Radio Caracas Televisión

Not to be confused with RCTI.
Radio Caracas Televisión (also known as RCTV) was a Venezuelan television network and was one of the oldest in the country until 2007 when it was shut down.
==Radio Caracas Televisión (first era)==
===1953–1984===
====1953–1970====
RCTV was launched as Radio Caracas Television on November 15, 1953.
====1970–1979====
Logo de rctv - mosca anos 70s.png|On-screen logo
The lion holding a shield was added in 1970. This variant was used as on-screen bug until 1979.
====1979–1984====
The 1953 logo was slightly modified in 1979.
RCTV 1983 30 Años.png|30th anniversary (1983) 
== RCTV (first era)==
===1984–1987===
In 1984, the logo was introduced a Star in the "RCTV" wordmark. This logo was used as a primary variation until 1987.
===1987-1989===
The star on "RCTV" was discontinued in favor of a simplified text.
==Radio Caracas Televisión (second era)==
===1989-1996===
====1989–1994====
This is a recreated version of the classic 1953 logo. In 1989, the lion was returned, this is used as a secondary variation until 1994.
RCTV 1993 40 Años.png|40th anniversary (1993)
====1994–1996====
In 1995, the logo was slightly tweaked. This logo was used as a secondary logo until 1996.
==RCTV (second era)==
===1996-2007 (channel), 1996-present (brand)===
====1996–1997====
In 1996, the tricolor logo for yellow, blue and red with a grey fill gradient was introduced.
====1997–1998====
In 1997, as part of a refresh, the 1996 logo was tweaked. Before the 1998 update, this logo was used after the 1996-1997 logo.
====1998–2000====
The gray gradient was discontinued in 1998 leaving the only symbol just like the previous logos.
====2001–2005====
In January 2001, as part of a refresh, the 1996 logo was slightly tweaked. This logo was used as a secondary variation until 2005.
RCTV 2003 50 Años.png|50th anniversary (2003)
====2005–2010====
RCTV 2006 53 Años.png|53rd anniversary (2006)
200px-logo_de_rctv_2006-2007_-_regreso_del_leon.png|2006 variant
By 2005, the 1996 logo was returned.
RCTV ceased operations on May 28, 2007 as an over-the-air network when Venezuela's leftist Hugo Chávez regime, which the privately-owned network opposed, forced its shutdown and seized its equipment and infrastructure for the use of state-run network TVes. RCTV has since continued as a cable/satellite network under the name RCTV Internacional until 2010.
====2020–2021 (online)====
Radio Caracas TV (2020).svg|Horizontal variant
In July 2020, the brand returned as a online OTT service but the logo was used before for the company's website beginning in 2016. However, the service was shut down a year later as RCTV preferred to license its content to other Spanish-language streaming services.
Category:Venezuela
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Category:Television channels in Venezuela
Category:RCTV
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Category:Television production companies of Venezuela
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Category:Defunct television channels in Venezuela
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Category:Television channels and stations established in 1953