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Bop TV

Bop TV was a television station owned by the Bophuthatswana Broadcasting Corporation, which operated from 1983 to 2003. Initially a part of the black homeland of Bophuthatswana, following the end of Apartheid it was integrated to the South African Broadcasting Corporation.

Bop TV
CountryBophuthatswana (until 1994)
South Africa (1994-2003)
Broadcast areaBophuthatswana (until 1994)
South Africa (1994-2003)
Programming
Language(s)English
Ownership
OwnerBophuthatswana Broadcasting Corporation
History
Launched31 December 1983; 40 years ago (31 December 1983)
Closed31 July 2003; 20 years ago (31 July 2003)

History edit

Commencing operations in on 31 December 1983,[1] it primarily transmitted imported programmes in an unedited form, allowing all comical references to black people to be aired. The station transmitted on the UHF band.[2]

In the apartheid era, a sizeable number of white people watched Bop TV, which offered a wider variety of entertainment and current affairs programming than the state-controlled South African Broadcasting Corporation, despite attempts to confine the signal to black areas such as Soweto.[3]

A post-apartheid reshuffling of the SABC in 1996 resulted in the former bantustan broadcasters being integrated into it.[4][5] This infuriated the bosses of Bop Broadcasting.[6][7]

In 1997, the State Reorganisation Act led to the creation of subsidies for the former bantustan broadcasters that were now under the SABC's control. The said subsidy ended in November 2001. From now onward, the SABC was now funding Bop Broadcasting in its entirety.[8] In 2003, the SABC announced that they would shut the channel down on 31 July.[9]

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References edit

  1. ^ "New TV station for Blacks takes off". The Straits Times (retrieved from NLB). 17 February 1984. Retrieved 26 September 2023.
  2. ^ Van Slambrouck, Paul (3 February 1984). "South African whites clamor to tune in black TV". The Christian Science Monitor. Retrieved 20 October 2015.
  3. ^ Cowell, Alan (1 August 1984). "South Africa Whites Seek Black TV". The New York Times. Retrieved 20 October 2015.
  4. ^ Parker, Janet (27 November 1998). "e.tv accuses SABC". Business Day. Retrieved 20 October 2015.
  5. ^ "New role for 'Bop TV'". News24. 27 November 2003. Retrieved 3 September 2016.
  6. ^ Gevisser, Mark (15 March 1996). "The brazen boss of Bop-TV". Mail & Guardian. Retrieved 16 December 2020.
  7. ^ "New role for 'Bop TV'". News24. 27 November 2003. Retrieved 3 September 2016.
  8. ^ "Bop TV silenced". News24. 30 May 2003. Retrieved 16 December 2020.
  9. ^ Dulile, Sowaga (1 July 2003). "Bop TV and radio to be switched off". City Press. Archived from the original on 22 December 2015. Retrieved 20 October 2015.

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