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The '''Chambeshi River''' (also known as the '''Chambezi River''') is a [[river]] in northeastern [[Zambia]]. It is the furthest headstream of the [[Congo River]] in terms of length. (However, in terms of volume of water, the [[Lualaba River]] is the greater source of the Congo). The Chambeshi rises as a stream in the mountains of northeast Zambia near [[Lake Tanganyika]] at an elevation of 1760 metres above sea level. It flows for 480km into the [[Bangweulu Swamps]], which are part of [[Lake Bangweulu]], and by the end of the rainy season in May, it delivers a flood which recharges the swamps and inundates a vast floodplain to the southeast, supporting the [[Bangweulu Wetlands ecosystem]]. The water then flows out of the swamps as the [[Luapula River]].<ref>Brian Leith (Director):"Congo", Television Documentary broadcast by British Broadcasting Corporation, London, 2001.</ref> |
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network_name = Telemundo | |
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network_logo = [[Image:Telemundo.svg|100px|The current logo of Telemundo]]| |
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country = [[United States]]| |
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network_type = [[Spanish language|Spanish]] [[Terrestrial television|Broadcast Television]] Network | |
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available = National | |
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slogan = ''"Tu Canal"'' ("Your Channel" slogan of [[WKAQ-TV]]) | |
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owner = [[NBC Universal]] | |
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launch_date = {{nowrap|1954 as WKAQ-TV in <br>[[San Juan, Puerto Rico|San Juan]], [[Puerto Rico]] 1987<br> in the continental [[United States]]}}| |
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founded = 1954| |
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founder = [[Ángel Ramos (industrialist)|Ángel Ramos]]| |
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website = [http://www.yahootelemundo.com/ www.yahootelemundo.com]| |
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'''Telemundo''' is an [[United States|American]] television network based in [[Hialeah, Florida]] a suburb of [[Miami, Florida]]. Launched in [[San Juan, Puerto Rico]] by [[Angel Ramos (industrialist)|Angel Ramos]] in 1954, it is the second-largest [[Spanish language|Spanish-language]] content producer in the world.<ref>[http://www.thefutoncritic.com/news.aspx?id=20060227nuts01 Breaking News - In Landmark Move, NBC Universal Television Group Signs Development Deal With Galan Entertainment For Production Of Telenovelas In English Across Its Many Networks | Thefutoncritic.Com<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref> It is also the second-largest Spanish language network in the United States, behind [[Univision]]. |
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For more than 100 km of its length as it flows to the east of [[Kasama, Zambia|Kasama]] the river consists of a maze of channels in [[swamps]] about 2 km wide, in a [[floodplain]] up to 25 km wide. Further downstream, where it is bridged by the Kasama-[[Mpika]] road and the [[Tazara Railway]], the permanent main channel is about 100 m wide, and up to 400 m wide in flood.<ref>Google Earth accessed 4 February 2007</ref> |
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Telemundo is also the only Spanish-language network currently producing [[telenovela]]s in the US.<ref>[http://home.businesswire.com/portal/site/google/index.jsp?ndmViewId=news_view&newsId=20070626006499&newsLang=en Clorox and Wal-Mart Team up With Telemundo on New Episodes of ''Dame Chocolate'' Telenovela<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref> Unlike Univision, many programs on Telemundo air with closed captions in both Spanish and English. Univision only has Spanish captions. The network reaches 93 percent of U.S. Hispanic households in 142 markets via over-the-air, cable and satellite TV.<ref>[http://www.thefutoncritic.com/news.aspx?id=20060227nuts01 Breaking News - In Landmark Move, Nbc Universal Television Group Signs Development Deal With Galan Entertainment For Production Of Telenovelas In English Across Its Many Networks | Thefutoncritic.Com<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref> An average of 1,035,000 total viewers (aged 2 and older) tuned in for its weekday prime time lineup during 2007. [http://www.worldscreen.com/newscurrent.php?filename=telemundo011008.htm] |
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[[Telemundo Communications Group]], its parent company, is part of the [[NBC Universal]] division of [[General Electric]], which paid $2.7 billion for the operation in 2002. [[Don Browne]] is Telemundo's president. Jeff Gaspin, who is president and COO of Universal Television Group, oversees the network. Telemundo has 1,800 employees.<ref name=latimes>[http://www.latimes.com/entertainment/news/business/la-fi-gaspin26jul26,1,4482109.story?coll=la-headlines-business-enter NBC tacks on Telemundo oversight to Gaspin's tasks - The Spanish-language network has been unable to attract a higher audience share since its acquisition. - Los Angeles Times<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref> |
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Three Telemundo shows were available in 2007 on the American [[iTunes Store]] tv shows. These are [[Pasión de Gavilanes]], [[Decisiones]] and [[El Cuerpo del Deseo]], until NBC Universal pulled all programming from the iTunes Store. |
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==History== |
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===1954-1987=== |
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[[Image:AngelRamosTelemundo.jpg|130px|right|thumb|Angel Ramos - Founder]] |
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[[WKAQ-TV]] launched the [[Telemundo]] brand on [[28 March]] [[1954]]. The station was founded by [[Ángel Ramos (industrialist)|Ángel Ramos]], owner of "El Mundo," [[Puerto Rico]]'s main newspaper at the time, and Puerto Rico's first radio station, [[WKAQ-AM]], also known as "Radio El Mundo". Ramos wanted to maintain a consistent branding between its properties using the "mundo" theme (Spanish for "world"), and thus named [[WKAQ-TV]] ''Telemundo'' (in effect, "Teleworld" or "TV World"). He had tried to obtain a TV license as early as the mid 1940s, but due to an [[FCC]] licensing freeze for all new American TV stations, Ramos had to wait until 1954 to obtain the license. |
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In the beginning, Mr. Ramos maintained continuity between his radio and television stations by signing an exclusive deal with the most famous and influential actor/comedian/producer in Puerto Rico, [[Ramón Rivero]], better known as [[Diplo]], whose "Tremendo Hotel" was the most popular radio show in the history of radio in Puerto Rico (broadcast through WKAQ Radio). It was [[Ramón Rivero]] who produced the first comedy/variety television shows for WKAQ Telemundo, [[http://www.diplo.org/tv/us/tv2_us.htm La Taberna India]], then [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lYeLKyBeQ8w La Farándula Corona]]; shows that catapulted WKAQ to the top of the ratings. |
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During the 1970s and 1980s, [[WKAQ-TV]] (then branded as Telemundo Canal 2) was a major producer of [[Puerto Rico|Puerto Rican]] Spanish soap operas. The channel was also known by its "fingers" logo (a bold number 2 with the silhouette of two upright fingers inside the number), calling itself "El canal de los dedos" (the channel of the fingers). |
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====Programming==== |
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Some of the local shows which [[WKAQ-TV]] has produced and broadcasted include: |
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*"Viva Vegas" Starring: Daniel Celario, Mario Celario, Julieta Rosen, Ludo Vika, Mike Robelo, and Jossara Jinaro |
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*"El Show de las Doce" |
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*"La Gente Joven de Menudo" |
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*"En Casa de Juanma y Wiwi" |
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*"Los Kakucomicos" |
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*"[[Noche de Gala]]" |
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*"Teatrimundo" |
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*"Estudio Alegre" |
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*"La Pension de Dona Tere" |
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*"El Show de Chucho" |
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*"No te Duermas" |
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*"Al Grano con Zervigón" |
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*"Marcano el Show" |
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*"Con lo que Cuenta este País" |
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*"Super Sábados" |
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*"Fantástico" |
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*"Musicomedia" |
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*"El Tío Nobel" |
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*"Telecómicas" |
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*"Dame un Break" |
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Some of the famous telenovelas which [[WKAQ-TV]] has produced include: |
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*"El Hijo de Angela Maria" |
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*"Tomiko" |
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*"[[Cristina Bazan]]" |
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*"El Idolo" |
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*"Viernes Social" |
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*"La Verdadera Eva" |
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*"[[Coralito]]" |
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*"Tanairi" |
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*"Dueña y Señora" |
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===1985-1987=== |
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In 1985, Estrella Communications, owned by Joe Wallach, Paul Niedermeyer and Reliance Group Holdings, purchased [[KVEA]] in [[Los Angeles]]. It became the first full-time independent Spanish language station in Los Angeles. The next year, Reliance acquired the Telemundo brand when it purchased Blair Broadcasting. The purchase included [[WSCV]] in [[Ft. Lauderdale]]/[[Miami]], Puerto Rico's [[WKAQ-TV]] (known for decades as "Telemundo Canal 2"). In late 1986, Reliance purchased WNJU serving New York. |
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[[Image:WKAQ 1992.jpg|thumb|Telemundo logo from 1987 to 1993.]] |
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In 1987, Reliance merged all these stations into the Telemundo Group. The new corporation quickly went public and launched the Telemundo network. Later that year, it purchased additional stations in San Francisco, Houston and San Antonio. |
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===Expansion=== |
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Between 1988 and 1991, Telemundo acquired stations in [[Texas]], [[New Mexico]], [[Arizona]] and [[Washington]]. The network decided to outsource their news division in 1988; [[CNN]] to produced two newscasts, branded ''"Noticiero Telemundo CNN"''. Produced in Atlanta, "Noticiero Telemundo CNN" was anchored by [[Jorge Gestoso]] and [[María Elvira Salazar]]. Lana Montalbán, who anchored the show known then as ''Telemundo HBC,'' returned to New York City where she anchored the WNJU newscast for four years. After that she went back to her native [[Argentina]] where she continued to work for local networks for ten more years. When Salazar decided to take a reporter's position at ''Noticiero Univision'' in Miami, in her place, [[Chile]]a former Miss Universe [[Cecilia Bolocco]] joined Gestoso. The final incarnation produced in Atlanta was co-anchored by [[Patricia Janiot]]. |
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In 1994, Telemundo caught the fever of producing 24 hour news. The network launched ''Telenoticias'' partnering with Argentina's [[Artear]] Network, [[Antena 3 (Spain)|Antena 3]] from Spain, and [[Reuters]]. The venture was not successful and the service was sold to CBS. Rebranded as ''CBS Telenoticias'', the network did air all over the Americas. |
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CBS Telenoticias was sold back to Telemundo and the network branded it [[Telemundo Internacional]]. |
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===1992-1998=== |
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In 1992, Telemundo went through another management change under former Univision president Joaquin Blaya. Several major programs were canceled and longtime Telemundo executives were released. The next year, Telemundo branded themselves with the campaign, ''Arriba, Telemundo, Arriba''. |
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[[Image:Telemundos.png|thumb|The logo used between [[1993]] and 1999.]] |
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In 1993, Telemundo began the ongoing practice of producing original telenovelas. The first soaps were "''Angelica, mi vida''", "''Marielena''", "''Guadalupe''", "''Señora Tentación''", and "''Tres Destinos''". International markets and syndicators soon courted these shows. Telemundo's effort face an initial set effort was setback, when Mexico's industry leader, Televisa, bought Capitalvision, the production house that had been making the new soap operas. |
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In 1995, under the direction of Harry Abraham Castillo, the network's Executive Vice-President of Programming, Telemundo opened it's first network studio on the West Coast. On the Raleigh Studios lot in Hollywood, three shows began daily production. ''La Hora Lunática'' hosted by LA radio personality Humberto Luna; [[El y Ella]] created and hosted by [[Gigi Graciette]]; a daily talkshow and ''Dando y Dando'', a gameshow hosted by Rafael Sigler. |
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===1998-2001=== |
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[[Image:Logo telemundo.png|thumb|The logo used between 1999 and 2000.]] |
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In 1998, Telemundo was bought by a partnership between cable's Liberty Media and entertainment conglomerate [[Sony Pictures Entertainment]]. Helmed by yet another management team under the leadership of former [[CBS]] executive Peter Tortoricci, hopes of attracting the bilingual market were explored. ''Lo mejor de los dos Mundos'' ("The best of both worlds") campaign was launched. Several billboards went up in cities such as [[Miami]] and [[San Francisco]] heralding a "new era" for Telemundo. |
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===2001-present=== |
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[[Image:Telemundo.svg|thumb|left|150px|The current logo of Telemundo.]] |
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On April 12, 2002, Telemundo was purchased by [[NBC]] and is now a part of [[NBC Universal]]. Jim MacNamara remained at the helm of the network during and after the sale. Their main competitor, [[Univision]], continues to have an upper hand in the ratings wars, although not in all time slots. Local stations began producing early morning news to be more competitive in their respective markets. Telemundo produces far more programming than Univision and does not rely strictly on Mexican and Venezuelan shows. In contrast, Univision's schedule is heavy on Mexican and Venezuelan shows due to long-term exclusive deals with media giants [[Televisa]] and [[Venevisión]]. After three years, NBC officials asked MacNamara to resign, and replaced him with Don Browne, who had been head of NBC affiliate WTVJ in Miami. |
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News programs were created in the wake of [[September 11, 2001 attacks|9/11]]. "Hoy en el Mundo," anchored by [[Marian de la Fuente]] and [[Jose Diaz Balart]], went on the air informing viewers of national and international events. This program along with its companion show "De Mananita" were cancelled by the much heralded arrival of [[Maria Antonieta Collins]] from Univision. "Cada Día con Maria Antonieta" went on the air in October 2005. She continued to host the program along with the much recycled Diaz Balart as co-host. Balart was anchor of Telemundo's morning news program called "Noticero Telemundo Primera Hora," which is now anchored by Ana Patrica Candelani. (Previous attempts anchored by Diaz Balart were "Esta Manana" and the aforementioned "Hoy en el Mundo.") In an interview in "People En Espanol," Collins announced that she will leave Telemundo when her contract expires in August and that she wishes to return to news anchoring. |
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On May 28, 2008 Don Browne announced that "Cada Dia" would be cancelled on May 30. The show was reportedly canceled due to low ratings and 50 employees were fired. No replacement show has been announced. The last day of "Cada Dia" was Fri., May 30, 2008. |
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In 2004, Telemundo created [[Telemundo Television Studios]] in Miami, Florida. The network also began subtitling many of their telenovelas into English via closed captioning. Under NBC, Telemundo gave greater emphasis to original programming and product placement. The network currently spends $100 million a year producing its own shows.<ref name=latimes/> |
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In March 2007, NBC Universal announced that it had restructured Telemundo's entertainment division in an effort to narrow [[Univision]]'s ratings dominance.<ref>[http://www.variety.com/article/VR1117961551.html?categoryid=14&cs=1 Telemundo divisions to be revamped - Entertainment News, TV News, Media - Variety<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref> Starting in the fall of 2007, the network was to have cut the first commercial break in every prime-time show to only 60 seconds in length.<ref>http://www.nbcumv.com/telemundo/release_detail.nbc/telemundo-20070604000000-telemundoreformats.html?rss=1</ref> It also plans to air the 2008 series [[Idolos de Juventud]] uninterrupted, using pervasive [[product placement]] instead of traditional ad spots.<ref>http://nbcumv.com/telemundo/release_detail.nbc/telemundo-20070524000000-telemundopresentsf.html</ref> |
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NBC also announced that they were going to dispose of the original Telemundo station in Puerto Rico Channel 2 and Los Angeles' KWHY to finance the acquisition of Oxygen Media. |
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On [[21 December]] [[2007]], [[NBC Universal]] announced that [[WKAQ-TV]] was no longer for sale, indicating that [[Telemundo Puerto Rico]] would stay within the NBC family.<ref>WKAQ-TV "Telenoticias a las 5:00 P.M." in a short message by Don Browne (NBC/Telemundo Network president).</ref> |
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On March 18, 2008 Grupo Televisa and NBC-Universal announced a 10-year multiplatform agreement that would allow 1000 hours of Telemundo programming including news, entertainment, specials and sports to be broadcast over not only its Televisa free-to-air channels, but also its SKY Channel and cable system starting in April, as well as a planned Telemundo pay channel to be launched later this year. |
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==Primetime/daytime schedule== |
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Telemundo airs its 8-11 pm (ET/PT) weekday programs (usually [[telenovela]]s) using a form of the [[TBS (TV network)#Turner Time|Turner Time]] scheduling strategy used by [[TBS (TV network)#Turner Time|TBS]] from 1981 until 1997. Each program starts a few minutes after its officially scheduled time, typically three or four minutes after the hour. Shows also bleed over into the next time slot. This encourages viewers to stay tuned to Telemundo instead of joining another channel's program in progress. The 11 pm news broadcasts start at the conventional time, however. |
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Movies are in '''<font color="F08080">red</font>'''; Reality/Game Shows are in '''<font color="00FF00">green</font>'''; Primetime Talk Shows are in '''<font color="87CEEB">blue</font>'''; [[Telenovelas]] are in '''<font color="FF00FF">purple</font>'''. |
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|colspan="4" bgcolor="#F08080" align=center|''[[Disney anthology television series|El Maravilloso Mundo de Disney]]'' (''[[Disney anthology television series|The Wonderful World of Disney]]'') or ''Cine en Familia'' |
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|colspan="4" bgcolor="#F08080" align=center|''Cine Millonario'' |
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|colspan="2" bgcolor="#00FF00" rowspan="5" align=center|''[[12 Corazones]]'' |
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|colspan="2" bgcolor="#FF00FF" rowspan="5" align=center|''[[El Juramento]]'' |
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|colspan="2" bgcolor="#FF00FF" rowspan="5" align=center|''[[Doña Bárbara (Telemundo series)|Doña Bárbara]]'' |
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|colspan="2" bgcolor="#FF00FF" rowspan="5" align=center|''[[Sin Senos no hay Paraíso]] |
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|colspan="4" bgcolor="#F08080" align=center|''Cine Nuestro'' or specials |
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|colspan="4" bgcolor="#F08080" align=center|''Cine de Impacto'' or specials |
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*The movie blocks typically show dubbed Hollywood films, except for ''Cine Nuestro'', which runs Mexican encores. |
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*The Disney anthology, ''[[Disney anthology television series|El Maravilloso Mundo de Disney]]'', airs monthly. |
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== External links == |
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==Stations== |
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* [http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/Newsroom/NewImages/images.php3?img_id=17552 Chambeshi River Floods] at [[NASA Earth Observatory]] |
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*[[List of Telemundo affiliates]] |
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*[[List of programs broadcast by Telemundo]] |
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==See also== |
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{{portalpar|Puerto Rico}} |
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*[[List of United States television networks]] |
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[[Category:Rivers of Zambia]] |
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==External links== |
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*[http://www.telemundo.com Official Site] co-branded Yahoo.com site in Spanish |
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*[http://nbcumv.com/telemundo/listings.nbc Official Schedule] |
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*[http://www.tepuy.com/ Telemundo International] |
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*[http://www.museum.tv/archives/etv/T/htmlT/telemundo/telemundo.htm Telemundo], from the [[Museum of Broadcast Communications]] website |
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*[http://www.nbcumv.com/telemundo NBC Universal's media village website] |
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The Chambeshi River (also known as the Chambezi River) is a river in northeastern Zambia. It is the furthest headstream of the Congo River in terms of length. (However, in terms of volume of water, the Lualaba River is the greater source of the Congo). The Chambeshi rises as a stream in the mountains of northeast Zambia near Lake Tanganyika at an elevation of 1760 metres above sea level. It flows for 480km into the Bangweulu Swamps, which are part of Lake Bangweulu, and by the end of the rainy season in May, it delivers a flood which recharges the swamps and inundates a vast floodplain to the southeast, supporting the Bangweulu Wetlands ecosystem. The water then flows out of the swamps as the Luapula River.[1]
For more than 100 km of its length as it flows to the east of Kasama the river consists of a maze of channels in swamps about 2 km wide, in a floodplain up to 25 km wide. Further downstream, where it is bridged by the Kasama-Mpika road and the Tazara Railway, the permanent main channel is about 100 m wide, and up to 400 m wide in flood.[2]
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