HJN was the first Colombian

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, owned and operated by the Colombian state through its Ministry of Education. In 1924, during the administration of President Pedro Nel Ospina, some lands in Puente Aranda were reserved for a

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transmitter. The studio was initially located inside the National Capitol. On 5 September 1929, during the administration of President

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, broadcasts started, with a series of speeches from a theatre in

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and music by Alejandro Wills and Pedro Morales Pino. In downtown Bogotá, the first programme was heard by a crowd which listened to speakers installed by the government. The programming alternated news bulletins, classical music, and live concerts. During a period of time, some time slots were rented to private citizens and commercial ads were broadcast, until the administration of

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. Cultural and educational programming increased during 1932–1933, when Daniel Samper Ortega, director of the

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, became the director of HJN. The station closed in November 1937, during the first administration of

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, for financial and technical reasons. HJN would be succeeded by the

Radiodifusora Nacional de Colombia Radio Nacional de Colombia ("Colombian National Radio") is a Colombian state-owned public radio network, part of Señal Colombia RTVC. It was launched – as Radiodifusora Nacional de Colombia – on 1 February 1940, three years after closure o ...

, which started broadcasts 1 February 1940.

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