QAP was a Colombian newscast aired between January 2, 1992 and December 31, 1997 on Canal A. It was produced by the ''

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History

In 1991, the journalists María Isabel Rueda and María Elvira Samper had the idea to create their own news production company. Soon, Enrique Santos Calderón (of '' El Tiempo'' newspaper and

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), businessman Julio Andrés Camacho and Nobel Prize winner Gabriel García Márquez joined the project, with the goal of creating an independent newscast. QAP had several major technological firsts. It was the first Colombian newscast to have microwave equipment and the first to broadcast from its own studios (as newly permitted in the call for bids, or ''licitación'', of 1991). QAP ended in New Year's Eve 1997 (Wednesday, December 31), as a result of changes in the television law that removed the extensibility of the original six-year contract (the original contract called for six years with an option to extend for another six). Because of the independence of the newscast, García Márquez was convinced that the law was written specifically to take QAP off the air. In the end, a new ''licitación'' occurred that year, and QAP opted not to participate (retracting its original proposal);"QAP retira propuesta." ''El Tiempo'' 20 August 1997
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was the main presenter for QAP during its run on air.

Presenters and journalists

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† * Paula Jaramillo *

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* Juan Carlos Ruíz † *

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* Gloria Congote † * D'arcy Quinn * Leyla Ponce de León * Maribel Osorio * Gloria Tisnés * Ilse Milena Borrero * John Portela * Héctor Fabio Cardona * Clara Elvira Ospina * Mariana Lloreda * Carlos Antonio Vélez * Carlos Zapata * Clara Estrada * Karl Troller * Ana Cristina Bueno * Juan Guillermo Ortiz Osorno *

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* Mónica Hernández * Laila Rodríguez * Martha Ávila * Richard Freddy Muñoz * Adriana Arboleda * Victor Javier Solano * Sergio Barbosa * Silvia Martínez * Mauricio Salcedo * Iván Lalinde * Maria Andrea Charry

References

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