Informe Semanal

Informe Semanal (lit. transl. Weekly Report) is a weekly Spanish television news magazine broadcast on La 1 of Televisión Española (TVE). Debuting on 31 March 1973, it is the second longest-running national television program in the history of television in Spain, just behind the daily newscast Telediario, on air since 15 September 1957.[lower-alpha 1]

Informe Semanal
GenreNews magazine
Created byPedro Erquicia
Directed byJosé Carlos Gallardo Corullón
Presented byAna Blanco
Country of originSpain
Original languageSpanish
No. of seasons50
Production
Running time60 minutes
Release
Original networkLa 1 (TVE)
Original releaseMarch 31, 1973 (1973-03-31) 
present

Informe Semanal is produced by Televisión Española news services and besides on La 1, it is broadcast on 24 Horas news channel, on TVE Internacional and on RTVE Play. Previous editions are also available on the online platform on demand.

With 50 years on air, it is referred as the milestone television news magazine in Europe and it is Televisión Española's most awarded program.[2]

Format

The program's format is based on the American program 60 Minutes from CBS, that consists of four reports about themes as current affairs, economy, politics, society and culture. Each report lasts around 10–15 minutes.

History

Informe Semanal started broadcast on 31 March 1973, then titled Semanal Informativo and hosted by José Antonio Silva and directed by Pedro Erquicia. Since then they have issued more than 6,000 reports.

In 1978 Erquicia left the direction of the program and was replaced by Jorge Martínez Reverte and for some time the format was changed and live interviews were featured.

In January 2021, the journalist Cristina Olea interviewed former US President Barack Obama for Informe Semanal.[3]

Directors

  • Pedro Erquicia (1973–1978)
  • Rafael Martínez Dubán (1978–1981)
  • Ramón Colom (1981–1987)
  • Jorge Martínez Reverte (1988)
  • Baltasar Magro (1988–1989)
  • María Antonia Iglesias (1989–1990)
  • Elena Martí (1990)
  • Ana Ramírez Cañil (1990–1991)
  • Fernando López Agudín (1991–1994)
  • Manuel Sánchez Pereira (1994–1996)
  • Baltasar Magro (1996–2004)
  • Alicia Gómez Montano (2004–2012)
  • Jenaro Castro (2012–2018)
  • Óscar González Fernández (2018–2022)
  • José Carlos Gallardo Corullón (2022–present)

Hosts

Notes

  1. Some current programs in TVE's regional variations are older than Informe Semanal such as the Canarian regional newscast Telecanarias on air since 26 April 1971, or the regional musical program Tenderete on air since 7 September 1971.[1]

References

  1. Gonzalo, José Miguel (13 September 2020). "50 years of TVE in the Canary Islands, memories". La Provincia (in Spanish). Retrieved 9 July 2023.
  2. http://www.elcorreoweb.es/television/016662/informe/semanal/cumple/anos
  3. "Entrevista con Obama. Informe Semanal" [Interview with Obama. Informe Semanal]. RTVE (in Spanish). 30 January 2021. Retrieved 30 August 2022.


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