Canal 7
CountryGuatemala
Broadcast areaGuatemala
Programming
Picture format480i SDTV
Ownership
OwnerChapín TV (Albavisión)
Sister channelsCanal 3
Canal 11
Canal 13
History
LaunchedDecember 15, 1964
Links
Websitechapintv.com
Availability
Terrestrial
Analog VHFChannel 7
Channel 8 (inside the country)
Digital UHFChannel 19.2
Channel 43.1

Canal 7 (formerly Televicentro and Televisiete) is a Guatemalan terrestrial television channel owned by Grupo Chapín TV, a subsidiary of Remigio Ángel González's Albavisión group. Similar to sister channel Canal 3, the channel has a generalist profile.

History

Televicentro launched on December 15, 1964[1] under the TGBO-TV calls, with a daily schedule between 5pm and 11pm.[2] The station was founded by the El Imparcial newspaper, with initial funding costing 250,000 quetzales and with video taping equipment worth 80,000 quetzales. At launch, the channel covered 80% of the Guatemalan territory. On December 5, 1965, the channel faced internal problems among shareholders, with José Quiñones as interventor.[1]

Around 1977, the channel was renamed Televisiete, likely due to its relations with Televisa.[3]

The station is acquired by Alba Lorenzana Cardona, wife of Remigio Ángel González, in 1980.[1]

References

  1. 1 2 3 "Historia de la televisión en Guatemala". El Libre Pensador. 11 March 2011. Archived from the original on 20 December 2011. Retrieved 11 October 2023.
  2. "Television Factbook" (PDF). 1967. p. 949. Retrieved 11 October 2023.
  3. "RetroGuate | No es un montaje... Ese era el logotipo de Televisiete en 1977, puede ser de ahí venga su nombre: el logotipo de Televisa con el número 7 = Televisiete". Facebook. 16 December 2017. Retrieved 12 May 2023.
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