El Nueve de Rocha
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| Affiliations | La Red |
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| Founded | January 27, 1966 |
First air date | August 7, 1966 |
Former channel number(s) | 7 (1968-1991) |
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| Website | www |
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.
History
[edit]The station set up its equipment in 1964, the first case in which all of its equipment was assembled within Uruguay. Subsequently, on January 27, 1966, the government gave a license for Telerocha to operate on VHF channel 7.[1] Broadcasts started on August 7, 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 July 7, 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
[edit]On December 7, 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).
- ^ 50 años de Telerocha
- ^ TV schedule for Tele-Rocha Canal 7, Canal TV Argentina-Uruguay, September 14-20, 1966, p.65
- ^ Historia
- ^ 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