Red Uno Cochabamba
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| founded = {{Start date|1985}}
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Red Uno Cochabamba is the Red Uno owned-and-operated station for the city of Cochabamba. The station operates on VHF channel 9 (digital channel 42, PSIP 9.1) and is an affiliate of Red Uno de Bolivia.
History
In 1984, among the four initial private television stations that were being set up, one of the stations was set up in Cochabamba, Cochabambina de Televisión, on channel 9. The station had a strong local character, similar to Paceña de Televisión{{cite web |title="NORMATIVA LEGAL DE DIFUSIÓN DE LOS PROGRAMAS ENLATADOS DE MEDIOS DE COMUNICACIÓN Y SU IMPACTO SOBRE EL COMPORTAMIENTO DE LA POBLACIÓN INFANTIL EN BOLIVIA"|url=https://repositorio.umsa.bo/xmlui/bitstream/handle/123456789/13822/TD-3864.pdf?sequence=1 |access-date=5 February 2024 |website=International Media Support |date=2011 |archive-url=http://web.archive.org/web/20240205115340/https://repositorio.umsa.bo/xmlui/bitstream/handle/123456789/13822/TD-3864.pdf?sequence=1 |archive-date=5 February 2024 |language=es}} In this context it starts affiliating itself with ATB and formed Red Tricolor in time for the 1985 general elections.Fátima Quinteros, La televisión privada en Bolivia, Universidad Privada San Francisco de Asis On September 10, 1987, the government legalized the station; the owner at the time being John William Block Bonetta. At the same time, the affiliation it had with ATB was broken, as Illimani de Comunicaciones applied for a TV station in the city (channel 4).{{cite web |title=Resolucion Suprema: 202882 |url=http://www.gacetaoficialdebolivia.gob.bo/resolucions/listadonor/page:562 |website=Gaceta Oficial del Estado Plurinacional de Bolivia |language=es}}
One of its main staff in the station's early years journalist Rolando Gamarra Urizar.{{cite news |title=El adiós a un maestro de la información: el periodismo despide a Rolando Gamarra Urizar |url=https://www.lostiempos.com/deportes/entretiempo/20230905/adios-maestro-informacion-periodismo-despide-rolando-gamarra-urizar |work=Los Tiempos |date=September 5, 2023 |language=es}}
At an unknown date, presumably in the late 1990s, Cochabambina de Televisión moved from channel 9 to channel 21. This enabled Red Uno to broadcast locally on channel 9.{{cite news |title=Mauricio Noya, el "Señor de la TV" que pudo ser alcalde |url=https://lapalanca.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/ENTRETECLAS-NO-6-SIRENA.pdf |work=Entre Teclas |date=August 2015 |page=51 |language=es |format=pdf}}
On the early hours of September 15, 2008, the station was hit by a dynamite attack, in an attempt to silence the outlet. At about 3am, the aftershock of a dynamite explosion damaged the station's transmitter.{{cite web|title=Canal 9 Red Uno Cochabamba sufrió atentado dinamitero|url=https://www.noticiasfides.com/nacional/sociedad/canal-9-red-uno-en-cochabamba-sufrio-atentado-dinamitero-238443|work=Agencia de Noticias Fides (ANF)|accessdate=March 6, 2024|archive-date=March 6, 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240306223254/https://www.noticiasfides.com/nacional/sociedad/canal-9-red-uno-en-cochabamba-sufrio-atentado-dinamitero-238443|url-status=live |language=es}} The situation raised concerns from other media outlets.{{cite news |title=Medios de comunicación y periodistas piden garantías para ejercer su labor |url=https://www.opinion.com.bo/articulo/tendencias/medios-comunicacion-periodistas-piden-garantias-ejercer-labor/20080918185030291865.html |work=Opinión |date=September 18, 2008 |language=es}}
On April 22, 2019, Red Uno Cochabamba introduced a new roster of presenters for the local editions of {{lang|es|El Mañanero}} and {{lang|es|Notivisión}}.{{cite news |last1=Villegas |first1=Cindy Soliz |title=Red Uno: Comienza una nueva era en la “casa naranja” |url=https://www.lostiempos.com/doble-click/cultura/20190512/red-uno-comienza-nueva-era-casa-naranja |work=Los Tiempos |date=May 12, 2019 |language=es}}
The station's current director of news is Argentine-Bolivian Diego Viamont, who joined Red Uno Cochabamba in 2010.{{cite web|title=Diego Viamont, con el corazón dividido |url=https://www.opinion.com.bo/articulo/noticias/diego-corazon-dividido/20130220010400685283.html|date=20 February 2013|access-date=18 May 2021|publisher=opinion.com.bo |language=es}}{{cite web|title=Múltiples facetas de Diego Viamont
|url=https://www.opinion.com.bo/articulo/noticias/m-uacute-ltiples-facetas-mismo-pap-aacute/20150319234700687748.amp.html|date=19 March 2015|access-date=18 May 2021|publisher=opinion.com.bo |language=es}}
References
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Category:Spanish-language television stations
Category:Television in Bolivia
Category:Television channels and stations established in 1985