussed, analyzed and reported on permanently.
“We want the project to address, above all, the aspects of our culture that contribute to national unity, reconciliation and pacification of spirits, because as the greatest poet said, culture strengthens the nation”, he stressed.
In his turn, the RNA´s CEO, Pedro Cabral, underlined that with the launch of a specialty channel dedicated to culture in its most varied dimensions, Rádio Nacional de Angola shows that the ideas that guide the public service of station remain “very much alive”.
To him, Rádio Cultura de Angola will address the country's cultural diversity, from uses, habits and customs, to different artistic manifestations, in its 24 hours of broadcasting.
“In the 24 hours of daily broadcast, cultural movements spread across Angola will be reflected. Artists, critics and all those who contribute to the enrichment of our cultural mosaic will find in this radio a support for the dissemination of their works and ideas", he said.
Rádio Cultura de Angola, which broadcasts from this Saturday on the frequency 96.5 FM, which broadcast Radio FM, will have spaces for literature, dance, visual arts, cinema and audiovisual, humor, theater, fashion, folk music and gathering of peoples from Angola, in addition to international modern and classical music.
