Todelar is a system of radio stations that covers all of Colombia, founded in 1953 by Bernardo Tobón de la Roche.
[2] Radio Continental, also in Bogotá, had this role until 2016, having joined Todelar[3] (an acronym of the last names of its founder) in 1957.
The programme was cancelled December 2016,[2] a few weeks before Radio Continental was sold[4] to Cadena Radial Vida, a network owned by an evangelical group whose leader is Eduardo Cañas.
[6] Todelar had its golden era in the 1960s and 1970s, broadcasting live sports events such as the Vuelta a Colombia, and the 1966 FIFA World Cup,[6] or radioplays like La ley contra el hampa, a crime drama, or the Colombian version of the Mexican hit Kalimán.
[3] After these years, Todelar has seen itself in disadvantage vis-à-vis rival networks RCN Radio and Caracol Radio, being in a slow decline since the 1990s; since Todelar is essentially a media company it has found difficult to compete in equal terms with those networks, owned by huge corporate conglomerates (Organización Ardila Lülle and PRISA, respectively).