Channel 8 (Tucumán)

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Open television station on analog channel 8 in San Miguel de Tucumán, Argentina, now branded Elocho TV and owned by Grupo Televisión Litoral.

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Overview

Channel 8 (Tucumán) is an open television station broadcasting on analog channel 8 in San Miguel de Tucumán, the capital of the Argentine province of Tucumán. Its call sign is LRK 458 TV, and it is currently branded as elochoTV (El Ocho). The station signed on in 1983 and for much of its history carried programming from Telefe, the major Argentine national network. It was one of the members of the Televisión Federal, S.A. consortium that acquired the license for channel 11 in Buenos Aires when it was privatized in 1989. In 2018, all of Telefe's stations in interior Argentina dropped their channel-number branding to go by "Telefe (city)", and Canal 8 accordingly became Telefe Tucumán; this was done in preparation for the end of analog television. In 2023 Telefe sold the Tucumán station to Televisión Litoral, which owns Telefe's rival El Trece's affiliates in Rosario and Bariloche. As a result, the station rebranded as "Elocho TV", matching the imaging of the other two stations, on February 1. The station has a long record of local production. Within a few months of beginning transmission, Canal 8 aired its first newscast, called 12 Minutos (12 Minutes), which eventually was changed to a one-hour show and renamed División Noticias (News Division). It has presented music programs such as Conexión Videos, Música Libre (Free Music), and Elegidos (Elected), which aired from 1987 to 2008. It has produced series for children and teens such as El Jardín de Florencia Flor (Florencia Flor's Garden), El Payaso Tapalín (The Tapalín Clown), and Tevematch. Commented Third Time is described as the first sports show of the channel, and Canal 8 was the first channel in the province to air live sporting events. In the early 1990s the station showed a miniseries set in the Tucumán of the 17th century called 100 Años Después (After 100 Years). Nationally, Canal 8 was the first channel in the area to rebroadcast news programs from Buenos Aires such as 28 Millones (later called 30 millones), Realidad 84 (Reality 84), Redacción Abierta (Open Drafting), and Buenas Noches Argentina (Good Night Argentina). Today the station operates a news-heavy website at elocho.tv, covering local Tucumán affairs, national politics and economics, and sports, alongside its broadcast output.

History

Canal 8 signed on in 1983 in San Miguel de Tucumán, the capital of Tucumán Province, broadcasting on analog channel 8 with the call sign LRK 458 TV. Within a few months of beginning transmission it aired its first newscast, called 12 Minutos (12 Minutes); the newscast eventually was changed to a one-hour show and renamed División Noticias (News Division). In 1989, when the license for channel 11 in Buenos Aires was privatized, Canal 8 was one of the members of the Televisión Federal, S.A. consortium that acquired it. For much of its history the station carried programs from Telefe, the major Argentine national network. The station built a broad local programming slate. It presented music programs such as Conexión Videos, Música Libre (Free Music), and Elegidos (Elected), which aired from 1987 to 2008. It produced series for children and teens such as El Jardín de Florencia Flor (Florencia Flor's Garden), El Payaso Tapalín (The Tapalín Clown), and Tevematch. Commented Third Time is described as the first sports show of the channel, and Canal 8 was the first channel in the province to air live sporting events. In the early 1990s the station showed a miniseries set in the Tucumán of the 17th century called 100 Años Después (After 100 Years). Nationally, it was the first channel in the area to rebroadcast news programs from Buenos Aires such as 28 Millones (later called 30 millones), Realidad 84 (Reality 84), Redacción Abierta (Open Drafting), and Buenas Noches Argentina (Good Night Argentina). In 2018, all of Telefe's stations in interior Argentina dropped their channel-number branding to go by "Telefe (city)", including Canal 8, which became Telefe Tucumán; this was done in preparation for the end of analog television. In 2023 Telefe sold the Tucumán station to Televisión Litoral, which owns Telefe's rival El Trece's affiliates in Rosario and Bariloche. As a result, the station rebranded as "Elocho TV", matching the imaging of the other two stations, on February 1. The station continues to operate as an open television channel and maintains a news-focused website at elocho.tv.

2023
Telefe sells the Tucumán station to Televisión Litoral; it rebrands as Elocho TV on February 1.
2018
Telefe's interior stations drop channel-number branding; Canal 8 becomes Telefe Tucumán ahead of the end of analog television.
1989
Canal 8 is part of the Televisión Federal, S.A. consortium that acquires the privatized channel 11 Buenos Aires license.
1987
Music program Elegidos begins airing; it runs until 2008.
1983
Canal 8 signs on in San Miguel de Tucumán on analog channel 8 (call sign LRK 458 TV).
1983
Within a few months of launch, the station airs its first newscast, 12 Minutos.

Products and positioning

A long-established provincial open-TV station and local news provider in Tucumán, now part of Grupo Televisión Litoral and branded Elocho TV.

12 Minutos / División Noticias
The station's first newscast, later expanded to one hour and renamed División Noticias.
Conexión Videos
A music program.
Música Libre
A music program (Free Music).
Elegidos
A music program that aired from 1987 to 2008.
El Jardín de Florencia Flor
A children's series (Florencia Flor's Garden).
El Payaso Tapalín
A children's series (The Tapalín Clown).
Tevematch
A series for children and teens.
Commented Third Time
Described as the first sports show of the channel.
100 Años Después
A miniseries set in 17th-century Tucumán, aired in the early 1990s.

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