Canal A
former Colombian state-owned, privately run national TV network
Canal A (previously known as Cadena Dos) was a Colombian open television network launched on January 16, 1971, under the name Tele9 Corazón (pronounced "telenueve corazón").
History
TV9 Telebogotá (Teletigre), the first private television station in Colombia, began broadcasting on January 14, 1966. It was founded by Consuelo Salgar de Montejo, a journalist, politician, and businesswoman. It broadcast on channel 9 of the VHF band in Bogotá and could also be tuned in to the rest of Cundinamarca, Tolima and part of Huila. Due to its strong opposition to the corruption of the National Front, a coalition between the Conservative and Liberal parties that alternated power, the television channel was expropriated on January 2, 1971, and became administered by the State. TV9 Telebogotá changed its name to Tele 9 Corazón two weeks later, on January 16 of the same year.
The station changed its name again on March 27, 1972. Its new name became Segunda Cadena (Second Network), and it began to increase its coverage with the installation of repeater stations at the national level in 1974. In 1979, due to the arrival of the color television to Colombia. It temporarily changed its name to Segunda Cadena Color, and again in 1984 as Cadena Dos.
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