1996 in Spanish television

This is a list of Spanish television related events in 1996.

Events

• Unknown: TV channel Odisea starts broadcasting.
• 16 April: Corporate groups Correo and Prensa Española, later merged as Vocento purchase 25% share of Channel Telecinco, up to that time owned by ONCE.
• 10 May: Mónica Ridruejo is appointed Director General of RTVE.
• 15 May: Alejandro Echevarría is appointed Chief executive officer of Telecinco.
• 14 December: Spain wins the Festival de la OTI with the song En mis manos, by Anabel Russ.

Debuts

Television shows

Ending this year

Foreign series debuts in Spain

Births

• 26 January – María Pedraza, actress.
• 21 February – Gloria Camila Ortega, pundit.
• 25 April – Miguel Herrán, actor.
• 4 July – Sofía Suescun, pundit.

Deaths

• 7 January – Daniel Vindel, host, 64.
• 17 January – Pilar Trenas, journalist, 46.
• 17 February – Herta Frankel, marionetista, 83.
• 23 March – Irene Guerrero de Luna, actress de voz, 84.
• 5 April – Encarna Sánchez, hostess, 60.
• 2 May – María Luisa Ponte, actress, 77.
• 9 June – Rafaela Aparicio, actress, 90.
• 9 July – Aurora Redondo, actress, 96.
• 18 July – Javier Escrivá, actor, 65.
• 24 July – Nacho Martínez, actor, 44.
• 2 September – José María Comesaña, journalist, 47.
• 5 December – David Cubedo, host, 81.
• 27 December – Julián Mateos, actor, 58.

See also

• 1996 in Spain
• List of Spanish films of 1996

References