Tele7ABC () was a television station in

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, which became popular in the 1990s and stopped airing in 2005. Launched in 1994, it was the second private TV channel in Romania to start airing after

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. It was famous for airing such series as ''

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''. Tele7ABC was the broadcaster of

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's ''HIS''tory World Tour concert in 1996 in

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. It marked the beginning of stars like Mircea Badea, Teo Trandafir,

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, and Radu Coşarcă.http://www2.times.ro/node/10378 After getting in the control of

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, the television station had gone on a decline. Soon after, most of its movies were transferred to other stations, Tele7 remaining only with religious B rated movies and similar shows. In 2005, the station temporarily closed its gates with the message that the workers were not paid in months, and they had neither any adequate sanitary facilities. Soon after, the station closed down for good.

References

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