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Señal Colombia is a Colombian public
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, which offers opinion, informative, entertainment, educational, sports and cultural content and is part of RTVC Sistema de Medios Públicos.


History

Señal Colombia began its broadcasts on February 9, 1970 as Channel 11 (because it was broadcast on frequency 11 of the VHF band of
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) in order to provide educational and popular programming for adults, imitating the television model of the
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with two national channels: the first of a general nature and the second with a more cultural and minority focus. In this way, in Colombia Televisora Nacional de Colombia would be the generalist channel and Channel 11 the cultural channel. The first images of the channel were produced from the auditorium of
Inravisión The Instituto Nacional de Radio y Televisión (Inravisión) was Colombia's national public broadcasting organization between 1964 and 2004. It was created by Decree 3267 of 20 December 1963, which declared that from 1 April 1964 the country's pu ...
.Missing citation SeñalFiscalia01 During the inauguration of Channel 11, the communications minister of the time, Antonio Díaz García, and the director of the National Television of Colombia, Fernando Restrepo Suárez. In the words of the director of the National Televisora de Colombia, the channel "would not be a formula to bridge cultural gaps nor did it intend to replace the work of the teacher, but it would serve as a great audiovisual aid to fill those cultural gaps present in all levels of education". After the private station Teletigre was expropriated by the State in 1971, it expanded its coverage nationwide in January 1974 and was replaced by Segunda Cadena, while Televisora Nacional was rebranded Primera Cadena; and Channel 11 changes its name to Tercera Cadena or "Channel of public interest".Missing citation SeñalSemana01 In 1984, Channel 3 is renamed Chain 3 - Channel of public interest; Finally, in 1992 it changed its name to Channel 3 and from December 1995 it acquired its current name as Señal Colombia. On March 21, 2021, the newscast '' RTVC Noticias'' was launched and that this is the second State newscast of
Colombian television Television in Colombia or Colombian television ( es, Televisión de Colombia) is a media of Colombia. It is characterized for broadcasting telenovelas, series, game shows and TV news. Until 1998 it was a state monopoly (though there was a short-l ...
after ''Tele Noticias'' for the programming of
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.


Programming

Since its inception, the channel has always had a vocation for public service, broadcasting cultural and educational programming. During the last years of Inravisión, Señal Colombia broadcast sessions of the Senate and the House of Representatives, in addition to other programs of an institutional nature, but in 2004 this programming was transferred to
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, which replaced
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(former Second Chain). Señal Colombia broadcasts children's programs, documentaries, family films, international films and independent films, newscasts, fiction, among other things. This has made the channel considerably increase its popularity. The channel has broadcast numerous national and international sporting events, such as the
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,
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,
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,
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,
Bolivarian Games The Bolivarian Games (Spanish: ''Juegos Bolivarianos'', full name ''Juegos Deportivos Bolivarianos'') are a regional multi-sport event held in honor of Simón Bolívar, and organized by the Bolivarian Sports Organization (''Organización Deport ...
, and
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, as well as the
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and other road cycling races.


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External links

* Television networks in Colombia Television channels and stations established in 1970 Spanish-language television stations {{Colombia-tv-stub