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| Affiliations | La Red |
| History | |
| Founded | January 27, 1966 |
First air date | August 7, 1966 |
Former channel number(s) | 7 (1968-1991) |
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| Website | www |
El Nueve de Rocha (channel 9), also known under its former commercial name of Telerocha, is a Uruguayan commercial television station licensed to Rocha, capital of the department of the same name.
The station set up its equipment in 1964, the first case in which all of its equipment was assembled within Uruguay. Subsequently, on January 27, 1966, the government gave a license for Telerocha to operate on VHF channel 7. [1] Broadcasts started on August 7, 1966. [2] In its early weeks, the station broadcast entirely during evening hours. On weeknights it turned on its transmitter at 7pm, airing a test pattern with regular programming following at 7:30pm. On Saturdays, programming started at 7pm and on Sundays, at 6:30pm. The station at the time aired local news, plays, American TV series and some dubbed feature films. [3]
On July 7, 1991, it exchanged frequencies with Canal 7 from Punta del Este. [4]
The station also operates a cable company under the name of Rodacil (commercial name Telerocha Cable), which was part of the larger Equital group, led by the three commercial stations of Montevideo. [5] In 1998, it had 4,060 households subscribed to the service, which provided 33 channels. [6]
On December 7, 2023, URSEC approved Telerocha's digital operation on physical channel 23. [7]