Radio Congo Belge

Radio Congo Belge ( French, "Belgian Kong Radio") ya kasance mai watsa shirye-shiryen rediyo a Jamhuriyar Demokradiyyar Kongo (Jamhuriyar Demokradiyyar Kongo ta zamani) wacce ta taka muhimmiyar rawa a farkon ci gaba da kuma yada kidan rumba na Kongo a fadin Afirka bayan da Yakin Duniya na Biyu.Stewart, Gary (2000). Rumba on the River: A
History of the Popular Music of the two Congos
(Paperback ed.). New York: Verso.
ISBN 978-1859843680 

An kafa Rediyo Kongo Belge a Léopoldville (Kinshasa ta zamani) a matsayin hanyar watsa labarai da farfaganda ga farar fata na Kongo da Belgium da Jamus ta mamaye a Yakin Duniya na II. Ya watsa shirye-shirye a karon farko a ranar 1 ga watan Oktoban shekarar 1940. Duk da haka, wannan rawar da Radiodiffusion nationale belge (RNB) ta dauki nauyin a cikin watan Mayun shekarar 1943 wanda kuma watsa shirye-shirye daga Léopoldville da Rediyo Kongo Belge ya fi mayar da hankali kan watsa shirye-shirye a cikin mulkin mallaka. Ya taka muhimmiyar rawa wajen samarwa mawakan Kongo damar samun tasirin kidan na waje. Ya kasance mai tasiri musamman wajen gabatar da kiɗan Afro-Cuba a cikin Kongo ta kungiyoyi irin su Septeto Habanero da Trio Matamoros.Impey, Angela (2008). "Popular Music in Africa".
In Stone, Ruth M. (ed.). The Garland Handbook of
African Music (2nd ed.). New York: Routledge.
ISBN 978-0415961028 .

A cewar masanin tarihi Gary Stewart, Radio Congo Belge, tare da Rediyo Brazzaville da Kongo, "sun ba da gudummawa ga maɗaukakiyar kide-kide na kide-kide a kan bankunan kogin Kongo".  An kuma bayyana tashar a matsayin "mahimmin kanti na talla don kiɗan gida" wanda ya ba da damar ƙungiyoyin Kongo da ɗakunan rikodin rikodi su fito. 

Bayan samun 'yancin kai na Kongo-Léopoldville a shekara ta 1960, an canza wa tashar suna Radiodiffusion Congolaise ("Watsa shirye-shiryen Rediyon Kongo").Pauwels-Boon, Greta (1979). L'Origine,
l'évolution et le fonctionnement de la
radiodiffusion au Zaire de 1937 à 1960 . Tervuren:
Musée Royale de l'Afrique Centrale. Sauran ayyukan rediyo na lokacin sun haɗa da OTC da Radio Léopoldville.

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