| Broadcast area | Bogotá |
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| Branding | HJCK |
| Slogan | El Mundo en Bogotá |
| Frequency | Online |
| First air date | 15 September 1950 21 November 2005 (online only) |
| Format | Culture |
| Former frequencies | 89.9 MHz (1967-2005) 1160 kHz[1] (1950-1981)[2] |
| Affiliations | Caracol Radio |
| Owner | Independent |
| Website | http://hjck.com/ |
HJCK El Mundo en Bogotá is a Colombian cultural radio station, founded 15 September 1950 and based in Bogotá. Since 2005 its frequency and call signs are leased by Los 40 Principales, a Caracol Radio network. The station became an online-only station.
HJCK was founded by intellectuals Eduardo Caballero Calderón, Hernando and Alfonso Martínez Rueda, Alfonso Peñaranda, Gonzalo Rueda Caro, Álvaro Castaño Castillo[3] and his wife, Gloria Valencia de Castaño, as the first privately owned cultural radio station in Colombia. They bought Radio Granadina, an AM station in Bogotá (HJCK would move to FM in 1967).[3] Its slogan, "El Mundo en Bogotá", comes after one of its first programmes, which included Gabriel García Márquez as its correspondent in Caracas.[4]
In 2000 HJCK expanded its programming, at the time devoted to classical music and cultural programmes, to include other music genres, such as blues, jazz, bossa nova, son cubano, and classic rock.
The station has compiled a series of recordings with voices of famous Colombian and Latin American writers and intellectuals, known as Colección Literaria HJCK.
Due to financial problems, HJCK had to lease its frequency to Caracol Radio.
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