Cadena Melodía is a Colombian

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, founded in 1971 by Liberal politician Efraín Páez Espitia, who owned Radio Melodía of

Bogotá Bogotá (, also , , ), officially Bogotá, Distrito Capital, abbreviated Bogotá, D.C., and formerly known as Santa Fe de Bogotá (; ) during the Spanish Imperial period and between 1991 and 2000, is the capital city, capital and largest city ...

since 1959.

Stations

* Melodía Estéreo: AM station in Bogotá, devoted to

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music. Until July 2012, when Cadena Melodía leased it to

Caracol TV Caracol is a large ancient Maya archaeological site, located in what is now the Cayo District of Belize. It is situated approximately south of Xunantunich, and the town of San Ignacio, and from the Macal River. It rests on the Vaca Platea ...

(

Bluradio Blu Radio is a radio station in Bogotá, Colombia, owned by Caracol TV. In July 2012, Caracol TV leased HJMD (the frequency of Melodía FM Estéreo, an easy listening station) from Cadena Melodía, in order to create a news radio station. Test ...

), it was located in the FM band. * Radio Líder: AM stations devoted to news and general programming (the Bogotá station is defunct since July 2012) *Bogotá Estéreo (defunct): tropical music. In the 1980s was sold to an evangelical group, which later would make an exchange agreement with

RCN Radio RCN Radio (''Radio Cadena Nacional'', "National Radio Network") is one of the main radio networks in Colombia. Founded in 1949 with the integration of ''Radio Pacífico'' (Cali), ''La Voz de Medellín'' and ''Emisora Nueva Granada'' (Bogotá). C ...

. Under RCN, it would become a

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station, and then youth-oriented station La Mega.

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Cadena Melodía
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