Red Uno Cochabamba
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| Channels | |
|---|---|
| Branding |
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| Programming | |
| Affiliations | Red Uno |
| Ownership | |
| Owner | Red Uno de Bolivia[1] |
| History | |
| Founded | 1984 |
First air date | 1984 |
| ATB (1985-1987) | |
| Technical information | |
Licensing authority | ATT |
Red Uno Cochabamba is the Red Uno owned-and-operated station for the city of Cochabamba. The station operates on VHF channel 9 (digital channel 40, PSIP 9.1) and is an affiliate of Red Uno de Bolivia.
History
[edit]In 1984, among the four initial private television stations that were being set up, one of the stations was set up in Cochabamba, Cochabambina de Televisión, on channel 9. The station had a strong local character, similar to Paceña de Televisión.[2] The station started broadcasting - albeit in experimental format and in an irregular status - at the end of the year, with six hours of programming a day.[3] In this context it starts affiliating itself with ATB and formed Red Tricolor in time for the 1985 general elections.[4]
As of December 1984, the proportion of programming on the station was as follows:[3]
- Feature films: 80%
- Variety: 15&
- Musical programming: 3%
- Children's programming: 1%
- Sports: 1%
On September 10, 1987, the government legalized the station; the owner at the time being John William Block Bonetta. At the same time, the affiliation it had with ATB was broken, as Illimani de Comunicaciones applied for a TV station in the city (channel 4).[5]
One of its main staff in the station's early years journalist Rolando Gamarra Urizar.[6]
At an unknown date, presumably in the late 1990s, Cochabambina de Televisión moved from channel 9 to channel 21. This enabled Red Uno to broadcast locally on channel 9.[7]
On the early hours of September 15, 2008, the station was hit by a dynamite attack, in an attempt to silence the outlet. At about 3am, the aftershock of a dynamite explosion damaged the station's transmitter.[8] The situation raised concerns from other media outlets.[9]
On April 22, 2019, Red Uno Cochabamba introduced a new roster of presenters for the local editions of El Mañanero and Notivisión.[10]
The station's current director of news is Argentine-Bolivian Diego Viamont, who joined Red Uno Cochabamba in 2010.[11][12]
References
[edit]- ^ "Sistema Integrado de Gestion Operadores". Authority of Telecommunications and Transport (in Spanish). Archived from the original on 19 February 2024. Retrieved 19 February 2024.
- ^ ""NORMATIVA LEGAL DE DIFUSIÓN DE LOS PROGRAMAS ENLATADOS DE MEDIOS DE COMUNICACIÓN Y SU IMPACTO SOBRE EL COMPORTAMIENTO DE LA POBLACIÓN INFANTIL EN BOLIVIA"" (PDF). International Media Support (in Spanish). 2011. Archived from the original (PDF) on 5 February 2024. Retrieved 5 February 2024.
- ^ a b La televisión en Bolivia (in Spanish). Editorial Quipus. 1986. Retrieved 14 June 2025.
- ^ Fátima Quinteros, La televisión privada en Bolivia, Universidad Privada San Francisco de Asis
- ^ "Resolucion Suprema: 202882". Gaceta Oficial del Estado Plurinacional de Bolivia (in Spanish).
- ^ "El adiós a un maestro de la información: el periodismo despide a Rolando Gamarra Urizar". Los Tiempos (in Spanish). September 5, 2023.
- ^ "Mauricio Noya, el "Señor de la TV" que pudo ser alcalde" (pdf). Entre Teclas (in Spanish). August 2015. p. 51.
- ^ "Canal 9 Red Uno Cochabamba sufrió atentado dinamitero". Agencia de Noticias Fides (ANF) (in Spanish). Archived from the original on March 6, 2024. Retrieved March 6, 2024.
- ^ "Medios de comunicación y periodistas piden garantías para ejercer su labor". Opinión (in Spanish). September 18, 2008.
- ^ Villegas, Cindy Soliz (May 12, 2019). "Red Uno: Comienza una nueva era en la "casa naranja"". Los Tiempos (in Spanish).
- ^ "Diego Viamont, con el corazón dividido" (in Spanish). opinion.com.bo. 20 February 2013. Retrieved 18 May 2021.
- ^ "Múltiples facetas de Diego Viamont" (in Spanish). opinion.com.bo. 19 March 2015. Retrieved 18 May 2021.