Claim 147

Radio Magallanes was bombed and hit with machine-gun fire around 10 a.m. on the day of the coup, going off the air about 27 minutes later after four of its journalists were arrested.

Published 2026-09-22. Last reviewed 2026-09-22. 1 source.

Statement: Radio Magallanes was bombed and hit with machine-gun fire around 10 a.m. on the day of the coup, going off the air about 27 minutes later after four of its journalists were arrested.
Field: action
Value: Radio Magallanes bombed
About: incident 1973-chile-coup-press-shutdown
Source: 'My September 11': On the 50th anniversary of the coup in Chile, journalists remember living through the start of the dictatorship
Publisher: LatAm Journalism Review, Knight Center for Journalism in the Americas, University of Texas at Austin
Method: outlet report
Checked: 2026-09-22
Confidence: medium
Status: current
Source date: 2023-09-11

Quotation from the source

Less than an hour later, at 10 a.m., Radio Magallanes was bombed and hit with machine-guns.