América Televisión

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América Television (Compañía Peruana de Radiodifusión S.A.)

Type	television network
Country	Peru
Availability	National
Founder	Televisa Group
Slogan	"America always in your life", "Spanish: América siempre en tu vida"
Owner	El Comercio Group La República Group Caracol Televisión
Key people	Federico Salazar Rosa Maria Palacios
Launch date	circa 1958
Past names	Telecentro Canal Cuatro (1974-1980)
Website	www.americatv.com.pe

America Television or (Spanish: América Televisión), better known as America-TV, is a Peruvian television network. It was founded in December 15th 1958 by Antonio Umbert F., Nicanor Gonzalez V. and Avelino Aramburu, the Televisa Group bought America TV in 1992 and eventually led all operations on the station for almost a decade until 1990s, with The Crousillat Group led by José Enrique Crousillat López Torres and José Francisco Cruosillat Carreño who became the CEO's of the station throughout 1990s, until the fall of Fujimori's term, when the station was again purchased by El Comercio Group and La República Group.

The station is currently the most watched television station in Peru, with daily morning shows such as Laura Huarcayo's `Lima Limon. America also produces popular soap operas such as "Luz Maria" and "Asi Es La Vida", and it produced a reality show, "El Reto del Inca", that gave an award of a million soles.

Other TV shows in the channel include: "Habacilar" hosted by Raul Romero with co-hostRoger Del Aguila and models Tracy Freundt, Anahi De Cardenas, Thalia Estabridis and Maria Paz González, "Cinescape" hosted by Bruno Pinasco, "Recargados de Risa" with the crowd composed by Mariela Zanetti, Martin Farfan, Karen Dejo, Edwin Sierra, Oscar Galloso and Daisy Ontaneda, "Prensa Libre" hosted by the journalist Rosa Maria Palacios, "Maria Pia Y Timoteo" hosted by Maria Pia Copello and Timoteo, "Cuarto Poder" hosted by Raul Tola de Carreño and Sol Carreño, "Teatro desde el Teatro" with its main actor Ricky Tosso and "Yala" which is a Sunday TV bingo show.