Canal 15 (formerly known as 100% Noticias) was a Nicaraguan

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channel broadcasting from the city of

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and founded by the local journalist Miguel Mora Barberena and his wife Verónica Chavez.

History

100% Noticias started in October 1995 as a news program on local channel 23. It later became a 24-hour news channel on the defunct Estesa

system. The channel was rebranded to Canal 15 in 2009. On December 21, 2018, the Nicaraguan Institute of Telecommunications and Postal Services revoked the operation license of Canal 15 and raided its offices. The director Miguel Mora and journalist

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were jailed and accused of inciting terrorism in the context of the 2018 Nicaragua protests. The government confiscated the channel's facilities and continues to occupy them. In November 2019, Canal 6 started occupying the terrestrial signal with a secondary channel, Canal 15, carrying educational and cultural programming.

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{{Nicaragua TV Television stations in Nicaragua Spanish-language television stations Television channels and stations established in 1995 Television channels and stations established in 2019 Defunct mass media in Nicaragua