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
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
On December 7, 2023, URSEC approved Telerocha's digital operation on physical channel 23.[7]
References
- ^ «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