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Also known as Radio Caracas Televisión RCTV

Radio Caracas Televisión (RCTV and sometimes referred to as the Canal de Bárcenas) was a Venezuelan free-to-air television network headquartered in the Caracas neighborhood of Quinta Crespo and owned by Empresas 1BC. Radio Caracas Televisión (RCTV) was inaugurated on 15 November 1953 by William H. Phelps, Jr.

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Television channel.name
Radio Caracas Televisión
Television channel.logo
Image:RCTV 2007.png
Television channel.logo_size
150px
Television channel.caption
Logo of Radio Caracas Televisión from 9 November 1996 until 27 May 2007.
Television channel.founder
William H. Phelps Jr.
Television channel.closed_date
(as a terrestrial network)
Television channel.picture_format
480i SDTV
Television channel.owner
Empresas 1BC
Television channel.headquarters
Caracas, Venezuela
Television channel.country
Venezuela
Television channel.language
Spanish
Television channel.parent
Radio Caracas Televisión RCTV, C.A.
Television channel.key_people
Marcel GranierPeter BottomeEladio Lárez (Pres., RCTV)

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Wikidata facts

Official website
rctvinternational.com
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Commons category
RCTV
inception
1953-11-15
social media followers
1660000
start time
1953-00-00
end time
2007-05-27
dissolved, abolished or demolished date
2007-05-27
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26 sections
Contents
  • History
  • 1953 to 1960
  • 1960 to 1970
  • 1970 to 1980
  • 1980 to 1990
  • 1990 to 2000
  • 2000 to 2007
  • 2007 shutdown
  • Background
  • End of concession
  • RCTV interpretation
  • National reactions
  • International reactions
  • IACHR
  • Impact
  • RCTV interpretation
  • National reactions
  • International reactions
  • IACHR
  • Impact
  • 2007–2010: broadcasting on pay television
  • 2010-2021 – Other media
  • News and broadcasts
  • See also
  • References
  • External links

Radio Caracas Televisión (RCTV and sometimes referred to as the Canal de Bárcenas) was a Venezuelan free-to-air television network headquartered in the Caracas neighborhood of Quinta Crespo and owned by Empresas 1BC. Radio Caracas Televisión (RCTV) was inaugurated on 15 November 1953 by William H. Phelps, Jr.

Its radio counterpart was Radio Caracas Radio.

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