Canal A

Canal A Type Broadcast Television Network Branding Canal A Country Colombia Availability Colombia Slogan (Spanish) Es televisión (English) It's Television Broadcast area Colombia Owner Instituto Nacional de Radio y Televisión Launch date March 27, 1972 (as Segunda Cadena) January 1, 1992 (as Canal A) Dissolved February 2, 2004 (replaced by Canal Institucional) Former names Segunda Cadena (1973-1979; 1979-1983) Segunda Cadena Color (1979) Cadena Dos or Cadena 2 (1984-1991) Canal A was a Colombian state-owned privately-run national television channel. It was launched March 27, 1972 as Segunda Cadena, since it was the second television channel in Colombia, and replacing Tele 9 Corazón (which in turn had replaced privately-owned Teletigre, a local channel covering Bogotá). Until December 31, 1991 it was known as Cadena Dos ("Network Two", sometimes spelled Cadena 2). During its existence, Canal A (branded as such in 1992 in order to promote competition with Canal Uno, the other national channel) broadcast programmes produced or imported by programadoras (programming companies), which bid for time slots with the Colombian state. Since July 1998, when private channels Caracol TV and RCN TV (formerly programadoras) started operations, ratings for the state-owned channels Canal Uno and Canal A steadily dropped, severely affecting the programadoras, which one after other declared bankruptcy or became merely production companies for Caracol TV and RCN TV. En 2004 RTI Colombia, the only programming company which remained on Canal A, was moved to Canal Uno. On February 2, Canal A left the airwaves. It was replaced by fully state-owned Canal Institucional. See also Canal Institucional Television in Colombia External links (Spanish) RTVC (successor of Inravisión, its operator) v · d · eTelevision stations in Bogotá, Colombia Over the air Canal Capital 2/[19] • Canal Uno 3/7/[16]* • RCN TV 4/8/[15] • Caracol TV 5/10/[14] • Canal Institucional 6/9/[16] • Señal Colombia 11/12/[16] • Canal 13/[18] • Citytv 21/[40] • ABN 41 • Bogotá TV 43 • Teleamiga 45 • CBN 47 • CMB 49 • Nova TV 51 • DC-TV 53 • HSB 55 • Red TV 58 Local cable channels Cable Noticias • Canal Congreso • Nuestra Tele Noticias 24 Horas • Zoom Canal Universitario Nacional Defunct channels Cadena 2 / Canal A 9 (1972-2004)  · Teletigre 9 (1966-1971)  · Tele 9 Corazón (1971-1972) *Canal Uno is state-owned, privately-run Channels in italics are state-owned  · Numbers in brackets indicate digital channels  · Full list · See also: Television in Colombia v · d · eTelevision stations in Colombia National channels Private: Caracol TV · RCN TV — Public: Canal Institucional  · Canal Uno* · Señal Colombia Major local and regional channels Canal 13 · Canal Capital · Canal U** · Citytv Bogotá · Teleantioquia · Telecafé · Telecaribe · Teleislas · Telemedellín · Telepacífico · Televisión Regional del Oriente Religious channels ABN · CMB · Cristovisión · Teleamiga · Televida Major cable and satellite channels Cable Noticias · Canal Congreso · Canal Noticolombia · Caracol TV Internacional · Nuestra Tele Noticias 24 Horas · TV Colombia · Zoom Canal Universitario Nacional Defunct channels Cadena 2 / Canal A (1972-2004) · Teletigre (1966-1971) · Tele 9 Corazón (1971-1972) *Canal Uno is state-owned, privately-run **Canal U is run by state and private universities in Antioquia Channels in italics are state-owned  · Full list · See also: Television in Bogotá - Television in Colombia This article about a television station is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it.v · d · e This Colombia-related article is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it.v · d · e