Radio Agricultura

Radio Agricultura

Santiago, Chile
Frequency	92.1MHz(Santiago)
Programming
Format	News/Opinion
Ownership
Owner	Sociedad Nacional de Agricultura
History
First air date	October 15, 1936
Technical information
Class	FM
Transmitter coordinates	33.42904°S 70.62115°W/-33.42904; -70.62115
Links
Website	radioagricultura.cl

Radio Agricultura(originallyRadio Sociedad Nacional de Agricultura) is a Chilean radio broadcasting network belonging to the association oflandowners,Sociedad Nacional de Agricultura(SNA). It is run byPublicaciones y Difusión SA(which is owned by the SNA), the studios are atEdificio Pamplona.

It was founded in 1935 inValparaísoand inaugurated on October 30, 1936 inSantiago de Chile.Itsconcessiongoes back to Decree No. 3633 of August 30, 1935, subsequently published in theDiario Oficialon September 11, 1935. It takes a conservative editorial line.

History

The SNA decided to create a means of making its activities known to the public. Beginning the project in Valparaiso in 1935, on October 15, 1936, in Santiago, radio transmissions began at a frequency of 570kHzon theMedium waveband.

Radio Agricultura was influential in makingMexican musicpopular in rural areas of Chile.Radio Agricultura won notoriety and influence because, along with the Chilena,CooperativaandMineríaradio networks, it opposed the government ofSalvador Allendeand supported themilitary coupand latermilitary dictatorshipofAugusto Pinochet.Its transmissions were famous for their coverage of the coup of September 11, 1973 and its military bands that were heard on national radio and television throughout Chile.Also in the 1970s the dictatorship shut down smaller radio stations thought to be sympathetic with the former Allende administration.

At the end of the 1990s, Radio Agricultura began broadcasting at 92.1 MHz in theFM band,the frequency of its sister radio stationRadio San Cristóbal FM.

As the only station with which provincial radio stations can affiliate, Radio Agricultura uses agreements with other radio stations, in addition to a network of transmitters throughout Chile, to broadcast across the country. Other, larger radio stations (such asRadio Bío-Bío,Radio Cooperativa,ADN Radio Chileand Tele13 Radio) have national channels with their own stations.

Radio Agricultura has among its ranks several public figures, including Alejandro de la Carrera (press director until March 2014),Joaquín Lavín,Fernando Villegas,Cecilia Pérez,Sergio "Checho" Hirane, and Eli de Caso among others.