LU 78 Canal 7 Islas Malvinas

LU 78 Canal 7 Islas Malvinas[1] was an Argentine television station which was operational in 1982 from Port Stanley, at the time Puerto Argentino, during the Falklands War. It operated as both a station and a relayer of Argentina Televisora Color (ATC). It was the first local television station in the islands.[2][3][4]

History

The first television broadcasts in the Falkland Islands took place on 13 April 1982 at 7pm. These were done every evening from 7 to 9pm, in both Spanish and English languages. The English announcements were done by LRA Radio Nacional presenter Norman Powell, who was bilingual.[5] AIn addition to programming relayed from Buenos Aires, local broadcasts served to carry news, services and music: both classical music and Argentine folklore.

Technical responsibility was under technician Fernando Monetti and technical operator Eduardo Oderigo. The 100-watt transmitter was offered by Canal 12 of Posadas, Misiones, along with technical personnel; Canal 7 (ATC) administered the U-Matic tape machine, TBC and technical instruments alongside ATC's programming provided from its facilities in Buenos Aires.[6][7]

Since there were no television sets in the Falkland Islands, INCOTEL installed 40 television sets for locals, from Philips, Dumont, Admiral and Zenith at the price of £100 to buy in ten quotas, the first of which worth £20 and the other nine 10£/month. Everto Hugo Caballero (in charge of the radiotelephony system) and Ernesto Dalmau (in charge of LRA60) visited households of inhabitants and installed the sets. They were all sold until 11 May. At the end of the war, the islanders had paid £30..[6]

ATC even designed an exclusive logo for usage on the station.[8]

ATC's newscast 60 minutos reported from the islands throughout the war.[9] Nicolás Kasanzew was its only journalist present throughout its entirety.[10]

After the end of the war, television was restored under the control of the British Forces Broadcasting Service, whose local television station began on 4 December 1986.[11]

References

  1. ^ "Para la historia. Primer canal de televisión malvinense" (PDF). La Gaceta Argentina. 14 May 1982. Retrieved 20 April 2023.
  2. ^ "Distrito Malvinas". Vialidad Nacional. Archived from the original on 25 April 2015. Retrieved 11 April 2015.
  3. ^ "Década de 1980". LRA Radio Nacional. Archived from the original on 4 September 2014.
  4. ^ Giordano, Osvaldo Mario (2007). "6". El Correo Argentino en Malvinas. Correo Oficial de la República Argentina.
  5. ^ "El primer canal de televisión malvinense". Puerto Argentino: La Gaceta Argentina (Número 3). 11 May 1982. p. 2.
  6. ^ a b "La Radiodifusión en el conflicto de las Malvinas". Natureduca.
  7. ^ "Malvinas en la línea de tiempo 1494 - 2012". malvinasgpico.org.ar. Archived from the original on 4 October 2013.
  8. ^ "Los autos argentinos que quedaron en Malvinas". Autoblog. 13 June 2014.
  9. ^ "Sonidos y voces de la guerra". Islas Malvinas Online. 27 June 2010. Archived from the original on 4 October 2010.
  10. ^ "El periodismo argentino y su papel en la Guerra de Malvinas". Minuto Uno.
  11. ^ Falkland Islands
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