History
In 1984, among the four initial private television stations that were being set up, one of the stations was set up in Cochabamba, Cochabambina de Televisión, on channel 9. The station had a strong local character, similar to Paceña de Televisión. The station started broadcasting - albeit in experimental format and in an irregular status - at the end of the year, with six hours of programming a day. In this context it starts affiliating itself with ATB and formed Red Tricolor in time for the 1985 general elections. As of December 1984, the proportion of programming on the station was as follows: *Feature films: 80% *Variety: 15& *Musical programming: 3% *Children's programming: 1% *Sports: 1% On September 10, 1987, the government legalized the station; the owner at the time being John William Block Bonetta. At the same time, the affiliation it had with ATB was broken, as Illimani de Comunicaciones applied for a TV station in the city (channel 4). One of its main staff in the station's early years journalist Rolando Gamarra Urizar. At an unknown date, presumably in the late 1990s, Cochabambina de Televisión moved from channel 9 to channel 21. This enabled Red Uno to broadcast locally on channel 9. On the early hours of September 15, 2008, the station was hit by a dynamite attack, in an attempt to silence the outlet. At about 3am, the aftershock of a dynamite explosion damaged the station's transmitter. The situation raised concerns from other media outlets. On April 22, 2019, Red Uno Cochabamba introduced a new roster of presenters for the local editions of and . The station's current director of news is Argentine-Bolivian Diego Viamont, who joined Red Uno Cochabamba in 2010.References
{{Cochabamba TV Spanish-language television stations Television in Bolivia Television channels and stations established in 1985 Mass media in Cochabamba