free encyclopedia jump to navigation search corporaci n estatal de radio y televisi n type state owned industry media founded 1952 headquarters santo domingo dominican republic key people h ctor olivo director products radio and television multimedia website certvdominicana.com corporaci n estatal de radio y televisi n certv state radio and television corporation is a radio and television network operating from santo domingo in the dominican republic . it is a public television channel operated and owned by the dominican government . following the frequency unification of 1996 certv has been aired throughout the country on channel 4 canal 4 . previously channel 4 was broadcast in santo domingo and the southern zone channel 5 in the northern region and channel 12 in the southwest . contents 1 history 2 certv definition and functions 3 list of programs seen in this channel 4 notes 5 external links history edit the channel was first aired on august 1 1952 with the name la voz dominicana . this was the first television transmitter of its kind in the country and the third in latin america after mexico and cuba . the original owner was jos arismendy trujillo pet n brother of the notorious dictator rafael trujillo d. 1961 . 1 it was a combination of radio and television that transmitted live programming for six hours . romance campesino was one of the first television and radio series that aired from the station . besides providing entertainment and information this media outlet was also used by the government to communicate favorable propaganda for the trujillo regime . during the 1970s the channel was officially renamed radio televisi n dominicana rtvd a title which persisted for several decades . on july 29 2003 its name was changed once again to corporaci n estatal de radio y televisi n certv by means of a national decree which transformed it into a public company sustained and operated by the dominican government . 2 certv definition and functions edit according to article 4 of the law which created it 134 03 certv has a general objective of managing and running public telecommunication for the transport and diffision of television signals in vhf very high frequency and uhf ultra high frequency and television systems for coaxial cable equivalent to public broadcasting networks for medium and short wave and frequency modulated for the transmission and broadcasting of radio and tv programming as well as the transmission and broadcasting of these programs by other media types that exists or could exist in the future . 3 list of programs seen in this channel edit centro noticias centro deportes caribe show el tap n de las 12 tv revista el kan del 4 domingos en grande el reto semana primera etapa el club de isha primera etapa el show del mediod a primera etapa el gordo de la semana primera etapa buen provecho santo domingo invita en acci n con manuel y hermes el humor nunca pasa notes edit see spanish wikipedia article for certv canal 4 certvdominicana.com historia memoria 2004 banco central de la republica dominicana pp. 54 quincuagesimo septimo enjercicio 2004 santo domingo external links edit official website in spanish retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title corporaci n estatal de radio y televisi n & oldid 707254593 categories television stations in the dominican republicmedia companies established in 1952television channels and stations established in 19521952 establishments in the dominican republic navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages espa ol edit links this page was last modified on 27 february 2016 at 19 52 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; additional terms may apply . by using this site you agree to the terms of use and privacy policy . wikipedia is a registered trademark of the wikimedia foundation inc. a non profit organization . privacy policy about wikipedia disclaimers contact wikipedia developers cookie statement mobile view