Zuliana de Televisión
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Zuliana de Televisión is a Venezuelan regional television station seen by those living the western Venezuela
n state of Zulia
. It broadcasts on UHF channel 30.
and their investors. ZUTV became the 13th regional television station to be created in Venezuela
and the first station in Venezuela to broadcast with UHF. They originally covered the area west of Lake Maracaibo
(about half of the state). Today they cover the entire state and have their very own television studio. Since their establishment, have had a partnership with local newspaper El Regional del Zulia and the radio station América 95.5 FM.
The signal of ZUTV was connected to that of Televen's by means of the satellite Intelsat 6 which meant the station could easily receive and broadcast Televen's signal and vice versa. It should be mentioned that Televen was the first national television station in the history of Venezuela to broadcast live a regional channel's signal.
ZUTV now produces its own programming and they claim to be neutral in their political views.
, "Hora" is "Hour", "Lunes" is "Monday", "Martes" is "Tuesday", "Miercoles" is "Wednesday", "Jueves" is "Thursday", "Viernes" is "Friday", "Sabado" is "Saturday", and "Domingo" is "Sunday".
Venezuela
Venezuela , officially called the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela , is a tropical country on the northern coast of South America. It borders Colombia to the west, Guyana to the east, and Brazil to the south...
n state of Zulia
Zulia
Zulia State is one of the 23 states of Venezuela. The state capital is Maracaibo. In June 30, 2010, it had an estimated population of 3,821,068, giving it the largest population among Venezuela's states. It is located in the northwestern part of the country...
. It broadcasts on UHF channel 30.
History
ZUTV was inaugurated on June 17, 1991 at precisely six o'clock in the morning. It originally was on the air twelve hours a day and offered a diverse range of programs with the support of TelevenTeleven
Televen is a private Venezuelan national television network headquartered on the Caracas neighborhood of Horizonte. For this reason it's also called Canal de Horizonte. Televen was inaugurated as the ‘’TELEVEN Corporation’’ on July 3 1988 by Omar Camero and Radioven, S.A...
and their investors. ZUTV became the 13th regional television station to be created in Venezuela
Venezuela
Venezuela , officially called the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela , is a tropical country on the northern coast of South America. It borders Colombia to the west, Guyana to the east, and Brazil to the south...
and the first station in Venezuela to broadcast with UHF. They originally covered the area west of Lake Maracaibo
Lake Maracaibo
Lake Maracaibo is a large brackish bay in Venezuela at . It is connected to the Gulf of Venezuela by Tablazo Strait at the northern end, and fed by numerous rivers, the largest being the Catatumbo. It is commonly considered a lake rather than a bay or lagoon, and at 13,210 km² it would be the...
(about half of the state). Today they cover the entire state and have their very own television studio. Since their establishment, have had a partnership with local newspaper El Regional del Zulia and the radio station América 95.5 FM.
The signal of ZUTV was connected to that of Televen's by means of the satellite Intelsat 6 which meant the station could easily receive and broadcast Televen's signal and vice versa. It should be mentioned that Televen was the first national television station in the history of Venezuela to broadcast live a regional channel's signal.
ZUTV now produces its own programming and they claim to be neutral in their political views.
Programming
The following website is the programming chart of Zuliana TV: http://www.zulianatv.com/programacion.htm. For those who can't read in the Spanish languageSpanish language
Spanish , also known as Castilian , is a Romance language in the Ibero-Romance group that evolved from several languages and dialects in central-northern Iberia around the 9th century and gradually spread with the expansion of the Kingdom of Castile into central and southern Iberia during the...
, "Hora" is "Hour", "Lunes" is "Monday", "Martes" is "Tuesday", "Miercoles" is "Wednesday", "Jueves" is "Thursday", "Viernes" is "Friday", "Sabado" is "Saturday", and "Domingo" is "Sunday".
Trivia
- ZUTV's installations has always been located in Ciudad Ojeda, in the Lagunillas municipality which is located on the eastern coast of Lake Maracaibo.
- The original station board of directors included people such as Carlos Gonzalez Mazzei (president), Andrés Finol Wardrop (vicepresident), and Adolfo Herrera (general manager).
- ZUTV has, from the beginning, depended on some of their information from sources such as the AP (Associated PressAssociated PressThe Associated Press is an American news agency. The AP is a cooperative owned by its contributing newspapers, radio and television stations in the United States, which both contribute stories to the AP and use material written by its staff journalists...
), Venpres, and ReutersReutersReuters is a news agency headquartered in New York City. Until 2008 the Reuters news agency formed part of a British independent company, Reuters Group plc, which was also a provider of financial market data...
.