Description
Media in Colombia refers to media available in Colombia consisting of several different types of communications media: television, radio, cinema, newspapers, magazines, and Internet-based Web sites. The first newspaper published in Colombia was La Bagatela. In Colombia, the most read and influential newspaper is El Tiempo, which also has the highest newspaper circulation in the country. The country has three major national radio networks: Radiodifusora Nacional de Colombia, a state-run national radio; Caracol Radio and RCN Radio.
Colombia has five national and many local and regional television channels. The National Television Commission oversees television programming. National Radio and Television of Colombia (Radio Televisión Nacional de Colombia —RTVC), Colombia’s public broadcaster, oversees three national television stations (one public-commercial, one institutional, and one educational).
Database Particulars:
| Cable network | 6 |
| Industry research organization | 1 |
| Magazine, consumer | 121 |
| Magazine, customer/inflight | 1 |
| Magazine, news and business | 8 |
| Magazine, regional bureau | 2 |
| Magazine, regional edition | 2 |
| Magazine, trade/technical | 33 |
| News Agency/Wire service | 13 |
| Newspaper | 278 |
| Online broadcaster | 2 |
| Online news source | 20 |
| Online publication | 20 |
| Organization | 3 |
| Publication, academic/scientific | 4 |
| Radio program | 21 |
| Radio station | 73 |
| Special section | 33 |
| Syndicated column | 1 |
| Television network | 14 |
| Television production company | 3 |
| Television program | 19 |
| Television station | 12 |
| Television, foreign bureau | 2 |
| Weblog | |
| Grand Total | 692 |
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