Telenorte

Telenorte is a chilean TV asset, operating for the northern part of Chile (hence, Telenorte). It was founded in 1966 via experimental broadcasts, 1973 via official broadcasts and 2019 via their current, streaming broadcasts.
==Canal 3 Experimental==
===1966-1969===
This logo was used for experimental broadcasts. It consisted of a "rectangle" without the bottom line, cut in the middle by the word "T.V." and with the words "Canal 3" and "Experimental" below.
Later, in 1969, the station shut down as it firmed a treaty to give all of its equipment to the then-in creation Televisión Nacional de Chile.
==TV Universidad del Norte==
===1973-1977===
On 14 February 1973, Channel 3 of Antofagasta resumed its broadcasts. The logo featured a big "U" with square serifs in the top part, with an "N" between those serifs and a rectangle inside the "U". That's the symbol of the (the since 1990), the channel's old owners. Inside the symbol was a rectangle with the word "TV" and the number 3 (representing the channel in Antofagasta) below the word "TV". 
On 1976, TV Universidad del Norte expanded further north via the channels 10 of Arica (which moved to channel 11 in July 1982) and 12 of Iquique, and they used the same logo as the main channel in Antofagasta, although replacing the number 3 with the number of the local frequency. 
==TVUN Red del Norte==
=== 1977-1982===
In 1977, TV Universidad del Norte was renamed to TVUN Red del Norte. The logo featured the word inside a square, with 6 circles below it and the word "Red del Norte" below those circles. The logo was inside a brown "TV" outline. This logo later coincided with the beginning of the well remembered affiliation with Canal 13 and the beginning of color broadcasts, both in 1978. An alternate variant exists, where the left-most 4 circles are filled with TVUN's then-operating channels (10 of Arica, 12 of Iquique, 3 of Antofagasta and 8 of Calama) and the right-most 2 circles are kept blank, to represent TVUN's ambition to expand further in the northern region. The first known usage of this logo comes from the first Teletón in 1978.
==Telenorte (first era)==
===1982-2000===
====1982-1995====
In April 1982, TVUN was renamed to Telenorte and changed its logo into the most famous symbol of the channel: a white, half-viewed, 24-point sun with the word "Telenorte" below it. Just like the previous logo, the logo was inside a "TV" outline, but blue instead of brown. Many variants were created from this logo; for example, idents and the 1988 sign-on and -off included a metal variant.
In 1989, as Canal 13 looked to expand its coverage independently, the network dropped its affiliation with Telenorte. The regional network later looked for other networks to affiliate:
#It immediately affiliated to Universidad de Chile Televisión (later RTU and current Chilevisión) in 1989, lasting until 1993.
#During its affiliation with RTU, Telenorte added a secondary affiliation with Megavisión, broadcasting the latter's soccer events during its first months.
#Between 1993 and 1994, it affiliated with La Red.
#And for a few months of 1994, it affiliated with UCV Televisión.
Most of those affiliations ended for the same reason as the one with Canal 13: each channel expanded its coverage independently to Chile's northern regions. In 1990, Telenorte became a fully controlled by the Universidad Católica del Norte, and in November 1992, the network expanded its coverage into the cities of La Serena and Coquimbo. In July 1994, the university sold half of his actions on Telenorte to Compañía Radio Chilena, ending the network's affiliation with UCV in the process, focusing on transforming Telenorte into a 100% regional network.
====1995-1999 ====
In 1995, the logo was slightly modified, with the sun now being yellow. This logo debuted as a 3D, yellow Sun with the word Telenorte and TV border being cyan and the TV silhouette fill being absent. Later, in 1996, a 3D version of the logo shown above became the main logo.
During this time, Telenorte was in the middle of a crisis, originating in 3 factors: 
#The growing competition from new channels (both nationally and through cable TV).
#The miss-management of the channel by Compañía Radio Chilena.
#The Asian economic crisis that affected Chile in 1997.
This resulted in Telenorte's Iquique feed closing down in 22 July 1997, with the feeds in Antofagasta (16 January) and La Serena (7 June) following suit in 1998. From then, Telenorte in Arica became the main channel and all other Telenorte channels became mere repeaters of the Arica channel. 3 days after Telenorte in Antofagasta closed, the company was renamed to simply Telenorte S.A.
===1999-2001 ===
In 1999, Telenorte introduced a drastically new logo. It featured the word "Telenorte" with a thin orbital around it. It was used with the former logo until 2000. However, the network was in its last years. Radio Chilena (which was also in crisis) sold it to Kroma Comunicaciones in 2001. On 30 October of that year, the network's Arica feed (the only one that remained on-air) was closed, though during the next days, it continued broadcasting 2 hours of musical videos and documentaries to comply with the government's regulations and avoid its concession being retired.
On 31 December 2001, Kroma leased Telenorte's channels to UCV Televisión (current TV+), which the Valparaíso channel used to broadcast his full programming (and finally achieve UCV's dreams of having national coverage) until 2003. In 2005, the channels were bought by the company Alfa Tres to expand the then-recently created channel Telecanal to the region. Telenorte S.A. (which transformed into Telenorte Ltda.) dissolved in 2006.
==Telenorte (second era)==
===2011-2012; 2019-present ===
This logo has been used for the two attempts to return to broadcast, as well in social media pages. The first attempt was between 2011 and 2012 but, after a few broadcasts in Minera Escondida, it was declared failed. The second attempt was since 2019, where Telenorte finally revived as a streaming TV service. The logo is a recreation of the 1982 one, featuring the word "Telenorte" in a different and more condensed typeface, a redraw sun symbol and the "screen" being lighter on the top-left corner. A symbol was also added. Currently the Telenorte brand is owned by F2 Producciones, a local productions company founded by one of Telenorte's own workers.
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