Unitel Santa Cruz is a Bolivian television station licensed to Santa Cruz de la Sierra. Operating on VHF channel 13 (digital channel 35, PSIP 13.1), it is both an owned-and-operated station and the flagship station of Red Uno de Bolivia, and one of the oldest private television stations in the country.
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| Affiliations | Red Uno |
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| Owner | Red Uno de Bolivia[1] |
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First air date | April 1, 1984 |
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Licensing authority | ATT |
History
editCruceña de Televisión (Channel 13) was established on February 2, 1984[2] and launched on April 1, 1984, owned by Ivo Kuljis, who had previously founded the first private television production company in Bolivia, PROTEL, in 1979, and did experimental test broadcasts in the early 80s without falling under the legislation of the time.[3] Until then, Santa Cruz only had two television stations, channel 7 from the government's Televisión Boliviana (still in black and white) and channel 11 from UAGRM (in full color). Broadcasting hours and signal reach were limited, yet it became the first private television station in the city.[3] Its programming at launch time consisted largely of educational and cultural feature films.[4] In 1985, announcer Gloria Morales joined the station.[5] Journalist Jorge Arias left in 1996 and founded the first UHF channel in the city, Megavisión.[6] In the same year, Ivo Kuljis launched Canal Mágico on UHF channel 42.[3]
The station bought a 10 kilowatt Harris Platinum transmitter in March 2006, marking the start of its digitization program.[7]
References
edit- ^ "Sistema Integrado de Gestion Operadores". Authority of Telecommunications and Transport. Archived from the original on 19 February 2024. Retrieved 19 February 2024.
- ^ "La televisión y su paso a la era digital". October 18, 2022. Archived from the original on October 18, 2022. Retrieved October 14, 2024 – via Noticias Violeta.
- ^ a b c Notivisión, November 21, 2020
- ^ "La Red Uno de Bolivia recibió la 'Cruz Potenzada', la máxima distinción de la Asamblea Departamental". Red Uno (in Spanish). September 20, 2024.
- ^ Verduguez, Alejandro (May 10, 2024). "¿Quién es Gloria Morales, ícono de la comunicación en Santa Cruz?". Red Uno (in Spanish).
- ^ "Junior Arias se embarca en una nueva aventura televisiva". La Razón (in Spanish). August 19, 2022.
- ^ "Richard Terán de Red Uno: Evaluamos transmisores Harris Platinum". Produ. March 14, 2006. Archived from the original on March 18, 2024. Retrieved March 18, 2024.