El Espectador 810

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El Espectador
Elespectadoram850.png
Broadcast areaFlag of Uruguay.svg  Uruguay
Frequency 810 AM
Programming
Format Talk.
Affiliations Uruguayan Broadcasters Association [1]
Ownership
OwnerGrupo Magnolio [2]
History
First air date
October 1, 1922, 100 years
Former call signs
Radio General Electric
Former frequencies
CWO
Technical information
Class Commercial
Power 50 KW
Links
Website 810 AM

El Espectador is a Uruguayan radio station, which broadcasts from the city of Montevideo. Its programming is informative and sports. It is considered the first radio station in Uruguay. [3]

Contents

In April 2013 an announcement was made regarding the sale of this media company. [4] It was purchased by Magnolio group. [2]

History

In April 1922, the Uruguayan subsidiary of General Electric decided to install a 10-watt power transmitter on the roof of the defunct daily Del Plata, which is how the first regular broadcasts of Radio General Electric began.

As General Electric did not intend to install itself as a broadcasting operator, but as a simple driver of the market, that is why once the test broadcasts end and when the regular broadcasts begin, in 1923, the station changes its name, assuming that of Radio Sud América, its programming would be focused on sports and musical information.

It is in that year that she moved her studies to the then American Methodist College of Ladies at the intersection of Avenida 8 de Octubre and Avenida General Garibaldi.

On May 15, 1931, it changed its name again definitively, changing its name to Radio Espectador, the name of one of the main programs of Radio Sud América, the program: "Radio Diario Espectador". For that year, the newly named Radio El Espectador decided to consolidate itself as a journalistic station and associated its computer services with an international news agency.

With the outbreak of the Second World War, the reporter Esso began to broadcast the computer service, presented by Héctor Amenagual who, through the informational contributions of the United Press International, informed Uruguayans about the most relevant events of said warlike conflict, such as of the taking of Pearl Harbor and the surrender of Japan, of which the station keeps archives. The passing of the war, and the imminent support of Uruguay for the allied side, led to the emergence of anti-Nazi campaigns and editorials in the station, in support of the allied forces. [5]

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References

  1. "ANDEBU". Archived from the original on August 17, 2013. Retrieved April 9, 2013.(in Spanish)
  2. 1 2 Superlunes en las radios (in Spanish)
  3. "El Espectador". Radios del Uruguay. Retrieved April 8, 2013.(in Spanish)
  4. "Coming: new owners". April 12, 2013.(in Spanish)
  5. Nigro, Horacio. "Uruguay: "America Against War", CX14 Radio El Espectador. (1943). (Spanish". La Galena del Sur via Radio notes about Uruguay.