On August 1, 1997, a television channel were added and is the first in all of Cape Verde and broadcast a few programs, sporting events, documentaries and more. Until 1997, Cape Verde was one of several nations that did not have a television channel, up to around the mid-1990s, television was non-existent in the country. The network was founded on May 1997 by the Minister of Social Communications José António dos Reis. It merged with Radio Nacional de Cabo Verde (RNCV) and Televisião Nacional CaboVerdiana (TNCV).