Corporación de Televisión de la Pontificia Universidad Católica de Valparaíso, UCV TV, is the oldest TV channel of Chile

Chile

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. Founded in 1957 (October 5th), it currently airs in Santiago

Santiago, Chile

Santiago , also known as Santiago de Chile, is the capital and largest city of Chile, and the center of its largest conurbation . It is located in the country's central valley, at an elevation of above mean sea level...

 on channel 5. Its headquarters

Headquarters

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 are in Viña del Mar

Viña del Mar

Viña del Mar , is a city and commune on central Chile's Pacific coast. Its long stretches of white sandy beaches are a major attraction for national and international tourists. The city is Chile's main tourist attraction. Known as "La Ciudad Jardín" , Viña del Mar is a Chilean Municipality located...

, Chile

Chile

Chile ,officially the Republic of Chile , is a country in South America occupying a long, narrow coastal strip between the Andes mountains to the east and the Pacific Ocean to the west. It borders Peru to the north, Bolivia to the northeast, Argentina to the east, and the Drake Passage in the far...

 where it broadcasts on channel 4 VHF. Also it owns VHF stations in La Serena (9), Puerto Montt (8) and Cohaique (3). Additionally it covers all of Chile through its satellite signal (Intelsat 1R

Intelsat 1R

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).

Although the station belongs to the Universidad Católica de Valparaíso Pontifical

Pontifical

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 University

University

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, its income is totally derived from sponsors and advertising.

It airs news (four live broadcasts a day), TV comedies (Journeyman

Journeyman

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, My Name is Earl

My Name Is Earl

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, Bones

Bones (TV series)

Bones is an American crime drama television series that premiered on the Fox Network on September 13, 2005. The show is based on forensic anthropology and forensic archaeology, with each episode focusing on an FBI case file concerning the mystery behind human remains brought by FBI Special Agent...

, Scrubs

Scrubs (TV series)

Scrubs is an American medical comedy-drama television series created in 2001 by Bill Lawrence and produced by ABC Studios. The show follows the lives of several employees of the fictional Sacred Heart, a teaching hospital. It features fast-paced screenplay, slapstick, and surreal vignettes...

, American Dad, Saving Grace

Saving Grace (TV series)

Saving Grace is an American television crime drama series which premiered on TNT on July 23, 2007 and ran until June 21, 2010. The show stars Academy Award-winner Holly Hunter in her first television series, as well as Leon Rippy, Kenny Johnson, Laura San Giacomo, Bailey Chase, Bokeem Woodbine,...

), drama: (24

24 (TV series)

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, Lost

Lost (TV series)

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), and World Wrestling Entertainment

World Wrestling Entertainment

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 flagship show WWE Raw

WWE RAW

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, documentaries, infomercials and some low budget entertainment TV shows. Recently it entered into an alliance 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...

, re-airing some of Canal 13s produced children's programming like Villa Dulce and others.

It is best known for children's programming El Mundo del Profesor Rossa

El Mundo del Profesor Rossa

El Mundo del Profesor Rossa was a Chilean children's television show centering on a professor named "Professor Rossa", who taught about Chilean national animals and nature...

 1981-1984, Pipiripao 1983-2008, Enetenetu, Pequelandia and others), music video programs (re-airing old Midnight Special shows from 1974-1978, OK 1992-1996, El Galpón 2000-2002), and sports commentary (Show de Goles 1975-2000).

For many years UCV TV had a second signal in La Serena called Canal 8 UCV TV

Canal 8 UCV TV

Canal 8 UCV TV was a Chilean Television Channel which only operated in the Coquimbo Region between 1974 and 2002.-Beginnings:The channel started in 1971 as a relay for UCV TV...

, now operating on channel 9.

See also List of Chilean television channels