Crónica TV

Crónica TV
Launched January 3, 1994
Owned by Héctor Ricardo García
Slogan Firme junto al Pueblo (Firmly alongside the People)
Country Argentina
Language Spanish
Broadcast area Argentina and surrounding countries
Website www.cronica.com.ar

Crónica TV is an Argentinian news channel focused on live news reports. It is operated by Estrellas Producciones S.A. (Estrella Satelital) and owned by Héctor Ricardo García.

History

Rossana Gonzales and Gustavo Chapur led the initial broadcast of Crónica TV on January 3, 1994, and it became the first Argentine TV channel to broadcast 24 hours of news and live reports.

For the past 10 years the channel has been the leader in ratings, beating Todo Noticias also in coverage and breaking news.

The channel is well known in Argentina for its populist character and its bizarre treatment of information. Its trademark is the use of red screens and big white letters to announce breaking news, accompanied by the US military march "The Stars And Stripes Forever".[1] Sometimes the news titles border on foolishness; one September 22, the channel announced: 364 days left to the next spring.

"Malevo" Ferreyra suicide

On November 21, 2008 the channel entered controversy, after being witnesses to and broadcasting "live" the suicide of Mario Oscar "Malevo" Ferreyra,[2] an ex-officer of the Tucumán Police Department who was presumed to be a serial killer. This occurred some minutes before Ferreya was to be transported by the Argentine National Gendarmerie to a trial. This was the first time that a suicide was broadcast live on Argentine television.

References

  1. ↑ John Philip Sousa's Band (30 November 1905). "The Stars and Stripes Forever". Internet Archive. Retrieved 30 September 2017.
  2. ↑ "Suicidio en T.V. - El Malevo Ferreyra". YouTube. Retrieved 30 September 2017.


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