Canal 8 UCV TV
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Canal 8 UCV TV was a Chilean Television Channel
Television channel
A television channel is a physical or virtual channel over which a television station or television network is distributed. For example, in North America, "channel 2" refers to the broadcast or cable band of 54 to 60 MHz, with carrier frequencies of 55.25 MHz for NTSC analog video and...

 which only operated in the Coquimbo Region
Coquimbo Region
The IV Coquimbo Region is one of Chile's 15 first order administrative divisions. It is some 400 km north of the capital, Santiago.The capital and largest city is La Serena, other important cities include the seaport Coquimbo and the agricultural centre...

 between 1974 and 2002.

Beginnings

The channel started in 1971 as a relay for UCV TV
UCV TV
Corporación de Televisión de la Pontificia Universidad Católica de Valparaíso, UCV TV, is the oldest TV channel of Chile. Founded in 1957 , it currently airs in Santiago on channel 5. Its headquarters are in Viña del Mar, Chile where it broadcasts on channel 4 VHF. Also it owns VHF stations in La...

. Canal 8 as a channel purely regional, came May 10, 1974, and achieved great success in La Serena and Coquimbo
Coquimbo
Coquimbo is a port city, commune and capital of the Elqui Province, located on the Pan-American Highway, in the Coquimbo Region of Chile. Coquimbo lies in a valley south of La Serena, with which it forms Greater La Serena with more than 400,000 inhabitants. The commune spans an area around the...

.

Consolidation

During the 1980s
1980s
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 Canal 8 had signings with Canal 13
Canal 13 (Chile)
Canal 13 , is the second oldest television station in Chile. It is owned by Luksic Group associated with the Papal Catholic University of Chile. Its inaugural transmission took place on August 21, 1959...

, Chilevisión
Chilevisión
CHV, also known as Chilevisión, is the third oldest television station in Chile. Formerly called Teleonce and RTU , this TV station was owned by University of Chile, a Chilean state university...

 and UCV TV
UCV TV
Corporación de Televisión de la Pontificia Universidad Católica de Valparaíso, UCV TV, is the oldest TV channel of Chile. Founded in 1957 , it currently airs in Santiago on channel 5. Its headquarters are in Viña del Mar, Chile where it broadcasts on channel 4 VHF. Also it owns VHF stations in La...

, broadcasting deferred the programs of that channels. Thanks this signings, Canal 8 had good audiences in the Coquimbo Region
Coquimbo Region
The IV Coquimbo Region is one of Chile's 15 first order administrative divisions. It is some 400 km north of the capital, Santiago.The capital and largest city is La Serena, other important cities include the seaport Coquimbo and the agricultural centre...

.

The April 1 of 1984, Canal 8 visited the units of local newspaper El Día to celebrate the 40 year anniversary of the newspaper. Notably, one of the directors who had Canal 8, Eduardo Sepúlveda Whittle was also director of this newspaper between 1955 and 1959.

In the late 80s
80s
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 and early 90s
90s
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, Canal 8 began to see its programming biased "packed" after the arrival of Canal 13
Canal 13 (Chile)
Canal 13 , is the second oldest television station in Chile. It is owned by Luksic Group associated with the Papal Catholic University of Chile. Its inaugural transmission took place on August 21, 1959...

 (in 1988) and Chilevisión
Chilevisión
CHV, also known as Chilevisión, is the third oldest television station in Chile. Formerly called Teleonce and RTU , this TV station was owned by University of Chile, a Chilean state university...

 (in 1993) to the area. Upon completion of the agreements with that channels, the regional signal was forced to deliver only its own programs or programs of UCV TV
UCV TV
Corporación de Televisión de la Pontificia Universidad Católica de Valparaíso, UCV TV, is the oldest TV channel of Chile. Founded in 1957 , it currently airs in Santiago on channel 5. Its headquarters are in Viña del Mar, Chile where it broadcasts on channel 4 VHF. Also it owns VHF stations in La...

.

Canal 9 and the End of the Signal

In 1994 Canal 8 UCV TV changed to VHF Frencuency 9 changing its name to Canal 9 UCV TV.

The signal, with low audiences, lack of programs and publicity, go in bankrupt. But the agreement with UCV TV
UCV TV
Corporación de Televisión de la Pontificia Universidad Católica de Valparaíso, UCV TV, is the oldest TV channel of Chile. Founded in 1957 , it currently airs in Santiago on channel 5. Its headquarters are in Viña del Mar, Chile where it broadcasts on channel 4 VHF. Also it owns VHF stations in La...

 stilled in force and was stilling emitting programs from Valparaíso. Despite all this, the signal broadcast programming every day from 16:00 to 0:00, with several video clips, pictures of La Serena and Coquimbo
Coquimbo
Coquimbo is a port city, commune and capital of the Elqui Province, located on the Pan-American Highway, in the Coquimbo Region of Chile. Coquimbo lies in a valley south of La Serena, with which it forms Greater La Serena with more than 400,000 inhabitants. The commune spans an area around the...

, and programming of UCV TV
UCV TV
Corporación de Televisión de la Pontificia Universidad Católica de Valparaíso, UCV TV, is the oldest TV channel of Chile. Founded in 1957 , it currently airs in Santiago on channel 5. Its headquarters are in Viña del Mar, Chile where it broadcasts on channel 4 VHF. Also it owns VHF stations in La...

, but deferred.

From 2002 to 2003 a cable channel called Thema TV rented Canal 9 studio and Canal 9 aired programming of both stations.

The end came in 2002 when the signal finally decides to end its transmissions. One reason put forward was that the arrival of UCV TV
UCV TV
Corporación de Televisión de la Pontificia Universidad Católica de Valparaíso, UCV TV, is the oldest TV channel of Chile. Founded in 1957 , it currently airs in Santiago on channel 5. Its headquarters are in Viña del Mar, Chile where it broadcasts on channel 4 VHF. Also it owns VHF stations in La...

 to Coquimbo Region
Coquimbo Region
The IV Coquimbo Region is one of Chile's 15 first order administrative divisions. It is some 400 km north of the capital, Santiago.The capital and largest city is La Serena, other important cities include the seaport Coquimbo and the agricultural centre...

, as part of its national expansion plan. While Channel 9 ended in 2002, UCV TV
UCV TV
Corporación de Televisión de la Pontificia Universidad Católica de Valparaíso, UCV TV, is the oldest TV channel of Chile. Founded in 1957 , it currently airs in Santiago on channel 5. Its headquarters are in Viña del Mar, Chile where it broadcasts on channel 4 VHF. Also it owns VHF stations in La...

 recently joined the regional grid program in 2003, thus ending more than 25 years of local television.

Own Programs

  • Teleocho Noticias (News
    News
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    , later called Ocho Visión and finally Nueve Visión)
  • Vistazo Deportivo (Sports)
  • Directo al Deporte (Sports)
  • Nuestra Noche (Talk Show
    Talk show
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    )
  • Desde el Café El Patio (Talk Show
    Talk show
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    )
  • El Submarino (Entertaining)
  • Hola,Hola Mujer (Miscellaneous)
  • Diapasón (Music
    Music
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    )
  • Tu Música (Music
    Music
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    )
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