Canal 7 (Guatemalan TV channel)

Televicentro launched on December 15, 1964^[1] under the TGBO-TV calls, with a daily schedule between 5pm and 11pm.^[2] The station was founded by the El Imparcial newspaper, with initial funding costing 250,000 quetzales and with video taping equipment worth 80,000 quetzales. At launch, the channel covered 80% of the Guatemalan territory. On December 5, 1965, the channel faced internal problems among shareholders, with José Quiñones as interventor.^[1]

One of its initial successes was its sports telecasts, especially of the Guatemalan soccer league, however the bulk of its programming consisted in movies and television series produced in both Mexico and the United States, much like what happened with Canal 3. The hiring of foreign experts at the station and the installation of repeaters in the Guatemalan interior regions led to an increase in ratings but a stiff competition with Canal 3.^[3]

Around 1977, the channel was renamed Televisiete, changed their callsigns to TGVG-TV, likely due to its relations with Televisa.^[4]

The station is acquired by Alba Lorenzana Cardona, wife of Remigio Ángel González, in 1980.^[1] Televisiete's parent company Televisiete S.A. controls Indetel S.A. in Ecuador, which runs La Tele.^[5] With the appearance of González and Cardona, the station specialized more in relaying Mexican programming. In 1987, the station launched the Notisiete newscast.^[3]