RTVE Canarias
RTVE production center in the Canary Islands
RTVE Canarias is the production center of Radiotelevisión Española (RTVE) located in the Canary Islands. The center is in charge of the local programming of Televisión Española (TVE) and Radio Nacional de España (RNE), broadcast to the archipelago through their television channels and radio stations in regional variation, and of the news coverage of the region for the central news services. TVE's production center was inaugurated in 1964 and operated autonomously until 1971. RNE began broadcasting in the Canaries also in 1964.
Currently, RTVE Canarias has two production centers, one in Las Palmas de Gran Canaria and another in Santa Cruz de Tenerife, as well as newsrooms and a network of collaborators on the five remaining islands. Among its best-known television programs are the regional newscast Telecanarias and folkloric programs such as Tenderete. The headquarters and management are located at Las Palmas. All regional television and radio programs are available on RTVE Play.
History
The Canary Islands were one of the last regions in Spain where the television arrived. At the beginning of the 1960s, the installation of the Televisión Española (TVE) territorial center at Casa del Marino in Las Palmas de Gran Canaria began and repeaters and other centers were developed later in the rest of the islands.
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