1998 Chilean telethon

Chilean Telethon's logo

The 1998 Chilean telethon (December 4-5, 1988) was the 15th version of the solidarity campaign conducted in Chile. The theme of this version was "We All Matter." Happily surpassing the target, raising CL$ 6,029,912,577 (Total at 00:57 on December 6, delivered at the National Stadium of Chile). the poster girl was Scarlett Barrientos. This edition was performed after 24 months without Telethon, because in December 1997 Chilean parliamentary elections were held.

As a curiosity, TVN had a strike during the buildup to the show. It was due to proposed salary reductions affecting all employees of the state channel. The strike caused Channel 13 to send their cameramen to cover the transmission with TVN cameras, otherwise it would have had to suspend nearly half of the show. Mario Kreutzberger, in an interview on Teletrece, thanked Channel 13 for carrying out this action. However, state television reached an agreement at 0:00 on December 6, 1998, almost when the Telethon was finished.

"Let me take this moment to give special thanks to Channel 13, not because I belong to Channel 13, but because Channel 13 at the last minute covered much of the transmission with equipment that if we had not had, we would have had to suspend nearly half the show for reasons everybody knows."

Two countries with the same dream

In that year, 1998, it was a coincidence that just as Chile was making the 15th Telethon, in Mexico on the same day the 2nd edition of the Mexican Telethon was being made, with the famous artist and singer Lucero as leading entertainer. This permitted three contacts to be made between the two programs via satellite, these link-ups were made at 03:00, 11:30, and 18:30, Chile Summer Time (GMT-3), on December 5. During these links, both countries mutually dedicated songs of encouragement to motivate both the Chilean and the Mexican public, in addition the entertainers exchanged information about the progress of their collections.

Computing

TimeTotal en pesos
22.16 (Dec. 4)[1] $ 10,479
23.40 $ 171,826,314
05.03 (Dec. 5) $ 341,940,275
11.00 $ 600,103,059
13.30 $ 849,368,110
16.18 $ 1,299,193,432
19.01 $ 1,950,774,305
19.37 $ 2,301,420,662
20.25 $ 2,743,622,981
21.09 $ 3,289,421,688
22.29 $ 3,609,336,438
23.04 $ 4,045,075,519
23.31 $ 4,480,670,315
00.08 (Dec. 6) $ 4,947,131,908
00.34 $ 5,420,783,116
00.57 $ 6,029,912,577

Sponsors

Company Product Donation (in pesos)
188 CTC MundoTelephone Services$103,100,188
Arroz TucapelRice$44,295,920
Babysan de PampersBaby's Nappies$46,195,905
Banco de ChileBanking$110,000,000
Bilz y PapBeer$60,225,255
Bon o Bon de ArcorCakes$41,585,400
CachantunMineral Water$45,336,855
Cerveza CristalBeer$62,416,787
Cocinero TrisolCooking Oil$44,051,579
ColúnCheese$43,371,136
Dos en UnoBiscuits$57,920,394
EliteToilet Paper$50,470,800
HasbroToys$37,401,309
Imán de LoteríaBetting$78,635,926
Johnson's ClothesClothing$40,140,000
Laboratorio ChilePharmaceuticals$73,267,500
Lan ChileAirline$107,000,000
Líder (Tarea)Supermarket$201,724,403
LomitónFast Food$142,500,000
LucchettiCakes$44,000,000
OmoDetergent$62,548,650
PepsodentToothpaste$60,361,791
RipleyChainstore$40,190,825
SavoryIcecreams$42,300,000
Shampoo LinicShampoo$52,325,470
SoproleMilk and Yoghurt$85,149,937
Super PolloChicken Products$48,504,642
Té SupremoTea$41,931,470
ZukoPowdered Drinks$40,570,000
Donación total-$1,907,522,742

Artists

National singers

International singers

Comedians

Children's section

Adult's section

Transmission

References

  1. ↑ First donation made by the poster girl, Telethon, 1998.

External links