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Sohainesian National Broadcasting (RNS) (Sohainesian: 蘇海國家發聲傳形) is Sohainesian's state-controlled broadcaster. RNS is headquarted at the Radio Plaza in Viān King.

RNS was founded in 1929 as Radio Sonnou by the French colonial empire, becoming the first radio station in Sohainesia. After Sohainesia gained independence in 1946, the radio stations were unified into a network known as Sohainesian National Radio (RNS). On 20 January 1961, TV transmissions started, and it renamed to Sohainesian National Broadcasting.

RNS owns and operates several radio and television stations in Sohainesia. As of 2020, RNS runs 8 national, 1 international, and 25 prefectural radio stations.

History
Since 1928, the government of French Indochina wanted to link the protectorates of by radio. Prior to Sohainesian independence, Sohainesians were banned from owning radio receivers in fear of independence movements, and on 2 November 1929, Pierre Marie Antoine Pasquier founded Radio Sonnou, (XVAM-AM) using equipment from Metropolitan France.

After the independence of Sohainesia in 1946, all radio stations, including Radio Sonnou were merged into a network called Sohainesian National Radio. It was now under control of the Sohainesian government. Television tests began in December 1959, and on 2 January 1961, RNS commenced its television broadcasting, and renamed itself to Sohainesian National Broadcasting, broadcasting from 09:00 to 21:00. The first broadcast was the national anthem of Sohainesia. By 1964, 98% of Sohainesians owned a television set. On January 1, 1965, RNS began broadcasting in English and French.

After the coup d'etat on 22 November 1972, journalistic standards dropped, communist propaganda made by Kim Nàu Szì and of North Vietnam was in place, and the name changed to the Liberation Broadcasting Corporation" (SRL). It began a hostile takeover of Austroasiatic Broadcasting Corporation in 1974 and renamed the channel to SRL-TV2. Colour television was introduced on 30 June 1977, adopting the French SECAM standard.

After the Fall of Viān King in 1984, the name was reverted back to RNS. Two new channels, RNS TV-2 (sports and entertainment) and RNS TV-3 (education) were launched on 1 June 1985, and it switched to the PAL standard in 1989.

In addition to the three existing channels, RNS TV-4 (international) was launched on 30 November 1990, and began to broadcast 24 hours a day. RNS rebranded in 2004 to celebrate 75 years since its foundation, and it renamed its channels to RNS Television, RNS Entertainment, RNS Educational, and RNS International in 2005.

Digital TV transmissions began on 15 June 2004, adopting the Chinese DTMB standard. In 2017, RNS announced that analog signals will be terminated by 31 December 2018. However, southern prefectures did not terminate signals until 7 April 2019, due to the fallout from the 2013 Lǔk Shwan earthquake.

As of 2021, RNS has offices in Vian King, Kim Ku, Ving Hwa, Hanoi, Saigon, Bangkok, Hong Kong, Taipei, Beijing, Tokyo, Osaka, Tseng City, Huanzhou, Shanghai, Singapore, Kuala Lumpur, Manila, and Jakarta.

News
RNS News is the largest broadcast newsgathering operation in Tseng. It offers services to RNS radio. RNS News claims it is the most unbiased and centrist network in the world, however, it has been observed RNS News has a centre-left bias. RNS is available in Sohainesian, Vietnamese, Chinese, Korean, Japanese, Thai, Malay, Indonesian, Hindi, Tamil, Arabic, Russian, Polish, English, French, Spanish, German, Dutch, Portuguese, and Italian.

Radio
RNS owns and operates several radio and television stations in Sohainesia. They could be broadcast on either AM or FM.


 * RNS1 – Domestic news and current affairs, and elections. Available on 797 AM and 94.8 FM.
 * RNS2 – Sports, culture, entertainment, drama. Available on 1089 AM and 87.3 FM.
 * RNS3 – Educational programming. Available on 1125 AM and 100.8 FM.
 * RNS4 – International service and foriegn news. Available in Sohainesia on 1548 AM and 103.2 FM.

Television
Main article: List of Sohainesian National Broadcasting channels Main ones are:


 * RNS Television
 * RNS Sports and Entertainment
 * RNS Educational
 * RNS International