The regime of Daniel Ortega, through the Nicaraguan Institute of Telecommunications and Post Office (Telcor), ordered this Tuesday to take the local channel off the air RB 3 “The Milky Zone Channel”whose programming was transmitted through subscription television.
The withdrawal of the programming grid of the television channel It is one more of the attacks against the press, Social Organizationssocial and political leaders who have a critical stance against the Central American dictatorship.
Telcor’s Deputy Director General, Celina Delgado Castellón, alleged in a letter sent to the management of the company Cablevisión Río Blanco, that the local channel RB 3which was broadcast on channel 15 of the programming grid of that subscription television station, “It does not have authorization from this Regulatory Entity to operate as a local content channel.”
“By virtue of the foregoing, I request that, once this communication is received, said Channel (RB 3) be removed from the grid of channels authorized by Telcor from your company Cablevisión”, ordered the telecommunications regulator.
Likewise, the company Cablevisión Río Blanco “must send an updated grid proposal in all its categories, specifically indicating the new channel that will be broadcast in the position occupied by channel 15, for the corresponding review and authorization of this Regulatory Entity”he added.
the local channel RB 3which had been operating for 18 years in the municipality of Río Blanco, in northern Nicaragua, is owned by journalist David Mendozawho, crying, announced the closure of his media outlet after receiving the notification from Telcor.
“We will keep informing through social networks”, Said the journalist, who emotionally said goodbye to his audience and his sponsors.
Daniel Ortega’s regime has also removed from programming three Catholic channels that were broadcast on subscription television in the last three months.
Also, on the eve the Ortega regime, through Telcor, ordered the closure of eight Catholic radio stationsin the midst of friction between the Executive and the Catholic Church.
The stations affected are Radio Hermanos, Radio Nuestra Señora de Lourdes, Radio Nuestra Señora de Fátima, Radio Alliens, Radio Monte Carmelo, Radio San José, Radio Católica de Sébaco and Radio Santa Lucía, administered by the diocese of Matagalpa (north).
(With information from EFE)
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