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13 Max Televisión

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LT 80 TV Canal 13
CityCorrientes
Channels
Branding13 Max Televisión
Programming
AffiliationsTelefe
Ownership
OwnerRío Paraná TV SRL
History
First air date
June 30, 1965; 60 years ago (1965-06-30)
Former names
Canal 13 (1965–2007)
13 Max Televisión (2007–2012)
13 Max Digital (2012–2017)
Technical information
Licensing authority
ENACOM
Links
Websitewww.13maxtv.com

Canal 13 de Corrientes, known under its commercial name 13 Max Televisión or simply 13 Max, is an Argentine television station which broadcasts from the city of Corrientes. The station is owned by Río Paraná TV SRL, with a potential audience of one million people, competing against Canal 9.

History

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On October 10, 1963, by means of Decree 9063, the National Executive Chamber granted Río Paraná TV S.R.L. a license to operate VHF channel 13 in Corrientes.[1] The company had Jorge Félix Gómez and Carlos Antonio Smith as its shareholders.[2][3]

The license started regular broadcasts on June 30, 1965, as LT 80 TV Canal 13 de Corrientes.[4][5][6][7][8]

After winning the license, it started installing its facilities, which were placed in its current location. The arrival of the station to the location (close to the Tipoití plant), caused a name change, becoming "Barrio Canal 13", as well as the main street of the transmitting station, which also adopted its name, finally ending with the name defined as Calle Canal 13 n° 350.[9]

With many difficulties, as well as a lot of effort, the channel began to take shape little by little. Among the present difficulties, the lack of production of components, as well as the non-existence of imports, led to the hiring of specialized personnel for this purpose.

This is how, thanks to the contribution of the company's partners, as well as the fundamental work of the engineers Saccone and Huller, it would be possible to develop a high-gain broadcast antenna, which would have unique characteristics in the region.

With all these tools, the first Canal 13 broadcasts began in the city. However, the limited diffusion that television had in the city made this means of communication a privilege for a few, which would lead Smith and Gómez to set up a business selling televisions, to equip the homes of the city with this new way of communicating.

This way, a new phase in the life of Corrientes began, as well as in the Northeastern region.[10]

Initially, Canal 13 began broadcasting national programming, although it was also characterized by the promotion of local and regional production. Part of its programming was and is made up of purely local production programs, with content of interest to the province and the region. National programming was obtained from the purchase of pre-recorded material from the firm Proartel, a Buenos Aires company that managed programming for the entire country and, in turn, exploited the national license of Canal 13 de Buenos Aires.

Likewise, one of the first local productions presented by Canal 13 was a cultural series called "El patio de don Tunque", which reflected the daily activities of Corrientes, with folkloric and chamamecero numbers. In turn, an icon of Canal 13's local programming was its own newscast, which would acquire prominence within society, due to its coverage of current events in the city, recording historical moments such as the construction and subsequent inauguration of the General Belgrano Bridge between 1969 and 1973, or the arrival to the city of Pope John Paul II, in 1987.

The technological update was also part of the evolution of Channel 13, since in 1978 and along with the national signals, the first color broadcasts began, for which the total renovation of the equipment was necessary.

In this way and as in the experience of the inauguration of the signal, its owners would once again be in charge of providing televisions to homes, in order to arrive with the updated signal. At that time, a new problem would also arise, due to the difficulties arising from the constant changes of ownership in the provision of national programming.

On November 12, 1982, by means of Decree 1207, the National Executive Chamber renewed its license.[11][12]

On October 27, 1983, by means of Decree 2775, «Río Paraná TV S.R.L. (licensee of Canal 13) authorized the arrival of María Antonieta Gómez, Jorge Félix Gómez and Félix María Gómez.[13]

For this reason, at the beginning of the '90s, Channel 13 would sign a contract with Telefe, for the partial relaying of its programming, this being transmitted partly live and partly on a delayed basis. Currently, Channel 13's programming continues to present purely local content, added to the relays of the Buenos Aires network.

On July 5, 1999, by means of Decree 711, the National Executive Chamber authorized Río Paraná TV S.R.L. the entrance of María Antonieta Danuzzo Desimoni.[14]

Just as the renewal reached the station, the name of the station was not immune to it either, since in 2008 and after being known since its inauguration simply as Canal 13, Río Paraná TV S.R.L. decides to change the commercial name of the station, becoming called 13 Max Televisión.

The constant changes in audiovisual technology also led the renowned channel to constantly renew its technology.

On November 18, 2010, AFSCA, through Resolution 329, authorized Canal 13 to conduct digital terrestrial television tests using the ISDB-T format, on physical channel 32.[15][16]

On November 7, 2014, Canal 13 started broadcasting on TDA channel 32.1 in Corrientes.[17]

On March 31, 2015, AFSCA, by means of Resolution 236, granted Canal 13 channel 31.1 to deliver its HD broadcasts.[18]

Another innovation presented by the station, in order to adapt its signal to the national inclusive television regulations, is the implementation in its news program (named since 2008 as 13 Max Noticias) of the communication system for hearing-impaired people, using sign language.

On December 26, 2017, Channel 13 began broadcasting programming in HD.

13 Max Noticias

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The station's news service, with two editions at 12:00 and 20:00. It only airs on weekdays.

Relayers

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Canal 13 has three relay stations in Corrientes Province.[19][20]

References

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  1. ^ "Decreto 9063/1963". Boletín Oficial de la República Argentina. October 10, 1963. Retrieved July 5, 2018.
  2. ^ "Profundo pesar por el fallecimiento de Jorge "Capitán" Félix Gómez". Corrientes Hoy. September 13, 2020.
  3. ^ "Murió ayer Carlos Antonio Smith, maestro de la radio y de la publicidad". El Litoral. May 30, 2018.
  4. ^ "Canal 13 Corrientes cumplió 39 años de vida". El Litoral. July 1, 2004.
  5. ^ "Canal 13 y la TV pionera en Corrientes cumple 40 años". El Litoral. June 29, 2005.
  6. ^ "El Canal 13 local cumple medio siglo". El Litoral. June 30, 2015.
  7. ^ "Canal 13 de Corrientes cumple 56 años de historia". LT7Noticias. Radio LT7. June 30, 2021.
  8. ^ "Canal 13 cumple 57 años informando a los correntinos". LT7Noticias. Radio LT7. June 30, 2022.
  9. ^ "Canal 13 de Corrientes, Calle Canal 13 n° 350, Corrientes Capital". Argentino. Archived from the original on 28 July 2014. Retrieved 28 July 2014.
  10. ^ "CUATRO DÉCADAS DE CANAL 13: La aventura de fundar un canal de Tevé". Archived from the original on September 23, 2015. Retrieved July 28, 2014.
  11. ^ "Decreto 1207/1982". Boletín Oficial de la República Argentina. November 12, 1982. Retrieved April 5, 2019.
  12. ^ "Resolución 113/98" (PDF). COMFER. March 3, 1998. Retrieved July 1, 2018.
  13. ^ "Decreto 2775/1983". Boletín Oficial de la República Argentina. October 27, 1983. Retrieved November 12, 2019.
  14. ^ "Decreto 711/1999". Boletín Oficial de la República Argentina. July 5, 1999. Retrieved December 1, 2018.
  15. ^ "Resolución 329/10" (PDF). AFSCA. November 18, 2010. Retrieved November 29, 2010.
  16. ^ "LOS CANALES 13 DE CORRIENTES Y 10 DE MAR DEL PLATA FUERON AUTORIZADOS A REALIZAR PRUEBAS DE TV DIGITAL". Radiodifusión Data. December 6, 2010.
  17. ^ "LA NUEVA TV: Martín Gómez comentó los beneficios de contar con la Televisión Digital Terrestre". Siete Puntas Digital. December 2, 2013. Archived from the original on August 10, 2014. Retrieved July 28, 2014.
  18. ^ "Resolución 236/2015". InfoLeg. June 4, 2015. Retrieved June 10, 2015.
  19. ^ "Canal 13 de Corrientes". Asociación de Teleradiodifusoras Argentinas. Archived from the original on March 12, 2014. Retrieved October 19, 2017 – via Wayback Machine.
  20. ^ "Carpeta de Acceso Público" (PDF). 13 Max Televisión. Archived from the original (PDF) on December 17, 2010. Retrieved December 20, 2018 – via Wayback Machine.