Unitel La Paz
| Channels | |
|---|---|
| Branding |
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| Programming | |
| Affiliations | Unitel |
| Ownership | |
| Owner | Empersa de Comunicaciones del Oriente[1] |
| History | |
| Founded | November 1985 |
First air date | November 23, 1985 |
| Telesistema Boliviano (1985-1998) | |
| Technical information | |
Licensing authority | ATT |
Unitel La Paz is the Unitel owned-and-operated station for the city of La Paz, capital of Bolivia. The station was the generating station of the former Telesistema Boliviano network, disbanded in the late 90s. The station is available nationwide on Inter Satelital, alongside the Santa Cruz station.[2]
History
[edit]Telesistema Boliviano (TSB), the initial licensee, was founded on November 22, 1983, as the first commercial television company in Bolivia,[3] granting the license to operate in La Paz on channel 2. The channel was the opposite of ATB (channel 9) in some way, as the channel provided "quality programming" over political preferences.[4]
Experimental broadcasts started on February 12, 1985, before becoming regular on April 14, 1985, being owned by Antonio Maldonado. On weekdays the channel broadcast for seventeen hours on average (7am to 12am) and twelve on weekends (11am to 11pm).[5]
In the early 90s, its local newscast was presented by priest Eduardo Pérez, who left the station in 1994 to concentrate on a radio career.<[6] At the time, Juan Pablo Guzmán was the head of its news division, and Pérez during his stay with TSB appeared in a soccer uniform to present the sports segment and attached to a noose in order to protest a gag rule to an extent where he started to suffer from asphyxiation.[7]
After the rift that led to the creation of the Unitel network, the legal entity behind channel 2 in La Paz was, as late as 2002, still granted to Telesistema Boliviano.[8]
References
[edit]- ^ "Sistema Integrado de Gestion Operadores". Authority of Telecommunications and Transport. Archived from the original on 19 February 2024. Retrieved 19 February 2024.
- ^ Guía de canales
- ^ "Chronik Boliviens: 25. Von 1978 bis zur Nueva Política Económica (1985)". payer.de. 19 September 2002. Archived from the original on 21 October 2002. Retrieved 5 February 2024.
- ^ "Medios y conflicto en Bolivia: Caminos para fomentar el papel constructivo de los medios en una gobernabilidad vulnerable" (PDF). International Media Support. 2012. Archived from the original (PDF) on 21 August 2022. Retrieved 5 February 2024.
- ^ ""NORMATIVA LEGAL DE DIFUSIÓN DE LOS PROGRAMAS ENLATADOS DE MEDIOS DE COMUNICACIÓN Y SU IMPACTO SOBRE EL COMPORTAMIENTO DE LA POBLACIÓN INFANTIL EN BOLIVIA"" (PDF). International Media Support. 2011. Archived from the original (PDF) on 5 February 2024. Retrieved 5 February 2024.
- ^ "El padre Eduardo Pérez deja un legado en el periodismo y una profunda vocación de servicio". Jesuitas Bolivia (in Spanish). August 28, 2024.
- ^ "El "Tata" Pérez reinventó el periodismo radial, revolucionó la TV y fue un maestro de periodistas". Jesuitas Bolivia (in Spanish). August 28, 2024.
- ^ "Estaciones Afiliadas a la Red Unitel". Unitel. 2002. Archived from the original on 27 October 2002. Retrieved 3 October 2024.