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UPEA Televisión is a Bolivian university channel owned by the Public University of El Alto, in the city of El Alto, adjacent to La Paz, the national capital.

History

The station started broadcasting in analog format on November 17, 2017; its founder being Freddy Medrano. In 2019, the channel increased its coverage area to the entirety of El Alto and La Paz.

The station gained national notoriety on May 12, 2020 for being the first television channel in Bolivia to air the weather in a native language (Aymara).

On November 20, 2023, UPEA Televisión started digital terrestrial broadcasts on virtual channel 25.1 in high definition.

References

1. "Copa destaca reconocimiento para UPEA-TV por ser de los pocos medios que difundió y denunció la represión a los alteños en 2019". Prensa Renueva (in Spanish). October 28, 2020.
2. "Jonathan Quispe cayó en el El Alto y su familia pide justicia". El negocio de la represión (in Spanish). June 7, 2022.
3. "UPEA- TV ampliará su transmisión a la ciudad de La Paz". La UPEA (in Spanish). March 11, 2019.
4. "Maggy, la primera cholita en dar el pronóstico del tiempo en Bolivia". Urgente.bo (in Spanish). May 20, 2020.
5. "UPEA Televisión celebró el lanzamiento de transmisión de la señal digital HD". El Diario (in Spanish). November 20, 2023.

• Spanish-language television stations
• Television in Bolivia
• Television channels and stations established in 2017
• Mass media in La Paz