''24 horas'' (English: ''24 hours'') is the brand that identifies the gathering and broadcasting of news in the Chilean public broadcaster
Televisión Nacional de Chile
Televisión Nacional de Chile (TVN) is a Chilean Public broadcasting, public service broadcaster. It was founded by order of President Eduardo Frei Montalva and it was launched nationwide on 18 September 1969. Since then, the company has been re ...
. It started as an informative program of the same television network on 1 October 1990. Then in 2009, it became a television channel called Canal 24 horas.
It has four different editions: "24 Horas Tu Manana" (mornings), "24 Horas Al Dia (midday), "24 Horas central" (evening), and "24 Horas Al Cierre" (late night). National news bulletins are broadcast by TVN, Canal 24 horas, and TV Chile.
History
Its first edition was broadcast on October 1, 1990, led by
Cecilia Serrano and
Bernardo de la Maza
Bernardo Arturo de la Maza Bañados (born 3 January 1946) is a Chilean journalist who was elected as a member of the Chilean Constitutional Convention.
On 28 October 2021, he resigned to Chile Vamos, centre-right coalition he represented in the ...
on the "Edición Central". Gradually, the editions of the newscast gained ground in the ratings on rival
Canal 13, overtaking the latter in the mid-1990s. On October 10, 2001, coinciding with the première of the soap opera ''
Amores de Mercado'' (''Market's Lover''), which preceded the news, the Central Edition scored 42.2 rating points between 21:00 and 21:56, a figure that hasn't been matched since.
On March 8, 2004, it changed its image to match the new logo of TVN. There were other major changes that year; the old presenters, Bernardo de la Maza, and Cecilia Serrano, were replaced with
Amaro Gomez-Pablos and
Consuelo Saavedra. This move was criticized.
Between 1999 and 2002, it had a fifth edition entitled ''Edición Vespertina de 24 Horas'' (''24 Horas Evening Edition''), which aired at 18:00. It was hosted by Consuelo Saavedra,
Mónica Rincón
Mónica Patricia Rincón González (born 17 December 1975) is a Chilean people, Chilean journalist known for her current work in CNN Chile alongside Daniel Matamala.
Rincón has worked on radio stations Zero, Radio Bío-Bío, Bío-Bío (2007) and ...
,
María Isabel Toloza, and later by journalist
María Jesús Sáinz.
Local newscasts are issued at 14:20 and 21:35.
In 2002, the newsletter closed the signal transmitted by the
Santiago Metro
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, called MetroTV. In 2005, she returned to the United States, the journalist Consuelo Saavedra, and assumed the leadership of the main news with Amaro Gómez-Pablos. One of the highlights of the news was its live coverage of the
Iraq War
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and especially the fall of
Saddam Hussein
Saddam Hussein (28 April 1937 – 30 December 2006) was an Iraqi politician and revolutionary who served as the fifth president of Iraq from 1979 until Saddam Hussein statue destruction, his overthrow in 2003 during the 2003 invasion of Ira ...
, featuring
Santiago Pavlovic,
Rafael Cavada and cinematographer
Alejandro Leal.
In October 2007, 24 Horas started a channel on YouTube, making Televisión Nacional de Chile the first television station in the country with an official presence on the site.
On August 1, 2008,
VTR announced that by the end of the year, it will air ''TVN 24 Horas'', a 24-hour news channel that rivals the local branch U.S. news network
CNN Chile
Cable News Network Chile (known as CNN Chile and abbreviated as CNN CL) is a Chilean pay television news channel and news website launched on 4 December 2008. It was originally a joint venture between VTR Chile and WarnerMedia. The channel is bas ...
(which premiered on December 4). The new channel launched in March 2009, becoming the second uninterrupted news channel in the country after CNN Chile, which was launched in December 2008. It was launched with the objective of becoming the definitive news source in the country. Air time is divided into different thematic segments, covering economic, international, sports, local issues, entertainment, and technology, and it broadcasts the three main news programs of TVN. For its international content, it has an alliance with the U.S.
MSNBC
MSNBC is an American cable news channel owned by the NBCUniversal News Group division of NBCUniversal, a subsidiary of Comcast. Launched on July 15, 1996, and headquartered at 30 Rockefeller Plaza in Manhattan, the channel primarily broadcasts r ...
.
After its inauguration, the channel's first long-term coverage was the aftermath of the
2010 Chilean earthquake in the south-central zone of Chile from February 2010.
Editions
24 Horas Tu Mañana
The first edition under this name aired on March 12, 2019, and is currently presented by Carla Zunino and Valentina Reyes. Before 2019 it was called "Tu Mañana, 24 horas", "24 Horas en la mañana", "Edición Matinal", "Primera Edición" and 24 AM.
Presenters
24 Horas al Dia
The first edition under this name aired on March 8, 2004, and is currently presented by Patricia Venegas. Between 2004 and 2017 it was called "Edición Uno" "Segunda Edición”, “24 Horas al Dia and 24 Tarde"
Presenters
; Current presenters
* Patricia Venegas (2011-).
; Special editions and holidays
*
Davor Gjuranovic (2012-).
* Carla Zunino (2009-).
* Fresia Soltof (2013-).
; Former presenters
* Mónica Pérez (2004-2012).
* Mónica Rincón (2004-2008).
* Scarleth Cárdenas (2008-2015).
* Andrea Arístegui (2009-2011).
* Pablo Marín (2010-2011).
* Gonzalo Ramírez (2011-2018).
* Carolina Escobar (2013-2018).
* Mauricio Bustamante (2019-2020)
; Weather forecast
* Iván Torres (2004-).
24 horas central
The first edition under this name aired on March 8, 2004, and is currently presented by Ivan Nuñez and Constanza Santa María. Before 2004 it was called "Edición Central".
Medianoche
The first edition under this name aired on 1996, and is currently presented by Matías del Río and Marco Flemming Ayala. Before 1996 it was called "Edición Dos" (1990-1992) and "Edición Nocturna".
References
External links
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1990s Chilean television series
2000s Chilean television series
2010s Chilean television series
2020s Chilean television series
1990 Chilean television series debuts
Chilean television news shows
Televisión Nacional de Chile original programming
Flagship evening news shows