El Nueve de Rocha (channel 9), also known under its former commercial name of Telerocha, is a Uruguayan commercial television station licensed to Rocha, capital of the department of the same name.
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| Affiliations | La Red |
| History | |
| Founded | 27 January 1966 |
First air date | 7 August 1966 |
Former channel numbers | Analog: 7 (VHF, 1968–1991) |
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Licensing authority | URSEC |
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| Website | www |
History
editThe station set up its equipment in 1964, the first case in which all of its equipment was assembled within Uruguay. Subsequently, on 27 January 1966, the government gave a license for Telerocha to operate on VHF channel 7.[1] Broadcasts started on 7 August 1966.[2] In its early weeks, the station broadcast entirely during evening hours. On weeknights it turned on its transmitter at 7pm, airing a test pattern with regular programming following at 7:30pm. On Saturdays, programming started at 7pm and on Sundays, at 6:30pm. The station at the time aired local news, plays, American TV series and some dubbed feature films.[3]
On 7 July 1991, it exchanged frequencies with Canal 7 from Punta del Este.[4]
The station also operates a cable company under the name of Rodacil (commercial name Telerocha Cable), which was part of the larger Equital group, led by the three commercial stations of Montevideo.[5] In 1998, it had 4,060 households subscribed to the service, which provided 33 channels.[6]
Technical information
editOn 7 December 2023, URSEC approved Telerocha's digital operation on physical channel 23.[7]
References
edit- ↑ "«Ha sido montada la primera estación de TV totalmente fabricada en el país. El Ing. Francisco Elices es su realizador». (TV Guía, Uruguay, 1964)". La Galena del Sur (in Spanish).
- ↑ "50 años de Telerocha". canal9telerocha.com.uy (in Spanish).
- ↑ "TV schedule for Tele-Rocha Canal 7". Canal TV Argentina-Uruguay (in Spanish). 14–20 September 1966. p. 66.
- ↑ "Historia". canal7.com.uy (in Spanish). Archived from the original on 4 January 2007.
- ↑ José Mujica se "copia" de la Argentina y prepara una ley de medios con impacto local
- ↑ A NOVATELEVISÃO URUGUAYA
- ↑ Resolución N° 373/023 - Habilitación por vía de regularización estación del servicio de radiodifusión de televisión comercial digital Canal 9 Telerocha
External links
edit- Official website (in Spanish)