Telenorte
| Telenorte | |
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| Launched | November 11, 1966 |
| Closed | October 30, 2001 |
| Owned by | Universidad Católica del Norte (1966-1995) Compañía Radio Chilena S.A (1995-2001) |
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Availability
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| Terrestrial | |
| Analog (Arica) | 11 |
| Analog (Iquique) | 12 |
| Analog (Antofagasta) | 4 |
| Analog (La Serena) | 5 |
Telenorte was a Chilean Television network launched in 1966 and closed in 2001. The network had stations in Arica, Iquique, Antofagasta and La Serena.
Telenorte emerged in April 1982, when the Radio and Television Network of then University of the North was privatised, although its original name was Educational Network of the University of the North (Red Educativa de la Universidad del Norte), with a single frequency (Channel 3 in Antofagasta) which started in definitive form on 14 February 1973, although experimental transmissions began on November 11, 1966. In that premiere broadcast, attended by the then rector of the University of the North, Carlos Aldunate, writers Andrés Sabella, Marta Blanco and María Elena Gertner, and sports commentator Julio Martínez, the latter through a program recorded on Santiago's Canal 13. On March 18, 1967, after its experimental tests, at 20:55 Channel 3 began regular broadcasts with an act that was attended by Economy Minister of the Eduardo Frei Montalva administration, Domingo Santa María Santa Cruz. These broadcasts were suspended in April 1969 -due to an agreement with the emerging Televisión Nacional de Chile that would arrive to the city in July of that year- and were resumed on February 14, 1973, as part of the celebrations of the anniversary of the Chilean landing on Antofagasta (part of the Pacific War).
In the city of Iquique the broadcasts began on May 21, 1976 and in the city of Arica on June 6 of that same year. The regional network was established in May 1977 and its first milestone was to join the transmission of the first Telethon, which aired in full color. Iquique's Channel 12 conducted experimental transmissions in color between 1976 and 1977, which were captured by some of the few receivers in color and had had a different standard to which Chile later adopted. On 14 April 1978, Channel 3 of Antofagasta and Channel 8 of Calama and Chuquicamata began broadcasting their first 4 programs in color: Nocaut (boxing), Toqui (education), El Fantástico Mundo del Deporte and Show Musical.
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