US EditionCarlos Meléndez, Precursor of the First Signal of Chilean Television
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This Sunday the death of Carlos Meléndez, the engineer who led the first television broadcast in the country and laid the foundations for what would later be consolidated as UCV Televisión, the pioneering signal of the national industry. Formed at the Pontificia Universidad Católica de Valparaiso, he was professor and director of the then School of Electronics, from where he led the research and development of the teams that made possible an unt…
Chilean television laments the death of Carlos Menéndez, a fundamental figure in the beginning of television broadcasts in the country and one of the authors of UCV TV. The Radio of the Catholic University of Valparaíso confirmed his death on Saturday night, February 28. According to the radio station, Menéndez was a brilliant professional and a dreamer who firmly believed in the power of technology to connect realities and expand knowledge. “To…
Chilean television today lives a day of reflection and mourning. Carlos Meléndez, the visionary engineer who, from a Valparaíso in black and white, made possible what at the time seemed like a chimera: to give life to the first television signal of the country. His death not only marks the end of a life dedicated to academia and innovation, but also closes a fundamental chapter of the history of communications in Chile. Meléndez was not only a b…
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