Telesistema Informativo (known as TSi) is a television station in Tegucigalpa, Honduras, broadcasting on Channel 3 and Channel 7 in NTSC and is owned by TVC. The station has repeaters in La Ceiba and Puerto Cortés, also on channel 7. Until 2016, the channel had programs of news, entertainment, series, sports and movies.
The station launched on December 27, 1967 (as Telesistema Hondureño) with a budget of 150,000 lempiras. By 1976, the station's budget was worth 427,274 lempiras and annual operating costs were worth 26,000 lempiras.[1]
García Ardón joined the San Pedro Sula station (channel 7) in 1967 to present a weekly news program on Sundays before being promoted to anchorman of Telediario from 1969, where he remained until 2013.[2]
In 1987, the station was integrated into the new Televicentro Corporation.[3]
On December 15, 2016, its logo and programming were changed, changing its name to TSi (Telesistema Informativo) and format to a 24-hour news channel.[4]
References
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- ^ "Falleció el periodista Gabriel García Ardón en San Pedro Sula". Proceso. 27 May 2017. Archived from the original on 24 February 2024. Retrieved 24 February 2024.
- ^ "Televicentro". Televicentro. Archived from the original on 28 October 2012. Retrieved 13 December 2021.
- ^ "O FLUXO TELEVISIVO DO CANAL 5: uma forma cultural em Honduras" (PDF). Federal University of Ouro Preto. 28 September 2021. Archived from the original (PDF) on 22 December 2023. Retrieved 22 December 2023.