Radio Canada International Launches New Programming for Brazilian Audiences

Montreal, March 23, 2004-On March 26, Radio Canada International (RCI) will launch new Portuguese programming specially tailored to Brazilian audiences. Journalist Hector Vilar will host the new weekly program, a prestigious news and information magazine covering key current affairs in Canada and Brazil. Vilar holds a master's degree in communications, and has worked as reporter and news director at a leading São Paulo daily, Jornal da Tarde, as well as editor and teaching assistant at Université du Québec à Montréal.

"We're proud to be able to offer our Brazilian listeners programming that is created specifically for them and speaks directly to their social, economic, political and cultural concerns," says Jean Larin, director of Radio Canada International.

Thanks to an agreement with Radio Netherlands, this half-hour program will be broadcast on 300 AM and FM stations throughout Brazil. It will also be aired live on RCI short-wave on Fridays at 4 p.m. EST, and on weekends via satellite and Internet.

On air for over 60 years, Radio Canada International broadcasts in nine languages via satellite, short-wave, the Internet www.RCInet.ca and partner stations. Its mission is to raise Canada's international profile and reflect Canadian identity and culture worldwide.