1997 in Spanish television

This is a list of Spanish television related events in 1997.

Events

• Unknown: TV channels Canal 4 Navarra and Canal Nostalgia starts broadcasting.
• 31 January: The satellite broadcasting platform Vía Digital is launched.
• 7 February: Fernando López-Amor is appointed Director General de RTVE.
• 13 March: Talk show Tómbola, debuts in regional channels Canal 9, Telemadrid y Canal Sur, and sets a new and polemic way to approach celebs news.
• 24 July: Telefónica becomes major stateholder of Antena 3.
• 15 September:
• Canal 24 horas News TV Channel is launched.
• TV channel Locomotion starts broadcasting.
• 1 October: TV channel Viajar starts broadcasting.
• 9 October: TV channel Canal Nou Dos starts broadcasting.
• 2 December: Consuelo Álvarez de Toledo is appointed press ombudsman in Antena 3.
• 31 December: Comic duo Martes y Trece star their last show together, before splitting.

Debuts

Television shows

Ending this year

Foreign series debuts in Spain

Deaths

• 30 January – Cayetano Luca de Tena, 80, director.
• 22 May – José Antonio Silva, 59, host.
• 5 October – Federico Gallo, 67, Host.
• 19 October – Pilar Miró, 57, director.

See also

• 1991 in Spain
• List of Spanish films of 1991

References