Channel 9 - La Rioja
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RTR Canal 9 de la Rioja is an Argentine
television station
operated by the local Government. It serves the Provinces of La Rioja
and Catamarca
(through a repeater on channel 13), and a small part of San Luis
. The station broadcasts from La Rioja
, the capital the homonym Province and it is affiliated with Telefe
.
Channel 9 broadcasts in color, but -as well as many other TV channels outside Buenos Aires
- it has monophonic sound only. The station produces two newscasts: one with local news and other with news from Catamarca. A weekend cultural show called La Rioja que Usted no Conoce ("La Rioja You Don't Know") is also presented.
Most of the schedule is filled with the network offerings: soap operas, national news, movies, sitcoms and cartoons.
Argentina
Argentina , officially the Argentine Republic , is the second largest country in South America by land area, after Brazil. It is constituted as a federation of 23 provinces and an autonomous city, Buenos Aires...
television station
Television station
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operated by the local Government. It serves the Provinces of La Rioja
La Rioja Province (Argentina)
La Rioja is a one of the provinces of Argentina and is located in the west of the country. Neighboring provinces are from the north clockwise Catamarca, Córdoba, San Luis and San Juan.-History:...
and Catamarca
Catamarca Province
Catamarca is a province of Argentina, located in the northwest of the country. The province has a population of 334,568 as per the , and covers an area of 102,602 km². Its literacy rate is 95.5%. Neighbouring provinces are : Salta, Tucumán, Santiago del Estero, Córdoba, and La Rioja...
(through a repeater on channel 13), and a small part of San Luis
San Luis, Argentina
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. The station broadcasts from La Rioja
La Rioja, Argentina
La Rioja is the capital city of the Argentine province of La Rioja, located on the east of the province. The city has a population of almost 150,000 as per the ....
, the capital the homonym Province and it is affiliated with Telefe
Telefe
Televisión Federal S.A., best known as Telefe and later as TLF, is an Argentine television network. Formerly known as Canal Once , a state-run network, it was privatised and established as Telefe in 1989, when and News Corporation took over the channel...
.
Channel 9 broadcasts in color, but -as well as many other TV channels outside Buenos Aires
Buenos Aires
Buenos Aires is the capital and largest city of Argentina, and the second-largest metropolitan area in South America, after São Paulo. It is located on the western shore of the estuary of the Río de la Plata, on the southeastern coast of the South American continent...
- it has monophonic sound only. The station produces two newscasts: one with local news and other with news from Catamarca. A weekend cultural show called La Rioja que Usted no Conoce ("La Rioja You Don't Know") is also presented.
Most of the schedule is filled with the network offerings: soap operas, national news, movies, sitcoms and cartoons.
Local programming
- Noticiero 9 ("News 9") - newscast
- Catamarca es noticia ("Catamarca is on the news") - newscast
- Queda mucho por descubrir ("There's a lot to discover") - travelogueTravel documentaryA travel documentary is a documentary film or television program that describes travel in general or tourist attractions in a non-commercial way....
- Misa Dominical ("Sunday Mass") - religion