Alberto Gollán (born February 24, 1918 – November 24, 2014 ) was an

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media businessman from

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, province of Santa Fe. He was the head of Televisión Litoral S.A., the largest media conglomerate in Argentina outside

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, which includes the local TV channel Canal 3, and the radio stations LT2 (Radio Dos), FM Vida, and Radio Cataratas. Gollán started Televisión Litoral S.A. in 1965. Gollán was the

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of Rosario for four months, between 18 May and 23 September 1971, during the military dictatorship presided by

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. After the coup d'état of 1976 that deposed

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and started the Proceso de Reorganización Nacional, he continued to support the military government. In a reception held on 28 December 1976 in the Officers'

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, Gollán spoke to Commander of the 2nd Army Corps

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in the name of the press: "We are proud to be able to stand by you and the force you represent in the task you are undertaking. We the journalists will always support this labor." Through Televisión Litoral, Gollán started in 1977 the Ibero-American Advertising Festival (''

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'', or FIAP), which has continued to be celebrated annually, with the participation of producers from Spain, Portugal and several Latin American countries. On 15 March 2005 Gollán was awarded an honorary membership of the

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, which was delivered by British Ambassador John Hughes, "for his service, because he is a friend of the British Embassy and visitors". Gollán is the First Vice-Deacon of the

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of Rosario and the Honorary Consul of the

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References

Grupo Televisión Litoral S.A.
* Municipality of Rosario, official website
List of mayors of Rosario.
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La Capital , type = Daily newspaper , format =Tabloid , founder = Ovidio LagosEudoro Carrasco , foundation = 15 November 1867 , owners = Grupo América , publisher = Orlando Vignatti , editor = Editorial Diario LA CAPITAL S.A. , circulation ...

, 2005-03-16
''Alta distinción de la corona inglesa para Alberto Gollán.''
* Province of Santa Fe, official website

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