Just as TV3 began experimental broadcasts on the eve of September 11, 1983, the entirely Catalan-language Televisión Española channel will launch "around National Day," as announced by the Minister for the Presidency, Albert Dalmau, in an interview with RTVE. The agreement for the transfer of radio airtime is expected to be signed this April, which Dalmau hopes will last "15 years" to provide "stability" (and also because 2040 is the suggested date for the shutdown of DTT, although this is an ongoing debate in Europe). After the inaugural day, test broadcasts will begin for the Diada (National Day) with the goal of having the Catalan-language channel "fully operational by October."