TSF is a Portuguese

radio station Radio broadcasting is transmission of audio (sound), sometimes with related metadata, by radio waves to radio receivers belonging to a public audience. In terrestrial radio broadcasting the radio waves are broadcast by a land-based radio ...

, founded in 1989 and broadcasting from

Lisbon Lisbon (; pt, Lisboa ) is the capital and largest city of Portugal, with an estimated population of 544,851 within its administrative limits in an area of 100.05 km2. Lisbon's urban area extends beyond the city's administrative limits w ...

. TSF is one of the three main Portuguese radio news stations, alongside Antena 1 and Rádio Renascença. Its programs are focused on

news News is information about current events. This may be provided through many different media: word of mouth, printing, postal systems, broadcasting, electronic communication, or through the testimony of observers and witnesses to event ...

. It was legally founded, though its first broadcast on 29 February 1988 was not legal, because at that time private radios were forbidden in

Portugal Portugal, officially the Portuguese Republic ( pt, República Portuguesa, links=yes ), is a country whose mainland is located on the Iberian Peninsula of Southwestern Europe, and whose territory also includes the Atlantic archipelagos of th ...

. TSF is part of the Portuguese

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. In February 2020, it had an audience share of 3.7% or 317,000 listeners

Programs

The station's programs include political commentary, debate and sports. Programs are published on the station website and are also available on podcast platforms.

References

External links

Official site
{{Authority control Former pirate radio stations Radio stations in Portugal Portuguese-language radio stations Mass media in Lisbon Radio stations established in 1989 1989 establishments in Portugal