Canal 6 (Nicaragua)

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Canal 6 Nicaraguense

Canal 6 is a Nicaraguan terrestrial television channel broadcasting from the city of Managua. The station claims to be owned by the Government of Nicaragua, but is actually owned by a joint stock company called NEPISA (Negocios Publicitarios Internacionales)[1]

History[]

Canal 6 started broadcasting on January 17, 1957, as Nicaragua's second television channel, after channel 8 that signed on the year before. It was owned by Salvadora Debayle de Somoza and Lilliam Somoza de Sevilla, daughter of the then president Anastasio Somoza Garcia.[2] In 1962, its programming was seen on channel 8 after a decision to merge the two extant channels.[3]

When the Sandinistas overthrow the Somoza regime in Nicaragua in 1979, Canal 6 was nationalized and became part of the state owned Sistema Sandinista de Televisión.

With Violeta Chamorro's triumph in the 1990 elections, Canal 6 became part of the rebranded state television network SNTV until 1997 when it was legally declared in bankruptcy under Arnoldo Alemán's government.

A fraud involving involving detouring of money erupted in March 2002, before the channel shut down.[4] An audit followed in April.[5]

A new project was announced for the frequency in September 2006, this time the aim was to be an educational channel.[6]

Canal 6 was restored by the Government and resumed operations on September 14, 2011, after investing in its redevelopment since 2008.[7]

In November 2019, Canal 6 started managing a second channel, occupying the terrestrial signal of the former 100% Noticias with a secondary channel, Canal 15, carrying educational and cultural programming.[8]

References[]

  1. ^ "The Ortega Murillo family's private business network: 22 companies at the expense of the State". Confidencial. 22 February 2022. Retrieved 21 March 2022.
  2. ^ "La televisión en Nicaragua: génesis, desarrollo y actualidad | Mundo Nòmada". Roirobo.wordpress.com. 2009-03-14. Retrieved 2014-01-31.
  3. ^ "Cinco décadas después... (Five decades later...)". La Prensa. 1 August 2001. Archived from the original on 13 October 2021. Retrieved 15 November 2021.
  4. ^ "Gran fraude en Canal 6 (Big fraud at Canal 6)". La Prensa. 11 March 2002. Archived from the original on 30 September 2021. Retrieved 8 December 2021.
  5. ^ "Todos pegados en fraude al Canal 6". El Nuevo Diario. 12 April 2002. Archived from the original on 5 January 2022. Retrieved 5 January 2022.
  6. ^ "Gobierno reinaugura Canal 6". El Nuevo Diario. 21 September 2006. Archived from the original on 5 January 2022. Retrieved 5 January 2022.
  7. ^ "Nicaragua recuperó señal pública de televisión". La Voz del Sandinismo (in Spanish). Managua. September 14, 2011. Retrieved July 27, 2017.
  8. ^ "Gobierno empieza a usar la señal de canal 15 que pertenecía a 100% Noticias (Government starts using channel 15's signal that belonged to 100$ Noticias)". 100% Noticias. 14 November 2019. Retrieved 10 December 2021.

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