Virtually all towns of reasonable size in Chile have newspapers that focus on local news. Apart from the El Mercurio chain dailies, approximately 25 other independent regional dailies are published with small circulation. The most important regional daily is Concepcion s El Sur, with a circulation of approximately 30,000. Broadcasts Chile uses the NTSC system for TV broadcasting. Chile has five national broadcast television networks.
Programming depends heavily on foreign series and movies.
Dubbed U.S. product predominates, but Mexican, Venezuelan, Brazilian, Argentine and Japanese material can also be seen. Locally produced news, magazine shows, variety shows and soap operas are high quality and draw large prime-time audiences. Both rebroadcast all local stations, as well as major international channels from the United States, Italy, France, Germany, Argentina, Brazil and Mexico. Radio is Chile s most extensive mass medium and reaches more people in more places than any other medium. Nearly all Chilean stations operate commercially, and six have network affiliates.