Señal Colombia

Señal Colombia is a Colombian public Terrestrial television, which offers opinion, informative, entertainment, educational, sports and cultural content and is part of RTVC Sistema de Medios Públicos.

Señal Colombia
TypePublic broadcast television network
CountryColombia
Broadcast areaColombia
Programming
Picture format1080i HDTV
(upscaled to 16:9 480i for the channel's standard resolution signal)
Ownership
OwnerGovernment of Colombia
(publicly operated by RTVC Sistema de Medios Públicos)
Key peopleÁlvaro García
(Manager of RTVC)
Silvana Orlandelli
(Channel Director)
Sister channels
History
LaunchedFebruary 9, 1970 (1970-02-09)
Former namesCanal 11
(1970-1973)
Tercera Cadena
(1974-1979)
Tercera Cadena Color
(1979-1983)
Cadena 3 o Canal de Interés Público[1][2]
(1984-1991)
Canal 3
(1992-1995)
Links
Websitehttps://www.senalcolombia.tv
Availability
Terrestrial
Digital UHFChannel 16.1
Analog VHF/UHFListings may vary

History

Señal Colombia began its broadcasts on February 9, 1970, as Channel 11 (because it was broadcast on frequency 11 of the VHF band in Bogotá) in order to provide educational and popular programming for adults, imitating the television model of the BBC with two national channels: the first of a general nature and the second with a more cultural and minority focus. Thus, in Colombia Televisora Nacional de Colombia would be the generalist channel and Channel 11 the cultural station.

The first images of the channel were produced from the auditorium of Inravisión. During the inauguration of Channel 11, the communications minister of the time, Antonio Díaz García, and the director of the National Television of Colombia, Fernando Restrepo Suárez. In the words of the director of the National Televisora de Colombia, the channel "would not be a formula to bridge cultural gaps nor did it intend to replace the work of the teacher, but it would serve as a great audiovisual aid to fill those cultural gaps present in all levels of education".[3]

After the private station Teletigre was expropriated by the State in 1971, it expanded its coverage to the national level in January 1974 and changed its name to Segunda Cadena, while Televisora Nacional it is renamed First Chain; and Channel 11 changes its name to Tercera Cadena or "Channel of public interest".

In 1984, the Third Chain of Inravisión is renamed Chain 3 - Channel of public interest; Finally, in 1992 it changed its name to Channel 3 and from 1995 it acquired its current name as Señal Colombia.

Programming

Since its inception, the channel has always had a vocation for public service, broadcasting cultural and educational programming. During the last years of Inravisión, Señal Colombia broadcast sessions of the Senate and the House of Representatives, in addition to other programs of an institutional nature, but in 2004 this programming was transferred to Canal Institucional, which replaced Canal A ( former Second Chain).

Señal Colombia has broadcast numerous national and international sporting events, such as the Olympic, Paralympic, Pan American, Central American and Caribbean, Bolivarian and Colombian National Games, as well as the Grand Tours and other road cycling races.

The channel also broadcasts children's programs, documentaries, family movies, international movies and independent movies, Newscasts, Fiction, among other things. This has made the channel considerably increase its level of tuning.

References
  1. "Cortinilla Cadena 2 Inravision Colombia 1987". YouTube.
  2. "Cortinilla Cadena Uno Inravision (Remake)". YouTube.
  3. "Inauguration TV Educativa Colombia". Signal Institutional. Archived from the original on 2022-01-09. Retrieved August 3, 2015.


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