Bop TV

Bop TV was a television station run by the former Bophuthatswana bantustan.

It commenced operations in 1984. Bop TV primarily transmitted imported programming, mostly from the US, in an unedited form, allowing all comical references to black people to be aired. The station transmitted on the UHF band.[1]

In the Apartheid era, the station was highly controversial, with a huge amount of black people tuning in to the service.[2]

A post-Apartheid reshuffling of the SABC resulted in the former bantustan broadcasters being integrated into it.[3]

In 2003, the SABC announced that they would shut the channel down on July 31.[4]

References

  1. ↑ Van Slambrouck, Paul (3 February 1984). "South African whites clamor to tune in black TV". The Christian Science Monitor. Retrieved 20 October 2015.
  2. ↑ Alan, Cowell (1 August 1984). "South Africa Whites Seek Black TV". The New York Times. Retrieved 20 October 2015.
  3. ↑ Alan, Cowell (27 November 1998). "SOUTH AFRICA WHITES SEEK BLACK TV". Business Day. Retrieved 20 October 2015.
  4. ↑ Dulile, Sowaga (1 July 2003). "Bop TV and radio to be switched off". City Press. Retrieved 20 October 2015.
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