Sistema Sandinista de Televisión
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The Sandinista Television System (Sistema Sandinista de Televisión -SSTV) was a television network in Nicaragua
, owned and operated by the government from 1979 to 1990.
regime in Nicaragua
in 1979, there were only two private television stations broadcasting in Nicaragua. Televicentro (Canal 2)
, founded in 1965 and owned by Televicentro de Nicaragua, S.A. of the Sacasa family and Canal 6 owned by the Somoza
family and founded in 1959.
The SSTV was officially constituted by law on February 10, 1984 but both TV stations were confiscated by the Sandinista government already in July 1979 and the SSTV existed de facto since then.
The network was under the administration of a Board of Directors with representants from the Council of National Reconstruction, the president of The Superior Education National Council, the Ministry of Education, the Ministry of Culture, the Ministry of Telecommunications, the National Teacher's Association and the Nicaraguan Journalist Union.
In 1989 the Sandinista government decided to return Televicentro (Canal 2)
to the Sacasa family. That was interpreted as an evidence of the political circumstances in the last years of Sandinistas rule with a more open and tolerant policy towards the opposition.
With Violeta Chamorro
's triumph in the 1990 elections, Canal 6 became part of The National Television System (Sistema Nacional de Televisión - SNTV) until 1997 when it was legally declared in bankruptcy under Arnoldo Alemán
's government.
Nicaragua
Nicaragua is the largest country in the Central American American isthmus, bordered by Honduras to the north and Costa Rica to the south. The country is situated between 11 and 14 degrees north of the Equator in the Northern Hemisphere, which places it entirely within the tropics. The Pacific Ocean...
, owned and operated by the government from 1979 to 1990.
History
When the Sandinistas overthrow the SomozaSomoza
The Somoza family was an influential political dynasty who ruled Nicaragua as an hereditary dictatorship. Their influence exceeded their combined 43 years in the de facto presidency, as they were the power behind the other presidents of the time through their control of the National Guard...
regime in Nicaragua
Nicaragua
Nicaragua is the largest country in the Central American American isthmus, bordered by Honduras to the north and Costa Rica to the south. The country is situated between 11 and 14 degrees north of the Equator in the Northern Hemisphere, which places it entirely within the tropics. The Pacific Ocean...
in 1979, there were only two private television stations broadcasting in Nicaragua. Televicentro (Canal 2)
Televicentro (Canal 2)
Televicentro is a nationwide terrestrial television channel from Nicaragua owned by Televicentro de Nicaragua, S.A.- History :Televicentro de Nicaragua, S.A. was founded in December 1965 by Octavio Sacasa Sarria, first broadcast in March, 1966. It was the second television channel in Nicaragua,...
, founded in 1965 and owned by Televicentro de Nicaragua, S.A. of the Sacasa family and Canal 6 owned by the Somoza
Somoza
The Somoza family was an influential political dynasty who ruled Nicaragua as an hereditary dictatorship. Their influence exceeded their combined 43 years in the de facto presidency, as they were the power behind the other presidents of the time through their control of the National Guard...
family and founded in 1959.
The SSTV was officially constituted by law on February 10, 1984 but both TV stations were confiscated by the Sandinista government already in July 1979 and the SSTV existed de facto since then.
The network was under the administration of a Board of Directors with representants from the Council of National Reconstruction, the president of The Superior Education National Council, the Ministry of Education, the Ministry of Culture, the Ministry of Telecommunications, the National Teacher's Association and the Nicaraguan Journalist Union.
In 1989 the Sandinista government decided to return Televicentro (Canal 2)
Televicentro (Canal 2)
Televicentro is a nationwide terrestrial television channel from Nicaragua owned by Televicentro de Nicaragua, S.A.- History :Televicentro de Nicaragua, S.A. was founded in December 1965 by Octavio Sacasa Sarria, first broadcast in March, 1966. It was the second television channel in Nicaragua,...
to the Sacasa family. That was interpreted as an evidence of the political circumstances in the last years of Sandinistas rule with a more open and tolerant policy towards the opposition.
With Violeta Chamorro
Violeta Chamorro
Violeta Barrios Torres de Chamorro is a Nicaraguan political leader, former president and publisher. She became president of Nicaragua on April 25, 1990, when she unseated Daniel Ortega...
's triumph in the 1990 elections, Canal 6 became part of The National Television System (Sistema Nacional de Televisión - SNTV) until 1997 when it was legally declared in bankruptcy under Arnoldo Alemán
Arnoldo Alemán
José Arnoldo Alemán Lacayo was the 81st President of Nicaragua from 10 January 1997 to 10 January 2002.-Biography:Alemán was born in Managua and received his early education at the La Salle institute in Managua...
's government.