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| Programming | |
| Language(s) | Spanish |
| Ownership | |
| Owner | Antonio Jaén Buendía |
| History | |
| Launched | 18 October 1961; 63 years ago (1961-10-18) |
| Closed | March 1962; 62 years ago (1962-03) |
TV Bolívar was a Chilean television channel that existed in Concepción between October 1961 and March 1962, owned by Radio Simón Bolívar in the same city. It was the first private and commercial television station in the country, broadcasting via closed circuit via coaxial cable, being at the same time one of the first cable television systems operating in Chile.
History
Background and training
The origins of TV Bolívar date back to September 1960, when the company Mercadotécnica y Gigante carried out closed circuit broadcasts in an approximate radius of 300 meters concentrated in the windows of various stores on Estado Street in Santiago. The head of the Television Department of the aforementioned company was Jorge Loyola Rivas, and the broadcasts were from 6:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m. from the Radio Bulnes studios, located on the same State Street. In December of the same year, Loyola presented a Sylvania television team in Concepción and programs were made from the Radio Simón Bolívar auditorium.
After the experience of December 1960, Loyola was hired on February 28, 1961 by the owner of Radio Simón Bolívar de Concepción, Antonio Jaén Buendía, to install a television station in the city that would allow the future development of a commercial television project. The transmitting equipment was the same as the State Street experiment, complemented with two cameras and two Western Electric monitors — which arrived in Concepción in May — and two stuudios were also built by the architect Osvaldo Cáceres González, while Eduardo Gómez was appointed head of the technical section, Jorge Loyola in the artistic direction, and Alfredo Pacheco as head of the press. At the beginning of July, test broadcasts began, and at the same time Loyola held a course for 60 students in which it taught notions about making television programs.
Launch
TV Bolívar's broadcasts began at 7:00 p.m. on October 18, 1961, broadcasting two hours a day in closed circuit to approximately 8 to 18 televisions located in commercial houses and between 12 and 15 located in private homes, the latter paying a subscription fee of 30 escudos. The system could cover a radius of 5 kilometers from the transmitting station that was located on Exeter Street, as well as being able to broadcast in an open signal with a power of 1 kW. The reason for transmitting by cable was legal, since they were not subject to the control of the Directorate of Electrical Services, who only monitored open-signal transmissions. TV Bolívar hoped that, if over-the-air broadcasts were authorized, these could have reached towns such as Talcahuano, Tomé, Lota, and even Chillán.
References
- ^ Hurtado, María de la Luz (October 1989). "Historia de la televisión en Chile (1958-1973)" (PDF). Santiago de Chile: Documentas/Ceneca. Archived from the original (PDF) on 28 November 2023. Retrieved 18 April 2016.
- "Televisión regional: Diversidad local" (PDF). III Panorama del Audiovisual Chileno. September 2013. Archived from the original (PDF) on 19 June 2020. Retrieved 17 June 2020.
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- "Concepción tendrá televisión" (PDF). La Nación. 27 February 1961. p. 10. Retrieved 6 July 2024.
- "Otra vez la TV". Ecran. 25 July 1961. Retrieved 30 April 2020.
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