The Senegalese government began its first experimental television broadcasts, with health and nutrition programmes, in February of that year.
[2] The Munich Olympics created a demand that incited the Senegalese government to create an institution producing both television and radio broadcasts.
Until then, the sole television channel was seen as a propaganda instrument for the leading government of the time.
This trend continued on RTS even after the introduction of private television.
[3] The following is a list of television channels broadcast in Senegal.