Canal 8 UCV TV (later called Canal 9 UCV TV) was a Chilean
free-to-air
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television station
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which operated in the
Coquimbo Region
The Coquimbo Region ( es, Región de Coquimbo, ) is one of Chile's 16 regions (first order administrative divisions). It is bordered by Atacama to the north, Valparaíso to the south, Argentina to the east, and the Pacific Ocean to the west. ...
between 1974 and 2002.
History
Beginnings
The transmitter was activated in 1971 as a relay for
UCV TV. Canal 8 as a regional channel with local programming began on May 10, 1974, and achieved great success in
La Serena and
Coquimbo
Coquimbo is a port city, commune and capital of the Elqui Province, located on the Pan-American Highway, in the Coquimbo Region of Chile. Coquimbo is situated in a valley south of La Serena, with which it forms Greater La Serena with more than ...
.
Consolidation
During the 1980s, Canal 8 had contracts with
Canal 13,
Teleonce and
UCV TV and aired programs from all three networks as well as its own local productions, resulting in high ratings.
In the late 1980s and early 1990s, the arrival of transmitters of
Canal 13 (in 1988) and
Chilevisión
Chilevisión (often abbreviated as CHV) is a Chilean free-to-air television channel. It is the third oldest Chilean television network, owned by Paramount Networks Americas, being founded by the University of Chile on November 4, 1960.
Histo ...
(in 1994) left Canal 8 UCV TV without many of its highest-rated programs. As those networks pulled their programming, Canal 8 was forced to rely on programs from UCV TV in Valparaíso and on its local fare.
Canal 9 and the end of the signal
In 1994, Canal 8 UCV TV changed from channel 8 to channel 9, changing its name to Canal 9 UCV TV as a result.
(In Spanish)
/ref> Reeling from the loss of viewers and trouble securing advertisers, the station quickly collapsed. Canal 9's local news program was canceled months before the station ceased broadcasting local productions on January 15, 1995, but the station never went off air, filling an eight-hour broadcast day with videos of La Serena and Coquimbo
Coquimbo is a port city, commune and capital of the Elqui Province, located on the Pan-American Highway, in the Coquimbo Region of Chile. Coquimbo is situated in a valley south of La Serena, with which it forms Greater La Serena with more than ...
and timeshifted UCV TV programs. The station continued to air UCV TV shows, as well as some limited local programming, through 2002, under several different managers.
From 2002 to 2003, a cable channel called Thema Televisión rented the Canal 9 studio, and Canal 9 aired some of Thema's programming. The end came in 2002 when the station opted to close, in large part because UCV Televisión was about to install its own transmitter in the Coquimbo Region as part of its national expansion plan; it signed on in 2003.
Local programs
* ''Teleocho Noticias'' (News
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, later called ''Ocho Visión'' and finally ''Nueve Visión'')
* ''Vistazo Deportivo'' (Sports
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)
* ''Directo al Deporte'' (Sports
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)
* ''Nuestra Noche'' (Talk Show
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)
* ''Desde el Café El Patio'' (Talk Show
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)
* ''El Submarino'' (Entertaining
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)
* ''Hola, Hola Mujer'' (