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Aragón TV

Spanish broadcast media network

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
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Source revisionJul 8, 2026
Entity authorityQ2859459 ↗
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Aragón TV is a radio and television network in Aragon, named CARTV−Corporación Aragonesa de Radio y Televisión. It is state media, owned by Televisión Autonómica de Aragón S.A.

It is part of the Spanish government's FORTA media network, and has an international channel Aragón TV INT.

History

In 1987 the procedures for the establishment of a public television in Aragon began, on April 15 the Aragonese Radio and Television Corporation (CARTV) was founded, however, due to a challenge from the central government the CARTV was put on hiatus until 1990.

Although since 1991 works began to build the headquarters of the public radio and television of Aragon, the lack of political agreements kept the establishment of the media on hold. For this reason, in July 1993, an agreement was signed between the regional government and the Antena 3 channel for the broadcast of programming aimed at Aragón for three hours a day, however, in September of the same year the project was discarded due to a motion of no confidence that caused a political change in the regional government. After the closure of Antena 3 Aragón, the Aragón government kept the project on hold since talks began for the regionalization of TVE-2, however, this project was scrapped.

In May 2003 a new change of government was presented, the arrival of the socialist Marcelino Iglesias to the Government of Aragon reactivated the project for the creation of a public television channel in Aragon. Between 2004 and 2005 all the necessary legal and labor procedures were carried out to establish the channel with the aim of launching it at the end of 2005.

Aragón TV began broadcasting tests at the beginning of December 2005. On 25 February 2006, they broadcast a football match between Real Zaragoza and FC Barcelona, returning to a test phase after.

The official first broadcast of Aragón TV began on 21 April 2006.

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Editorial reviewA concise reference frame for defining the subject, testing terminology and identifying the institution closest to the evidence. The current lead gives the account dated anchors—1987, 1990, 1991, 1993—that can be checked directly. The linked authority record independently contributes the date 2006. The account is most persuasive where Aragón, Spanish and broadcast can be independently traced.
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