Radio Agricultura (originally ''Radio Sociedad Nacional de Agricultura'') is a Chilean radio broadcasting network belonging to the association of

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(SNA). It is run by ''Publicaciones y Difusión SA'' (which is owned by the SNA), the studios are at Edificio Pamplona. It was founded in 1935 in

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and inaugurated on October 30, 1936 in

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. Its

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goes back to Decree No. 3633 of August 30, 1935, subsequently published in the Diario Oficial on September 11, 1935. It takes a conservative editorial line.

History

The SNA decided to create a means of making its activities known to the public. Beginning the project in Valparaiso in 1935, on October 15, 1936, in Santiago, radio transmissions began at a frequency of 570

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on the

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band. Radio Agricultura was influential in making

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popular in rural areas of Chile. Radio Agricultura won notoriety and influence because, along with the Chilena,

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and Minería radio networks, it opposed the government of

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and supported the

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and later

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. Its transmissions were famous for their coverage of the coup of September 11, 1973 and its military bands that were heard on national radio and television throughout Chile. Also in the 1970s the dictatorship shut down smaller radio stations thought to be sympathetic with the former Allende administration. At the end of the 1990s, Radio Agricultura began broadcasting at 92.1 MHz in the

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, the frequency of its sister radio station Radio San Cristóbal FM. As the only station with which provincial radio stations can affiliate, Radio Agricultura uses agreements with other radio stations, in addition to a network of transmitters throughout Chile, to broadcast across the country. Other, larger radio stations (such as

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and Tele13 Radio) have national channels with their own stations. Radio Agricultura has among its ranks several public figures, including Alejandro de la Carrera (press director until March 2014),

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, Cecilia Pérez, Sergio "Checho" Hirane, and Eli de Caso among others.

References

{{Reflist Radio stations in Chile Radio stations established in 1936 Radio Agricultura