RPC-TV is a television network, and is headquartered in Panama City, Panama, with repeaters throughout the country. RPC is the oldest commercial TV station in Panama, airing imported shows, programming for kids, and local and international sporting events.
History Between 1956 and 1960, television was an exclusive privilege of the Panama Canal Zone, with SCN's broadcasts in English on Channel 8 being aimed at military and civilian residents. This changed on 14 March 1960 when RPC Television becomes the first television channel of Panama, changing the city life of all Panamanians. The experience and prestige achieved by Fernando Eleta with his company, Radio Programas Continentales (RPC) has been predicted since 1951, and it wouldn't take long before it managed to bring television to Panama. After two years of hard work, difficulties and risks, on March 14, 1960, RPC Television broke into city life with the broadcast of its first signal, beginning the era of television in Panama.
Near Christmas 1963, RPC expanded its reach to cover Chiriquí, Bocas and Darién.
The channel was penalized during the military regime in the 1980s.Chamorro, 2003, p.9 On December 25, 1989 (Christmas Day), RPC is authorized to return to the air, but its programming was limited to a special Christmas mass. In the days that followed, the only program that was broadcast was Los del Camino, a daily reflection produced by the Catholic Church.Del Vasto, 2007, pp.91, 109
Programming Former programming Drama Title Original network Ref Buck James ABC Chicago Hope CBS CHiPs NBC Christy CBS Cobra Syndication Dr Quinn, Medicine Woman CBS Eerie, Indiana NBC Father Dowling Mysteries NBC/ABC Freddy's Nightmares Syndication Highway to Heaven NBC Hunter NBC Knight Rider NBC Lassie CBS/Syndication MacGyver ABC Melrose Place Fox Miami Vice NBC Models Inc. Fox Moon Over Miami ABC Riptide NBC Robin's Hoods Syndication Sidekicks ABC The A-Team NBC The Hat Squad CBS The Love Boat ABC The New Lassie Syndication The Streets of San Francisco ABC Time Trax PTEN Touched by an Angel CBS Walker, Texas Ranger CBS
Sitcom Title Original network Ref A Different World NBC Baby Talk ABC Blossom NBC Boy Meets World ABC California Dreams NBC Cheers NBC Dinosaurs ABC Ellen ABC Empty Nest NBC Gilligan's Island CBS Hogan's Heroes CBS Home Improvement ABC Mad About You NBC Married... with Children Fox Out of This World Syndication Punky Brewster NBC/Syndication Saved by the Bell NBC Small Wonder Syndication The Beverly Hillbillies CBS The Cosby Show NBC The Munsters Today Syndication The Simpsons Fox Webster ABC/Syndication Who's the Boss? ABC
Telenovela Title Original network Ref Al filo de la muerte Las Estrellas Alondra Las Estrellas Café con aroma de mujer Canal A Cañaveral de Pasiones Las Estrellas Dulce Enemiga Venevisión Los Parientes Pobres Las Estrellas Si Dios me quita la vida Las Estrellas Tieta Rede Globo Tropicaliente Rede Globo
References
External links RPC Channel 4 official website