SECTOR 3 3.6 The editorial independence of the state/public broadcaster from political influence is guaranteed by law and practiced. Section 44, paragraph 3 of the Constitution of Angola categorically states that, “the state shall guarantee the existence and independent functioning of a qualitatively competitive public service radio and television service”. However, in practice this constitutional provision is largely ignored by those in government, there being excessive editorial interference in the two public broadcasters, namely RNA and TPA. Scores: Individual scores: 1 Country does not meet indicator 2 Country meets only a few aspects of indicator 3 Country meets some aspects of indicator 4 Country meets most aspects of indicator 5 Country meets all aspects of the indicator Average score: 1.7 3.7 The state/public broadcaster is adequately funded in a manner that protects it from arbitrary interference through its budget and from all commercial pressure. This is not true. One of the participants noted, for example, that at some point RNA did not receive any the necessary funding of new investments from government in eight years. The government pays for the salaries, which in the case of RNA amount to about US$8 million per year from the state budget, but does very little in the way of new investments. There are no radio and television fees, and both public radio and television are funded entirely through government grants and the revenue they receive from advertising. The dependence of RNA and TPA on commercial advertising revenue makes them potentially vulnerable to economic interests outside their mandate as public service providers. There are serious difficulties in getting funds to run RNA’s and TPA’s provincial stations. Sometimes, in order to cover districts in the interior, journalists have 108 AFRICAN MEDIA BAROMETER ANGOLA 2010