America Television
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| Type | Broadcast television network |
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| Branding | América Television |
| Country |  Peru |
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First air date
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December 15, 1958 |
| Availability | National (Peru) |
| Founded | December 15, 1958 by Nicanor Gonáalez and Antonio Umbert |
| Slogan |
Juntémonos más (Let's get together more) |
| Headquarters | Lima, Peru |
| Owner | Plural TV (formed by El Comercio (Peru) and La República (Peru)) |
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Key people
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Eric Jurgensen |
| Established | December 15, 1958 |
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Former names
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Canal Cuatro, C4 Televisión |
| ISDB-Tb 1080i/1080p (HDTV) | |
| NTSC 480i/480p (SDTV) | |
| Channel 4 (Lima) | |
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DirecTV (Satellite)
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Channel 194 |
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Movistar TV (Satellite)
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Channel 104 |
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Claro TV (Satellite)
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Channel 4 |
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Movistar TV (Cable)
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Channel 4 |
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Claro TV (Cable)
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Channel 4 |
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Official website
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www.americatv.com.pe (Spanish) |
América Televisión is a Peruvian television network, founded in 1958. The network is owned by Plural TV, which is a joint venture of the El Comercio and La República daily newspapers. It was the second television channel to be founded in Peru, the first commercial station with regular broadcasts, and Peru's highest-rated network.
The origins of América Televisión reach back to 1942, with the formation of the first privately backed radio network in Peru, Compañía Peruana de Radiodifusión, S.A. (Peruvian Radio Company). Among the original stations was Radio América 94.3, which would eventually be owned by Antonio Umbert and Nicanor González Vásquez.
In early 1955, Umbert and González received a license to broadcast on television channel 4, and using RCA equipment from the United States and after intense work to construct the facilities, Radio América TV, callsign OAY-4D, began transmissions on Monday, December 15, 1958 at 6:15pm. Attending the first broadcast was then-Peruvian president Manuel Prado Ugarteche. Among the early programs were the first live broadcast, a football match from the Estadio Nacional de Lima, and the first fiction program on Peruvian television, Bar Cristal, which debuted in 1959.
In the 1960s, Arturo Pomar became the anchor of América's news programs.
The 1970s for channel 4 in Lima were a turbulent time. While the station carried both the 1970 and 1978 World Cups, in which the Peruvian national team was highly competitive, and the station added a news program in Quechua in the early 1970s (before its revival as an official language of the country), a major change came about when the military government of the time expropriated 51% of the shares in the station. Juan Velasco Alvarado's government created the state company Telecentro, which took over management of then C4 Television (renamed América in 1978) and its chief rival, Panamericana Televisión.
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