Claim 148

Radio Candelaria was the last station still opposing the coup to go off the air, losing its signal minutes before La Moneda, the presidential palace, was bombed.

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

Statement: Radio Candelaria was the last station still opposing the coup to go off the air, losing its signal minutes before La Moneda, the presidential palace, was bombed.
Field: effect_on_reporting
Value: Radio Candelaria last station off air
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

Radio Candelaria was the last station opposing the coup to go off the air, losing its signal just minutes before La Moneda was bombed at 11:52 a.m.