Enlace Nicaragua is a
Christian television channel
A television channel is a terrestrial frequency or virtual number over which a television station or television network is distributed. For example, in North America, "channel 2" refers to the terrestrial or cable band of 54 to 60 MHz, with ...
in
Nicaragua
Nicaragua (; ), officially the Republic of Nicaragua (), is the largest country in Central America, bordered by Honduras to the north, the Caribbean to the east, Costa Rica to the south, and the Pacific Ocean to the west. Managua is the countr ...
, part of the international
Enlace TBN network (
Trinity Broadcasting Network
The Trinity Broadcasting Network (TBN) is an international Christian-based broadcast television network and the world's largest religious television network. TBN was headquartered in Costa Mesa, California, until March 3, 2017, when it sold its ...
). It broadcasts on UHF channel 21.
History
Enlace Nicaragua began its broadcasts in 1988 with a low-power transmitter providing it a coverage radius of . In 1991, the network began transmitting from Las Nubes, a high mountain south of the capital of
Managua
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. It was Nicaragua's first UHF television station. The new station soon built studios to begin national program production, as well as a series of repeaters to give it national coverage.
In 2001, the network moved to a new studio location, which has since been expanded with a 500-seat auditorium and a new administration building.
A 2010 press release from the opposition
Cambio Cristiano Democrático party described the then-director of Enlace Nicaragua, Guillermo Osorno, as having "sold out" to
Daniel Ortega's government, calling on the public to stop giving to Enlace's telethons.
On November 9, 2021, Telcor visited the facilities of Enlace Nicaragua (branded at time of closure as TV21) for an act of "routine inspection" and arbitrarily cancelling the channel's terrestrial television license. Reverend Guillermo Osorno said that the shutdown of the channel was unjustified since most of the programs broadcast by the channel were spiritual and not political.
References
Television stations in Nicaragua
Spanish-language television stations
Television channels and stations established in 1991
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