# 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](https://thewaronnews.com/incidents/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. https://latamjournalismreview.org/articles/my-september-11-on-the-50th-anniversary-of-the-coup-chilean-journalists-recall-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.

Source page: https://thewaronnews.com/claims/147. The War On News, CC BY 4.0.