[1] It is a division of the Ministry of Information Technologies and Communication (Ministerio de Tecnologías de la Información y Comunicación) alongside national public TV channel Paraguay TV.
[2][3] RNP also operates services in Pilar (ZP12, 700 AM) and San Pedro de Ycuamandiyú (105.9 FM).
[4] It came to occupy a major role in the military dictatorship of Alfredo Stroessner; Judith María Vera, who served as director general of RNP in the late 2000s, called it "an efficient tool of disinformation".
[5] It was known for the program La voz del coloradismo and also originated the other two daily required broadcasts of all radio stations as cadenas nacionales.
[5] In 2001, the Paraguayan government took over the Pilar station, which had previously been the private Radio Carlos Antonio López; it became a budget item in 2004.