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On 16 October 1978, RTP decided to separate '''RTP-1''' and '''RTP/2''', giving each channel their own teams and news operations. Fernando Lopes became the controller of the newly-separate channel, being nicknamed as "'''Canal Lopes'''" (the Lopes channel).<ref>{{cite web |title=RTP-2: um novo Canal|url=https://museu.rtp.pt/livro/50Anos/Livro/DecadaDe70/RTP-2UmNovoCanal/default.htm |access-date=5 September 2024 |website=RTP |date=2007}}</ref> RTP2 also gained a separate news team for ''Informação/2'', at 22:00,<ref>{{cite web |title=RTP-2: um novo Canal|url=https://museu.rtp.pt/livro/50Anos/Livro/DecadaDe70/RTP-2UmNovoCanal/Pag4/default.htm |access-date=5 September 2024 |website=RTP |date=2007}}</ref> which employed 25 journalists compared to RTP1's 40.<ref>{{cite web |title=RTP-2: um novo Canal|url=https://museu.rtp.pt/livro/50Anos/Livro/DecadaDe70/RTP-2UmNovoCanal/Pag3/default.htm |access-date=5 September 2024 |website=RTP |date=2007}}</ref> Competition between the two channels was touted as "qualitative but not absurd".<ref>Interview given to Hernâni Santos during the restructuring of RTP's two channels, ''Tele Semana'', 25 August 1978</ref> Under Fernando Lopes, RTP2 gave prominence to programming outside of traditional concepts seen on RTP1, with topics ranging from analysis of societal issues to science and culture. Imported programming in this phase included ''[[I, Claudius]]'', ''[[Spider-Man (1967 TV series)|Spider-Man]]'' and ''Flash Gordon''.<ref>{{cite web |title=RTP-2: um novo Canal|url=https://museu.rtp.pt/livro/50Anos/Livro/DecadaDe70/RTP-2UmNovoCanal/Pag5/default.htm |access-date=5 September 2024 |website=RTP |date=2007}}</ref> That year alone, RTP2 broadcast a total of 1,065 hours<ref>{{cite web |title=RTP-2: um novo Canal|url=https://museu.rtp.pt/livro/50Anos/Livro/DecadaDe70/RTP-2UmNovoCanal/Pag6/default.htm |access-date=5 September 2024 |website=RTP |date=2007}}</ref>
In February 1980, it was announced that RTP was going to abolish the autonomous two-channel system, with RTP2 falling under RTP1's control again.<ref>{{cite web |title=RTP na idade da cor|url=https://museu.rtp.pt/livro/50Anos/Livro/DecadaDe80/RTPNaIdadeDaCor/Pag2/default.htm |access-date=5 September 2024 |website=RTP |date=2007}}</ref> ''Informação/2'' was on track for liquidation as an autonomous unit.<ref>{{cite web |title=RTP na idade da cor|url=https://museu.rtp.pt/livro/50Anos/Livro/DecadaDe80/RTPNaIdadeDaCor/Pag7/default.htm |access-date=5 September 2024 |website=RTP |date=2007}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=RTP na idade da cor|url=https://museu.rtp.pt/livro/50Anos/Livro/DecadaDe80/RTPNaIdadeDaCor/Pag8/default.htm |access-date=5 September 2024 |website=RTP |date=2007}}</ref> ''Informação/2'' was replaced by ''Jornal da Noite'' in 1982, partly produced in the Porto studios.<ref>{{cite web |title=A RTP aos 25 Anos, as primeiras telenovelas portuguesas|url=https://museu.rtp.pt/livro/50Anos/Livro/DecadaDe80/ARTPAos25AnosAsPrimeirasTelenovelasPortuguesas/Pag6/default.htm |access-date=5 September 2024 |website=RTP |date=2007}}</ref>
RTP2 started broadcasting from the Porto facilities on 27 June 1981, initially on weekends, before expanding to other days of the week.<ref>{{cite web |title=RTP na idade da cor|url=https://museu.rtp.pt/livro/50Anos/Livro/DecadaDe80/RTPNaIdadeDaCor/Pag15/default.htm |access-date=5 September 2024 |website=RTP |date=2007}}</ref> In February 1982, RTP2's coverage extended to the Algarve region following reconstruction work of the Fóia transmitter.<ref>{{cite web |title=A RTP aos 25 Anos, as primeiras telenovelas portuguesas|url=https://museu.rtp.pt/livro/50Anos/Livro/DecadaDe80/ARTPAos25AnosAsPrimeirasTelenovelasPortuguesas/Pag9/default.htm |access-date=5 September 2024 |website=RTP |date=2007}}</ref>
In 1986, the channel was part of the '''[[Europa TV]]''' experiment, airing the channel's programming between 16:30 and 20:00. As soon as Europa TV closed, some Music Box shows were relayed on the channel. ''Agora Escolha'' premiered in the same year, a phone-in show which allowed the viewer to choose from two different TV shows. It got cancelled in the mid-90s, apart from a brief (and web-centric) revival in 2011 on RTP Memória.
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