300 millones
{{Short description|Spanish variety show}}
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| image = 300 millones - title card.jpg
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| genre = Variety show
| writer =
| director = {{Plainlist|
- José Joaquín Marroquí
- Gustavo Pérez Puig
- Enrique Llovet }}
| creative_director =
| presenter =
| theme_music_composer = Alfonso Santisteban
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| country = Spain
| language = Spanish
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| runtime = 1 hour (approx)
| company = Televisión Española
| first_aired = {{start date|1977|6|26|df=y}}
| last_aired = {{end date|1983|3|22|df=y}}
| channel = TVE-1 and other OTI stations
}}
300 millones is a weekly Spanish musical and cultural television variety show produced by Televisión Española (TVE). It aired between 1977 and 1983 on TVE-1 in Spain and transmitted via satellite to all member stations of the Organización de Televisión Iberoamericana (OTI) in Hispanic America and the United States, which aired it in their countries. It was also aired in Equatorial Guinea, the Philippines and the Netherlands Antilles.
Format
300 millones is a weekly variety show with musical performances, cultural and news reports, interviews and contests.{{cite news|url=https://www.diariodesevilla.es/television/Millones-TVE-hizo-Americas_0_1292871256.html|title='300 Millones': Cuando TVE hizo las Américas|newspaper=Diario de Sevilla|date=22 October 2018|author=Sempere, Antonio|access-date=16 November 2022|language=es}} It had a large-budget and top Spanish and Hispanic American guests, with each episode running for around an hour.{{cite news|url=https://www.march.es/es/coleccion/archivo-linz-transicion-espanola/ficha/presupuestos-gasto-300-millones--linz%3AR-8574|title=Presupuestos y gasto de "300 millones"|author=Garrido Reyes, María Luisa|newspaper=Informaciones|date=1 October 1977|language=es|access-date=17 November 2022}} Top international performers also appeared on the show to break into the Spanish-speaking market. The name of the show comes from the number of Spanish-language speakers around the world at the time, 300 million people.
The show had several presenters throughout its history, including: Jana Escribano (1977), Lalo Azcona (1977), Ricardo Fernández Deu (1977), Guadalupe Enríquez (1977–1983), Tico Medina (1978–1983), Paca Gabaldón (1977–1978), José Antonio Plaza (1978), Alfredo Amestoy (1977–1981), Kiko Ledgard (1978–1979), Marisa Abad (1979), Pepe Domingo Castaño (1979–1983), Lola Martínez (1981–1982) and Cristina García Ramos (1982).{{cite news|url=https://valenciaplaza.com/300-millones-dame-la-mano-hermano-americano|title=‘300 millones’: dame la mano hermano americano|magazine=Plaza|date=20 April 2018|author=Cervera, Rafa|access-date=16 November 2022|language=es}}
Broadcast
The show was produced by Televisión Española (TVE) in its studios in Prado del Rey and had the support of the Organización de Televisión Iberoamericana (OTI).
It was broadcast on TVE-1 in Spain{{efn|The pilot first episode was broadcast live on TVE-2 on Sunday 26 June 1977 just after midnight –which was actually Monday 27 in peninsular Spain–.{{cite news|url=https://elpais.com/diario/1977/06/25/cultura/236037601_850215.html|title=Mañana se emite "300 millones", un programa para el mundo hispanohablante|newspaper=El País|date=25 June 1977|author=Pérez Ornia, José Ramón|access-date=17 November 2022|language=es}} On 24 July, it started its weekly edition that, due the good reception of the pilot, was broadcast on TVE-1.{{cite news|url=https://elpais.com/diario/1977/07/10/cultura/237333616_850215.html|title="Trescientos millones" pasa a la Primera Cadena|newspaper=El País|date=10 July 1977|author=Pérez Ornia, José Ramón|access-date=17 November 2022|language=es}}}} and transmitted via satellite to the OTI member stations in Argentina, Bolivia, Colombia, Costa Rica, Chile, the Dominican Republic, Ecuador, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico, Nicaragua, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, Puerto Rico, the United States, Uruguay and Venezuela, which broadcast it in their territories. In the United States it was broadcast on the Spanish International Network (SIN). It was also broadcast in Equatorial Guinea and on Spanish-language stations in the Philippines and the Netherlands Antilles.
It was initially broadcast live on Sundays which, due to the time difference between continents, meant producing and airing it in peninsular Spain after midnight –actually on Monday–, at the time when domestic TVE broadcasts used to close earlier. Three versions of each episode were made later, one for Spain, another for the United States and Puerto Rico and a third for the rest of the countries, similar to the one for Spain but adding a few minutes of information about football, that were broadcast at a more convenient time.{{cite news|url=https://elpais.com/diario/1982/10/10/radiotv/403052402_850215.html|title=Auditores de TVE descubren corrupción en '300 millones'|newspaper=El País|date=10 October 1982|author=Pérez Ornia, José Ramón|access-date=17 November 2022|language=es}}
Notes
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External links
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- [https://www.rtve.es/play/videos/300-millones/ 300 millones] at RTVE Play
{{Televisión Española original shows}}
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Category:Variety television series