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Minuto de Dios is a Colombian non-profit Catholic religious organization founded by Rafael García Herreros. In 1950, García Herreros began a daily, minute-long radio program under the name The Minute of God. The program went on national television in 1955 and has aired more than 14,000 times since then, making it the longest-running program on Colombian television.
RTI Colombia, also known as Radio Televisión Interamericana, is a Colombian television production company and former programadora. It aired 14.5 hours per week of programming in 1993. In the 1990s, as a programadora, it was a member of OTI Colombia, a coalition that included Producciones PUNCH, Producciones JES, RCN Television, Caracol Televisión and Datos y Mensajes.
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