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The history of television in Mexico started during the 50’s and almost simultaneously started broadcasting in this region under the name of Televisora del Golfo, S.A. de C.V. This was the result of a dream from an entrepreneurial man, Don Gilberto Ochoa who during years worked to bring to reality this project that started on March 21st, 1958 with the first broadcast from XHGO Channel 7.
The project started after the participation of Don Gilberto in the Olympic Games of 1936 when he stayed for three months in the old continent visiting factories that manufactured television equipment with the purpose of acquiring the necessary knowledge to start a TV station. On his return to Mexico, while studying at the Instituto Politécnico Nacional shares his thoughts with Mr. Guillermo González Camarena and this marks the start of making a reality his life dream. After securing $100,000 pesos from investors and employees of Petróleos Me-xicanos, he starts the TV station on a one story building situated at the crossing of Lopez Mateos Boulevard and 10th Street. Three years later, Don Gilberto dies in a car accident and the financial problems start flourishing due to the high costs of the programs rights being transmitted, the lack of sponsors that used the radio and newspapers for its lower costs and higher covertures. With all these problems, the people in charge approached Don Fernando Azcárraga Zavala, at that time owner of a motor-cycle dealership, with the purpose of mediating with his first cousin, Don Emilio Azcárraga Vidaurreta who headed of the TV station in Mexico City to obtain his support and continue the bu-siness operation of the local TV station.
Don Emilio welcome the proposal and with the support of his cousin Fernando and several other family members to join this enterprise. In 1962, XHGO Channel 7 affiliates to Televisora de Provincia de Telesistema Mexicano, holding company of Televisa in the provinces. As a result, the TV station starts flourishing and starts transmitting programs successfully aired at Mexico City like soap operas with Amparo Ribelles, Rafael Banquells, Silvia Pinal and Don Ernesto Alonso among others, as well as the stories of Cachirulo, the Pedro Vargas Studio, comics and songs from Viruta and Capulina, the Yatch of Del Prado with the “Panzón Panseco” and north American series like Combat, Gunsmoke and Dragnet.
Local productions were also important. The first local anchorman that worked at the TV station was Don Teodoro Rivas Ceron while the first news program was handled by Jorge Treviño Solis. Another hit of the moment was “Memorize and Capitalize” by Car-los Enrique Núñez de Cáceres. In 1966, the hurrican Inés hit our shores and had an impact on the installations of the TV station resulting in the destruction of the transmition tower on the building that supported it. To avoid leaving the town without commutations Don Fernando Azcárraga got an oil rig adapted from Petróleos Mexicanos and start transmitting. To avoid the recurrence of this incident and the need for new improved installations, Don Fernando goes to Mexico City to talk to Don Emilio and both agreed on the urgent need for better and safer installations. Due to the before mentioned, the search for a land site that was lactated at an adequate elevation to reach this city as well as Cd. Madero, Altamira and nearby towns took place. Hence, in 1968, after acquiring the property located at the Colonia Campbell the TV station moved to its today’s installations where besides transmitting broadcast from XHGO Channel 7 starts a new XHD TV Channel 4, a repeating broadcaster from XEW TV Channel 2 from Mexico City which allow it to cover the Mexico’ Olympic Games of 1968.
With the new installations, new strategies are developed incorporating to the channel 7 soap operas, comedies and relevant series, acquiring new equipment and connecting via microwaves to Mexico City. To promote the interest of local sponsors and audience new programs are developed as news, musicals, sports and children’s. New programs that include interviews and points of view like “Entrevistas y Comentarios” by Lic. Felipe Pearl Zorrilla with Estela Guzmán and Olga Gochicoa as producers in which local and visiting personalities are included. Another relevant program is “Cine Club del 7” with Carlos Enrique Núñez de Cáceres and Glorilú Caballero that broadcasted movies along with guest stars. Local news programs with Enri-que Núñez de Cáceres and Enrique Carretero on sports, supported by news people that covered city and state events started to gain audience. By the end of 1975 and beginnings of 1976, the local Azcárraga family sold its stock to Televisa and the company was then fully owned by the latter group. In 1976, Don Fernando Azcárraga Zavala becomes the CEO of the company and his son, Francisco Azcárraga López is today who holds that position.
In 1977 marks the technological renovation of the TV with new equipment that in addition with its reduced size incorporated the magnetic tape, with the advantage of becoming truly portables, lowering costs and bringing added benefits to local TV stations. During those days the news program “Punto de Vista” is born having Carlos Enrique Núñez de Cáceres and José Martín García Sanjines as main anchormen. With Enrique Carretero covering the sports section and young field news people like Lubin Jiménez, Ignacio Mo-rales, Guillermo Gutiérrez and Ricardo Ventura among others. In 1979, this channel makes history in Mexican television by covering an international event of the nomination to Cardinal of bishop Dr. Don Ernesto Corripio Ahumada. With modern up to date technology and a great team of newsmen, technicians, sales people and administrative personnel, Televisa del Golfo has maintained a 50 year leadership becoming an important tool for the commercial and industrial development of Tampico, Cd. Madero, Altamira and the whole region; with channels 7 local and 4 and 24 with broadcasts from the “El Canal de las Estrellas” and chain 9, channels 11, 13 and 26 from Cd. Victoria and channels 10 and 22 at Cd. Mante, Tam.
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