Onda Jaén RTV

Onda Jaén RTV, commonly known as Onda Jaén, was the municipal public radio and television broadcaster of the city of Jaén in Andalusia, Spain. It was originally associated with the UNE network of local television stations and was driven by the Sociedad Municipal de Comunicación e Imagen (Somucisa), a municipal company created in November 2000. From September 2001 Somucisa exploited the city council's radio and television licences under the commercial name Onda Jaén RTV. The station launched in autumn 2001 and became a direct competitor to Tele Jaén, until then the only local channel in the city. Onda Jaén TV broadcast continuously on the DTT multiplex of the Jaén demarcation (TL04J) and on 106.0 FM, offering a schedule that combined in-house and external production, with a predominance of content about the traditions and customs of the city of Jaén. Its programming aimed to bring municipal current affairs to citizens through news bulletins each day at first hour, 14:00 and 21:30, and through own-production programmes including reports, chronicles and interviews. Sports coverage of the municipal team Real Jaén aired on Mondays at 16:00 in Minuto 90 with Manolo García, and a weekday entertainment programme, Vive la tarde, presented by Daniel Illana and Marta Negrillo, aired at 18:30. The broadcaster was owned by the Ayuntamiento de Jaén through Somucisa, whose Junta General de Accionistas was the Pleno de la Corporación Municipal, headed by the mayor. Its board of directors was composed of five councillors from the Partido Popular, three from the Partido Socialista and one from Podemos. In recent years the channel made a strong commitment to the internet, with a new website, video on demand, streaming of its television and radio channels and social media accounts, turning the municipal radio and television entity into a multiplatform service. Since 2013 the channel broadcast in widescreen. Onda Jaén RTV was marked by political tension over its news coverage. It received complaints from the PSOE municipal group, which accused it of serving as a propaganda instrument of the PP. After the PSOE's municipal victory in 2007, its programming and staff were restructured, and again in 2011 with the return of the PP. It obtained the digital broadcasting concession in 2008. Despite the 2010 analogue switch-off, the channel continued broadcasting in analogue for two months, joining the DTT offer of Jaén channels in tests on 18 May 2010 and in regular broadcasts on 24 July 2010. In the early hours of 6 August 2019 a fire at its facilities suspended its broadcasts indefinitely; police sources suggested it could have been deliberately set. Three months later the city council decreed the cessation of Onda Jaén's operations, citing the council's poor economic situation and the need to invest in its facilities after the fire. The 45 staff members, whose salary cost was 1.8 million euros a year, received offers of relocation to other departments of the council.

Onda Jaén RTV was the municipal public radio and television broadcaster of the city of Jaén, in Andalusia, Spain. It was originally associated with the UNE network of local television stations and was driven by the Sociedad Municipal de Comunicación e Imagen (Somucisa), a municipal company created in November 2000. From September 2001 Somucisa exploited the city council's radio and television licences under the commercial name Onda Jaén RTV. The channel was born in autumn 2001 and represented direct competition for Tele Jaén, until then the only local channel in the city. From its appearance it received several complaints from the PSOE municipal group, which accused it of serving as a propaganda instrument of the PP. After the PSOE's municipal victory in the city in 2007, the company's programming and staff were restructured, and again in 2011 with the return of the PP. It obtained the concession to broadcast in digital in 2008. Despite the 2010 analogue switch-off, the channel continued broadcasting in analogue for two months, with 18 May 2010 being the day the local channel joined the offer of Jaén channels on DTT in tests, and 24 July 2010 in regular broadcasts. It was also the first local channel to do so in the provincial capital, together with Diez TV Jaén, which ended up closing in 2013, giving way to Ondaluz Jaén, which broadcast for only a few months until the summer of 2014. In recent years the channel made a strong commitment to the internet — with a new website, video on demand, streaming of the television and radio channels and social media accounts — turning the municipal radio and television entity into a multiplatform within reach of any resident of Jaén with access to any device. Since 2013 the channel broadcast in widescreen. In the early hours of 6 August 2019 a fire at its facilities suspended its broadcasts indefinitely. The fire, according to police sources, could have been deliberately set. Three months later, the city council decreed the cessation of Onda Jaén's operations, citing the council's poor economic situation and the need to invest in its facilities after the fire. The 45 members of the staff, whose salary cost was 1.8 million euros a year, received offers of relocation to other departments of the council.

• Sociedad Municipal de Comunicación e Imagen S.A. (Somucisa) created by the Ayuntamiento de Jaén.

• Somucisa begins exploiting the city council's radio and television licences under the commercial name Onda Jaén RTV.

• Onda Jaén RTV is born in autumn, competing with Tele Jaén.

• After PSOE's municipal victory, programming and staff are restructured.

• Obtains the concession to broadcast in digital.

• Joins the DTT offer of Jaén channels in tests.

• Begins regular DTT broadcasts.

• Programming and staff restructured again with the return of the PP.

• Channel begins broadcasting in widescreen.

• Fire at facilities suspends broadcasts indefinitely.

• City council decrees cessation of Onda Jaén operations.

Municipal public-service broadcaster focused on local news, traditions and customs of Jaén.

• Onda Jaén TV

  Local television channel on DTT multiplex TL04J.

• Onda Jaén Radio

  Local radio station on 106.0 FM.

• Minuto 90

  Sports programme about Real Jaén, Mondays at 16:00 with Manolo García.

• Vive la tarde

  Weekday entertainment programme at 18:30 presented by Daniel Illana and Marta Negrillo.

• Political bias accusations

• 2019 fire

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1. 1Onda Jaén RTV - Wikipedia (Spanish)es.wikipedia.org
2. 2Onda Jaén RTV - Wikidatawikidata.org