In 1984, among the four initial private television stations that were being set up, one of the stations was set up in Cochabamba, Cochabambina de Televisión, on channel 9. The station had a strong local character, similar to Paceña de Televisión.[2] The station started broadcasting - albeit in experimental format and in an irregular status - at the end of the year, with six hours of programming a day.[3] In this context it starts affiliating itself with ATB and formed Red Tricolor in time for the 1985 general elections.[4]
As of December 1984, the proportion of programming on the station was as follows:[3]
Feature films: 80%
Variety: 15&
Musical programming: 3%
Children's programming: 1%
Sports: 1%
On September 10, 1987, the government legalized the station; the owner at the time being John William Block Bonetta. At the same time, the affiliation it had with ATB was broken, as Illimani de Comunicaciones applied for a TV station in the city (channel 4).[5]
One of its main staff in the station's early years journalist Rolando Gamarra Urizar.[6]
At an unknown date, presumably in the late 1990s, Cochabambina de Televisión moved from channel 9 to channel 21. This enabled Red Uno to broadcast locally on channel 9.[7]
On the early hours of September 15, 2008, the station was hit by a dynamite attack, in an attempt to silence the outlet. At about 3am, the aftershock of a dynamite explosion damaged the station's transmitter.[8] The situation raised concerns from other media outlets.[9]
On April 22, 2019, Red Uno Cochabamba introduced a new roster of presenters for the local editions of El Mañanero and Notivisión.[10]
The station's current director of news is Argentine-Bolivian Diego Viamont, who joined Red Uno Cochabamba in 2010.[11][12]
