radio station
Radio broadcasting is transmission of audio (sound), sometimes with related metadata, by radio waves to radio receivers belonging to a public audience. In terrestrial radio broadcasting the radio waves are broadcast by a land-based radio ...
, which broadcasts from the city of
Montevideo
Montevideo () is the Capital city, capital and List of cities in Uruguay, largest city of Uruguay. According to the 2011 census, the city proper has a population of 1,319,108 (about one-third of the country's total population) in an area of . M ...
. Its programming is informative and sports. It is considered the first radio station in Uruguay.
In April 2013 an announcement was made regarding the sale of this media company. It was purchased by Magnolio group.Superlunes en las radios
HISTORY
In
April
April is the fourth month of the year in the Gregorian and Julian calendars. It is the first of four months to have a length of 30 days, and the second of five months to have a length of less than 31 days.
April is commonly associated with ...
1922, the Uruguayan subsidiary of
General Electric
General Electric Company (GE) is an American multinational conglomerate founded in 1892, and incorporated in New York state and headquartered in Boston. The company operated in sectors including healthcare, aviation, power, renewable energ ...
decided to install a 10-watt power transmitter on the roof of the defunct daily Del Plata, which is how the first regular broadcasts of Radio General Electric began.
As General Electric did not intend to install itself as a broadcasting operator, but as a simple driver of the market, that is why once the test broadcasts end and when the regular broadcasts begin, in 1923, the station changes its name, assuming that of Radio Sud América, its programming would be focused on sports and musical information.
It is in that year that she moved her studies to the then American Methodist College of Ladies at the intersection of Avenida 8 de Octubre and Avenida General Garibaldi.
On
May 15
Events Pre-1600
* 221 – Liu Bei, Chinese warlord, proclaims himself emperor of Shu Han, the successor of the Han dynasty.
* 392 – Emperor Valentinian II is assassinated while advancing into Gaul against the Frankish usurper Arbog ...
, 1931 it changed its name again definitively, changing its name to Radio Espectador, the name of one of the main programs of Radio Sud América, the program: "Radio Diario Espectador". For that year, the newly named Radio El Espectador decided to consolidate itself as a journalistic station and associated its computer services with an international news agency.
With the outbreak of the
Second World War
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,the reporter Esso began to broadcast the computer service, presented by Héctor Amenagual who, through the informational contributions of the
United Press International
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, informed Uruguayans about the most relevant events of said warlike conflict, such as of the taking of
Pearl Harbor
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and the
surrender of Japan
The surrender of the Empire of Japan in World War II was announced by Emperor Hirohito on 15 August and formally signed on 2 September 1945, bringing the war's hostilities to a close. By the end of July 1945, the Imperial Japanese Navy ...
, of which the station keeps archives. The passing of the war, and the imminent support of Uruguay for the allied side, led to the emergence of anti-Nazi campaigns and editorials in the station, in support of the allied forces.
* ''La Mañana de El Espectador'' (morning show with Daniel Castro)
* ''Rompkbzas'' (Variety with Daniel Figares)
* ''Suena Tremendo'' (Variety with Diego Zas and Juanchi Hounie)
* ''13 a 0'' (Sports with Ricardo Piñeyrúa)
* ''810 VIVO'' (News with Juan Sader)
* ''Dinámica rural'' (Rural news)
* ''La venganza será terrible'' (Humor with