[2] That was interpreted as an evidence of the political circumstances in the last years of Sandinistas rule with a more open and tolerant policy towards the opposition.
With Violeta Chamorro's triumph in the 1990 elections, the network was dismantled[3][4] and Canal 6 became part of The National Television System (Sistema Nacional de Televisión - SNTV) until 1997 when it was legally declared in bankruptcy under Arnoldo Alemán's government.
[5] In the beginning, because of the economic blockade imposed by the United States, the SSTV programming was composed of US series and Cuban productions used to educate according to the new government's ideology.
[4] However, with the help of European professionals (especially from Soviet bloc countries) and Cubans, the network created programs of ample remembrance among the Nicaraguan population while at the same time forming talents that would influence the Nicaraguan television scene.
Among the programs produced by SSTV are La Liga del Saber, El Chocoyito Chimbarón, Domingos Espectaculares (Spectacular Sundays) and several documentaries about the Sandinista Revolution.