Canal 6 (Nicaraguan TV channel)

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Canal 6
Country Nicaragua
Programming
Language(s) Spanish
Picture format 480i SDTV
Ownership
OwnerNEPISA (Negocios Publicitarios Internacionales, S.A.)
History
LaunchedJanuary 17, 1957
Links
Website http://www.canal6.com.ni/
Availability
Terrestrial
Analog VHF Channel 6
Digital UHF Channel 20.1

Canal 6 is a Nicaraguan terrestrial television channel broadcasting from the city of Managua. The station claims to be owned by the Government of Nicaragua, but is actually owned by a joint stock company called NEPISA (Negocios Publicitarios Internacionales). [1]

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The channel's current director is Aarón Josué Peralta Obregón, former director of the Sandinist Youth. [2]

History

Canal 6 started broadcasting on January 17, 1957, as Nicaragua's second television channel, after channel 8 that signed on the year before. It was owned by Salvadora Debayle de Somoza and Lilliam Somoza de Sevilla, daughter of the then president Anastasio Somoza Garcia. [3] In 1962, its programming was seen on channel 8 after a decision to merge the two extant channels. [4]

When the Sandinistas overthrow the Somoza regime in Nicaragua in 1979, Canal 6 was nationalized and became part of the state owned Sistema Sandinista de Televisión. The station had a relay in Bluefields, which, in the 1980s, was autonomous. In August 1989, the station had been restored with help from Cuban technicians after its transmitter was damaged by a hurricane. The station relayed Canal 6's output and aired a local news service two to three times a week; its news team consisting exclusively of a reporter and an editor. [5]

With Violeta Chamorro's triumph in the 1990 elections, Canal 6 became part of the rebranded state television network SNTV until 1997 when it was legally declared in bankruptcy under Arnoldo Alemán's government.

A fraud involving detouring of money erupted in March 2002, before the channel shut down. [6] An audit followed in April. [7]

A new project was announced for the frequency in September 2006, this time the aim was to be an educational channel. [8]

Canal 6 was restored by the Government. Weeks before its resumption, the building was cleaned, as it had outdated equipment and was set to be among the officialist television channels. [9] Orlando Castillo, executive president of Telcor, confirmed the comeback on September 6, whose programming was still yet to be defined by the government. [10] It then resumed operations on September 14, 2011, after investing in its redevelopment since 2008. [11]

Upon its resumption, Canal 6 broadcast a varied schedule, including cartoons from the 80s (when it was part of the SSTV network), musical programming and news flashes about the presidential campaign of Daniel Ortega throughout the day, as well as relays from Telesur and RT's Spanish service. [12]

In November 2019, Canal 6 started managing a second channel, occupying the terrestrial signal of the former 100% Noticias with a secondary channel, Canal 15, carrying educational and cultural programming. [13]

On April 9, 2024, it received a set of 4×4 trucks (three Toyota Hilux trucks and a Toyota Hiace minibus) from Casa Pellas to improve its mobile fleet, costing 5,347,147.87 córdobas. [14]

Criticism

Since Daniel Ortega took over control of Canal 6 in 2007, the channel was criticized by media outlets for the lack of transparency in certain transactions, as well as the state of its equipment. The channel is believed to be not self-sustaining and under the control of the budget of the Nicaraguan presidency. [14]

As of March 2023, the station had a monthly operating revenue of C$428,593.64, which was, in a full year, of C$5,571,717.32 (US$ 152,577.30). According to Nicaragua Investiga, the channel is used to broadcast manipulated information, which is heavily condemned by locals. [2]

References

  1. ↑ "The Ortega Murillo family's private business network: 22 companies at the expense of the State". Confidencial. 22 February 2022. Retrieved 21 March 2022.
  2. 1 2 El 19 Digital y Canal 6, medios pagados por todos para beneficio del sandinismo
  3. ↑ "La televisión en Nicaragua: génesis, desarrollo y actualidad | Mundo Nòmada". Roirobo.wordpress.com. 2009-03-14. Retrieved 2014-01-31.
  4. ↑ "Cinco décadas después... (Five decades later...)". La Prensa. 1 August 2001. Archived from the original on 13 October 2021. Retrieved 15 November 2021.
  5. ↑ Lee, H. (August 31, 1989). "Cuba Helps House Nicaraguans Hit by Storm: [FINAL edition]". The Washington Post .
  6. ↑ "Gran fraude en Canal 6 (Big fraud at Canal 6)". La Prensa. 11 March 2002. Archived from the original on 13 October 2021. Retrieved 8 December 2021.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)
  7. ↑ "Todos pegados en fraude al Canal 6". El Nuevo Diario. 12 April 2002. Archived from the original on 5 January 2022. Retrieved 5 January 2022.
  8. ↑ "Gobierno reinaugura Canal 6". El Nuevo Diario. 21 September 2006. Archived from the original on 5 January 2022. Retrieved 5 January 2022.
  9. ↑ "Canal 6 en la mira de los medios oficialistas". El Nuevo Diario. 7 September 2011. Archived from the original on 2 October 2019. Retrieved 19 April 2022.
  10. ↑ "Canal 6 saldrá al aire nuevamente". El Nuevo Diario. 6 September 2011. Archived from the original on 2 October 2019. Retrieved 21 April 2022.
  11. ↑ "Nicaragua recuperó señal pública de televisión". La Voz del Sandinismo (in Spanish). Managua. September 14, 2011. Archived from the original on September 13, 2018. Retrieved July 27, 2017.
  12. ↑ "Canal 6 con muñequitos, música y spots de Ortega". El Nuevo Diario. 15 September 2011. Archived from the original on 3 October 2019. Retrieved 21 April 2022.
  13. ↑ "Gobierno empieza a usar la señal de canal 15 que pertenecía a 100% Noticias (Government starts using channel 15's signal that belonged to 100$ Noticias)". 100% Noticias. 14 November 2019. Retrieved 10 December 2021.
  14. 1 2 Canal 6 le compra camionetas a Casa Pellas por más de cinco millones de córdobas


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