Pamela Hodar
Presenter of Vina del Mar International Song Festival
In office
1986–1990
Councilwoman of Concón
In office
6 December 2004 – 28 June 2008
Councilwoman of Vina del Mar
In office
6 December 2008 – 28 June 2021
Personal details
Born (1952-08-28) 28 August 1952
Vina del Mar, Chile
Political partyIndependent Democratic Union (UDI)
ChildrenGonzalo Arenas[1][2]
Alma materPontifical Catholic University of Valparaíso (BA)
OccupationTV presenter
ProfessionJournalist
Known forTo present the 1986 OTI Festival and the Viña del Mar International Song Festival[3][4][5][6]

Pamela de Lourdes Hodar Alba (born 28 August 1952) is a Chilean former TV presenter who also served as councilwoman of Vina del Mar.[7][8]

TV career

Born in Vina del Mar, Hodar attended the Pontifical Catholic University of Valparaíso, where she did her bachelor of arts in journalism.

In the 1970s, she began her television career on UCV Televisión starring the program Música, Música (from Spanish: 'Music, Music') along with Izidor Handler. Later, Hodar moved to the capital city, Santiago, because she was hired to read the weather on Teleonce (TV Channel). Then, she read morning news on Panorama, also from Teleonce.

This background allowed Hodar to have a promotion in her career, since she was hired by Televisión Nacional de Chile (TVN). In the state–owned company, she presented the central newscast, 60 Minutes. In 1986, she reached a peak in her career when she was appointed to present the Viña del Mar International Song Festival alongside Antonio Vodanovic, with whom presented the OTI Festival in the same year. Hodar presented the Vina Festival until 1990. One year later, Hodar left TVN and retired from the television career, except for a brief period in 1997, when she worked on the TV channel, La Red.

Political career

From 2004 to 2008, Hodar was councilwoman of Concón. Then, from 2008 to 2021, she served in the same office for Vina del Mar.

Personal life

She married the military man Juan Arenas. She had two sons, one of them, the future deputy Gonzalo Arenas.[1][2]

References

  1. 1 2 "Gonzalo Arenas Hödar". Library of the National Congress of Chile. Retrieved 28 December 2023.
  2. 1 2 "Arenas, el diputado iracundo: Hijo de conductora del noticiero menos creíble de la historia de Chile". The Clinic. 19 August 2009. Retrieved 28 December 2023.
  3. ↑ "Pamela Hodar y su evaluación de la primera noche de Viña 2020: 'Dentro de lo que se pudo, fue una noche redonda'". ADN Radio Chile. 24 February 2020. Retrieved 28 December 2023.
  4. ↑ "Así luce actualmente Pamela Hodar, la animadora del Festival de Viña del Mar en 1990". Radio Pudahuel. 15 February 2023. Retrieved 28 December 2023.
  5. ↑ "RECordando el Festival con Pamela Hodar". Canal 13. 1 March 2018. Retrieved 28 December 2023.
  6. ↑ "Pamela Hodar recordó su paso por el Festival de Viña". Radio Cooperativa. 26 February 2009. Retrieved 28 December 2023.
  7. ↑ "Pamela Hodar, concejala de Viña del Mar: "Lucero no debería venir"". Publimetro Chile. 10 January 2014. Retrieved 28 December 2023.
  8. ↑ "Pamela Hodar: Estamos cansados de luchar contra la delincuencia en Viña del Mar". Radio Infinita. 24 February 2020. Retrieved 28 December 2023.
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