Radio Centenario

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Radio Centenario (CX - 36)
Frequency 1250 AM
Programming
Language(s)Spanish
Format Uruguayan News, Interviews, Politics
Affiliations ANDEBU [1]
Ownership
OwnerCX36 Radio Centenario S.A — Luis Miravalles, Adriana Acosta Y Gerardo Gazano
History
Founded1 de marzo de 1930
Technical information
Licensing authority
FCC
Transmitter coordinates
18 de Julio 1357 Oficina 202 Montevideo, Uruguay
Links
Public license information
Webcast Radio Online Uruguay
Website 1250 AM

CX 36 Radio Centenario is a Uruguayan Spanish-language AM radio station that broadcasts from Montevideo. [2]

This radio station has a strong leftist political tendency, as it is affiliated with the March 26 Movement which was a founding member of the Broad Front, from which it split off to found the Popular Unity. [3] During Broad Front governments it denounced repeated attempts at discrimination through methods such as denying state advertising funds and electricity services being cut off. [4] [5]

Many cultural and political figures in Uruguayan history worked at or had participation in Radio Centenario, such as Alfredo Zitarrosa, Gastón "Dino" Ciarlo, and José Germán Araujo. [3]

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References

  1. "ANDEBU". Archived from the original on 17 August 2013. Retrieved 9 April 2013.(in Spanish)
  2. "Radio Centenario". Radios del Uruguay. Retrieved 8 April 2013.(in Spanish)
  3. 1 2 "CX36 Radio Centenario, Montevideo, AM 1250, cumple 90 años". La Galena del Sur (in Spanish). 3 March 2020.
  4. "La UTE cortó la luz a radio Centenario, del 26 de marzo". EL PAIS (in Spanish). 13 January 2011. Retrieved 18 January 2025.
  5. "CX 36 acusa al gobierno de negarle publicidad estatal". Montevideo Portal (in Spanish). Retrieved 18 January 2025.