Overview
- The celebration at Mexico City’s Interactive Museum of Economics was led by Education Secretary Mario Delgado alongside director general Renata Turrent Hegewisch.
- Delgado praised Canal Once as a pillar of public educational and cultural television in Mexico and a reference in Latin America, citing its independence from private interests.
- Organizers honored veteran staff, including 55-year employees Armando Pérez Mora and José Luis Ramírez, as well as Lorena Noemí del Castillo with 47 years and Estela Acosta with 46.
- Speakers revisited milestones such as the first mathematics classes broadcast from the IPN in 1959 and the 1969 antenna move to Cerro del Chiquihuite with the switch to color.
- Channel executives touted its digital reach and said Once Niñas y Niños remains a leading children’s block aligned with the Nueva Escuela Mexicana, while attendees also claimed it now holds Latin America’s longest uninterrupted broadcast, a claim not independently verified in these reports.