1997 in Spanish television
This is a list of Spanish television related events in 1997.
Events
Unknown: TV channels Canal 4 Navarra and Canal Nostalgia starts broadcasting.31 January: The satellite broadcasting platform Vía Digital is launched.7 February: Fernando López-Amor is appointed Director General de RTVE. 13 March: Talk show Tómbola, debuts in regional channels Canal 9, Telemadrid y Canal Sur, and sets a new and polemic way to approach celebs news.24 July: Telefónica becomes major stateholder of Antena 3.15 September:- * Canal 24 horas News TV Channel is launched.
- * TV channel Locomotion starts broadcasting.1 October: TV channel Viajar starts broadcasting.9 October: TV channel Canal Nou Dos starts broadcasting.2 December: Consuelo Álvarez de Toledo is appointed press ombudsman in Antena 3.31 December: Comic duo Martes y Trece star their last show together, before splitting.
Foreign series debuts in Spain
Deaths
- 30 January – Cayetano Luca de Tena, 80, director.
- 22 May – José Antonio Silva, 59, host.
- 5 October – Federico Gallo, 67, Host.
- 19 October – Pilar Miró, 57, director.