The 1979 Chilean telethon was the second version of the
solidarity campaign held in Chile, which took place on November 30th and December 1st, 1979. The theme of this version was ''"Let's repeat the unbelievable."'' The symbolic girl was
Valeria Arias.
It was performed at the
Teatro Casino Las Vegas (as was the First Telethon). This time, the goal was to surpass the total in the previous Telethon, and that money would serve to continue building the Teletón's rehabilitation institutes in
Santiago
Santiago (, ; ), also known as Santiago de Chile, is the capital and largest city of Chile as well as one of the largest cities in the Americas. It is the center of Chile's most densely populated region, the Santiago Metropolitan Region, whose ...
,
Antofagasta,
Valparaiso and
Concepcion.
At 21:35 the target was passed with the total of: CL$ 85,427,324. Over the whole event a total of
CL$138,728,450 was raised.
Sponsors
Transmission
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12.10.3.8 TVUN Red del Norte
*
4.5.8 Red UCV Televisión
*
Televisión Nacional de Chile
*
Teleonce (
Universidad de Chile)
*
Corporación de Televisión Universidad Católica de Chile
Artists
References
External links
Images of the Second Telethon
{{Teletón Chile
Telethon
Chilean telethons