title: La Première (RTI)
text: # La Première (RTI)
  
  La Première (RTI) is a pioneering terrestrial television channel in Côte d'Ivoire. It was formerly named Radio Télévision Ivoirienne (RTI), (the name of the company operating it) from 1963 to 1983, but in 1983 a new television channel made it necessary for the channel to be renamed to La Première.
  
  ## History
  
  It was first broadcast on 7 August 1963, established by the then President of the Republic Félix Houphouët-Boigny who wanted to make it an instrument of development.
  
  On 4 August 1966, two studios in Cocody, 100m2 and 400m2 respectively were built with quality equipment. In 1973 the station began broadcasting in color.
  
  Following the launch of a second television channel, CH2 on 9 December 1983, RTI was renamed La Première.
  
  ## Emissions
  
  ### Series
  
  * Ma famille
  * Person of Interest
  * Scandal
  * The Blacklist
  * The Wild
  