Canal 4, previously known as ''Monte Carlo Televisión,'' is a

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located in Montevideo,

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''.'' Owned by Grupo Monte Carlo, it is the second oldest television channel in the country, beginning its broadcasts on April 23, 1961. Canal 10 started on December 7, 1956. Canal 12 was the third channel, May 2, 1962, and Canal 5, state-owned, was the last station to start broadcasting, on June 19, 1963. This TV station, originally named ''Monte Carlo Televisión Canal 4'', was initiated by Carlos Romay, entrepreneur who had founded

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in 1924, and his wife, María Elvira Salvo, whose family had built the iconic

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in Montevideo. In 1961, from a set that was built in downtown Montevideo, at exactly 9 p.m., Uruguayan viewers had the chance to tune ''Casino Monte Carlo'', a variety show that became the first program to be aired in the new station. After almost 5 years of having only one station in the Uruguayan TV market, Canal 4 decided to launch by investing heavily on regional stars and international TV series. In addition, Canal 4 introduced

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machines in the Uruguayan television industry. Before that, because of the absence of such equipment, all programming was live, including the commercial breaks. Telenochearchivofoto noticia

On July 20, 1969, the day Neil Armstrong and

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landed on the Moon during the

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mission, Carlos Giacosa, main anchor of Telenoche 4 at that time, surprised everyone by conducting a live interview, by phone, with

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. Giacosa had visited

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years before, and he had kept a business card with the phone number of his secretary. Fernando Vilar was the main anchor for TeleNoche 4, the station's signature

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, during 22 uninterrupted years, from 1993 to 2015. During 2016, Uruguay celebrated 60 years of television in the country, which prompted many newspapers and magazines to feature special articles to highlight the occasion. In 2017, Canal 4 decided to join the regional trend to feature

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, a genre that is highly popular in South America, at the 11 p.m.

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. Telenoche 4 decided to upgrade its sets, graphic packages, and style, while no longer using its main newsroom set, called ''Centro Monte Carlo de Noticias''. During 2019, while rebranding the station as ''Canal 4'' after almost two decades of using ''Monte Carlo Televisión'', the channel started airing ''El Diario del Lunes'', a weekly show with soccer legends

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and

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, which focuses on the Uruguayan League and the national soccer team. In 2020, Canal 4 launched its international channel, ''Canal 4 Internacional'', available for subscription only, outside of Uruguayan soil, via streaming.

Current programming

Original programming

* ''Santa misa'' (1961–present) * '' Telenoche'' (1968–present) * ''En Foco'' (2005–present) * ''Agitando una más'' (2009–present) * ''Algo contigo'' (2011–present) * ''Santo & Seña'' (2012–present) * '' Todas las voces'' (2005–present) * ''De la tierra al plato'' (2017–present) * ''Bien con Lourdes'' (2018–present) * '' Vespertinas'' (2018–2021) * '' Vamo arriba'' (2018–present) * ''De película'' (2018–present) * ''El diario del lunes'' (2019–present) * ''Reenviado'' (2019–present) * '' Buen día'' (2020–present) * ''Buen vivir'' (2020–present) * ''Zoom Internacional'' (2020–present) * ''Únicos'' (2020–present) * '' Los ocho escalones'' (2021–present) *''Zoom de noticias'' (2021–present) *''Cena con mamá'' (2021–present) *'' Bake Off Uruguay'' (2021–present)

Acquired programming

Drama

* '' The Good Doctor'' (2017) (as ''Un médico brillante'') (2020–present) * '' Dudaktan Kalbe'' (2007) (as ''De los labios al corazón'') (2020–present) * '' Güllerin Savaşı'' (2020) (as ''Guerra de Rosas'') (2021–present) * ''Ufak Tefek Cinayetler'' (2017) (as ''Traición Secreta'') (2021–present)

Logos

File:Logo Canal 4 1961-1969.png, 1961–69 File:Canal 4 Monte Carlo TV.png, 1969–73 File:Logo 1973.png, 1973–78 File:Canal 4 Logo.jpg, 1978–80 File:Logo Canal 4 1981-1990.png, 1981–90 File:Monte Carlo Televisi% 3Fn % 282001% 2C Azul% 29.png, 2001–06 File:Logo Monte Carlo TV 2006-2009.jpg, 2006–08

References

External links

Official website
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