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| Type | Public broadcasting |
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| Branding | RTVC |
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| Availability | Nationwide |
| Founded | October 28, 2004 |
| TV stations | Señal Colombia Canal Institucional Canal Trece Trece+ |
| Radio stations | Radio Nacional de Colombia Radiónica |
| Headquarters | 26–33 Carrera 45, Centro Administrativo Nacional, Teusaquillo, Bogotá |
Broadcast area | Colombia |
| Owner | Ministry of Information Technologies and Communications |
Key people | Nórida Rodríguez, Manager |
Former names | Inravisión (1964–2004) Radio Televisión Nacional de Colombia (2004–2013) Señal Colombia Sistema de Medios Públicos (2013–2015) |
Callsign meaning | RTVC |
Official website | es: www |
RTVC Sistema de Medios Públicos (abbreviation of Radio Televisión Nacional de Colombia, known by its acronym 'RTVC' ) is a public radio and television entity of Colombia, created by Decree 3525 of October 28, 2004, by dissolving Inravisión and its public production company Audiovisuales, under the government of President Álvaro Uribe Vélez.
RTVC is a state entity, linked to the Ministry of Information Technologies and Communications and its function is to produce, program and operate state radio and television services, such as Señal Colombia, Canal Institucional, Radio Nacional de Colombia and Radiónica. In addition, it manages a network of eight state channels with regional coverage.
With the refocusing of RTVC's administration, the entity launched the web stations Signal Classic and Signal Llanera. In addition, it has the Memoria Signal platform, whose programming is made up of the audiovisual archives of radio and television in Colombia, and RTVCPlay OTT Service, the free entertainment content platform. Currently RTVC also has RTVC Noticias, everyone's newscast, with information on Colombia and its regions in its own accent.
Services
RTVC owns four free-to-air television stations (one of which is managed by private businesses) and two radio networks.
Television
Terrestrial television
RTVC has 2 channels of national coverage.
National channels
RTVC is responsible for the operations of the 2 national channels, which have 97% of their coverage.
| Logo | Name | Programming | Foundation | Channels |
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Señal Colombia | Main general channel, with cultural, informative, children's, opinion, entertainment and sports programming. | February 9, 1970 | Channel 11 (Analog signal) Channel 16.1 (TDT) and repeaters |
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Canal Institucional | Executive Institutional Channel, with information programming and national politics, sessions of the Senate and the House of Representatives are also broadcast. | February 2, 2004 | Channel 9 (Analog signal) Channel 16.2 (TDT) and repeaters |
Regional channels
It is also responsible for the operations of the 2 regional channels, both broadcasting in departments of the country located in the regions of the Andes, the Llanos and the Amazon.
| Logo | Name | Programming | Foundation | Channels |
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Canal Trece | Regional channel of Andean culture, launched in 1998 as Teveandina. | September 1, 1998 | 13 (Analog signal) Channels 17.1 y 20.1 (TDT) and repeaters |
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Trece+ | Regional channel of music and culture, it was broadcast as a test signal since 2016 as an alternate musical signal of Trece but later as RTVC Cinco, then as Trece 2 and finally as Trece +. | 2017 | Channel 17.2 (TDT) and repeaters |
Radio
RTVC broadcasts 2 stations, on various frequencies nationwide. These, in turn, have 4 specialized thematic stations.
| Logo | Name | Programming | Foundation | Stations | Services |
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Radio Nacional de Colombia | First broadcaster, generalist and cultural, provides informative and consultation content on culture, traditions, music, gastronomy, Colombian countryside, politics, economy, artists and others from the country's regions. | February 1, 1940 | 570 AM (Bogotá/El Rosal) 95.9 FM (Bogotá) Channel 16.5 (TDT, audio) and repeaters |
'Señal Clásica: Online station that broadcasts classical music, with programming based on the Signal Memory files. Exploremos: 'Online station with educational and musical content. Señal Llanera: Online station that broadcasts llanera music. Señal Andina Señal Pacífico Señal Caribe |
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Radiónica | Second station, musical, its programming is focused on a youth audience based on rock and alternative music with occasional rotation of metal, electronic, pop, reggae, ska and hip hop. | October 15, 2005 | 99.1 FM Channel 16.4 (TDT, audio) and repeaters |
Radiónica +: Station dedicated to the dissemination of Colombian independent music. |
Emisoras de Paz
In compliance with point 6.5 of the Peace Agreement, signed between the National Government and the FARC component, RTVC Public Media System has 16 National Radio stations in operation of Colombia, waiting to implement 4 more in 2024, to complete the 20 contemplated in the Agreement.
These peace stations transmit cultural, musical and informative content that highlights regional cultures, enterprises and projects, with a focus on pedagogy on the contents of the Final Agreement.
The frequencies of the stations that are in operation are:
- San Vicente del Caguán (Caquetá): 93.3
- Fundación (Magdalena): 97.3
- Tumaco (Nariño): 104.6
- San José del Guaviare (Guaviare): 90.6
- Mesetas (Meta): 94.0
- Florida (Valley): 92.0
- Bojayá (Chocó): 98.5
- Arauquita (Arauca): 88.9
- Puerto Leguízamo (Putumayo): 100.3
- Algeciras (Huila): 92.6
- El Tambo (Cauca): 96.7
- Chaparral (Tolima): 103.5
- Ituango (Antioquia): 92.3
- Convention (Norte de Santander): 94.0
- Fonseca (La Guajira): 92.2
- San Jacinto (Bolívar): 102.7
People can also tune in to peace stations through www.radionacional.co or the Colombia Al Aire application, available in the Play Store and App Store.
OTT Platform
| Name | Services |
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| Señal Memoria | It is the most important audiovisual archive in Colombia that preserves approximately 170,000 audiovisual and sound documents, produced and broadcast by the National Radio since 1940 and by national public television since 1954, as well as film material produced since the 1940s.
The documents in the catalog are divided and organized into the following collections: History and Political Situation, Culture and Society, History of the Media and Colombia and the World. Signal Memoria also has the mission of safeguarding the country's sound and audiovisual archive through the generation of its own content such as The Voice of Power, a transmedia project that analyzes the speech of the presidents of Colombia in the second half of the century XXs and the century XXIs, or The Stories of Diana Uribe, a podcast to learn about the natural and cultural diversity of Colombia. |
| RTVCPlay | It is the free online entertainment platform of the Public Media System, with content from the Colombian audiovisual industry, originals, acquisitions and RTVC brands, such as series, films, documentaries, children's programs and podcasts.
In its catalog it has feature films that have marked the history of the country such as La vendedora de rosas, The Millionaire Taxi Driver, Dog Eat Dog, A Man of Principle, Embrace of the Serpent, among others. RTVCPlay is available on Smart TV, through the browser, or on computers, cell phones or other mobile devices. |
Information system
RTVC also connects citizens with local, national and international information through RTVC Noticias and Señal de la Mañana.
| Name | Services |
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| RTVC Noticias | RTVC Noticias is the first newscast of the Colombian Public Media System, which reports in a timely and dynamic manner, with a focus on regions and relevant content that contributes to the construction of citizenship.
With correspondents in the main cities of the world, it has a special focus on the regions, with its own journalists and the support of the Radio Nacional team in municipalities where no other media outlet reaches. Another of its characteristics is its convergent spirit, in collaboration with all the platforms of the System, as well as the special coverage and breaking news bulletins throughout the Señal Colombia programming. This news is broadcast from Monday to Friday, at 12 noon and 7:00 p.m., as well as on weekends and holidays, at 7:00 p.m. |
| Señal de la Mañana | Señal de la Mañana is RTVC's morning news program on Radio Nacional and the Canal Institutional, with a convergent proposal on television, social networks and digital platforms.
With a team of journalists, distributed throughout the national territory from San Andrés to Leticia, Signal of the Morning is heard from 6 to 10 in the morning through the 68 frequencies of Radio Nacional, which include the Emisoras de Paz, and is also watch on Institutional Channel from 6 to 8 a.m. |
Managers
- Gilberto Ramírez (2004-2005)
- Eduardo Osorio Lozano (2005-2007)
- Katy Osorio Guachetá (2007-2010)
- Douglas Velásquez Jácome (2010)
- Francisco Ortiz Rebolledo (2010-2012)
- Darío Montenegro (2012-2013)
- Diana Celis Mora (2013-2014)
- Lucy Osorno Sánchez (2014-2015)
- Jhon Jairo Ocampo (2015-2018)
- Juan Pablo Bieri (2018-2019)
- Juan Ramón Samper Samper (2019-2020)
- Álvaro García Jiménez (2020-2022)
- Adriana Vásquez Sánchez. Manager in charge (2022-2023)
- Nórida Rodríguez (2023-present)
External links
- SCSMP's Official site (in Spanish)
- SCSMP's Official site (in English)
- Radiónica's Official site (in Spanish)
- Señal Radio Colombia's Official site (in Spanish)
- Señal Colombia's Official site (in Spanish)
- Canal Institucional's Official site (in Spanish)