1996 in Spanish television
This is a list of Spanish television related events in 1996.
Events
Unknown: TV channel Odisea starts broadcasting.16 April: Corporate groups Correo and Prensa Española, later merged as Vocento purchase 25% share of Channel Telecinco, up to that time owned by ONCE.10 May: Mónica Ridruejo is appointed Director General of RTVE.15 May: Alejandro Echevarría is appointed Chief executive officer of Telecinco.14 December: Spain wins the Festival de la OTI with the song En mis manos, by Anabel Russ.Foreign series debuts in Spain
Births
- 26 January – María Pedraza, actress.
- 21 February – Gloria Camila Ortega, pundit.
- 25 April – Miguel Herrán, actor.
- 4 July – Sofía Suescun, pundit.
Deaths
- 7 January – Daniel Vindel, host, 64.
- 17 January – Pilar Trenas, journalist, 46.
- 17 February – Herta Frankel, marionetista, 83.
- 23 March – Irene Guerrero de Luna, actress de voz, 84.
- 5 April – Encarna Sánchez, hostess, 60.
- 2 May – María Luisa Ponte, actress, 77.
- 9 June – Rafaela Aparicio, actress, 90.
- 9 July – Aurora Redondo, actress, 96.
- 18 July – Javier Escrivá, actor, 65.
- 24 July – Nacho Martínez, actor, 44.
- 2 September – José María Comesaña, journalist, 47.
- 5 December – David Cubedo, host, 81.
- 27 December – Julián Mateos, actor, 58.