500 cutting-edge programs! Learn interesting facts about Con El Mazo Dando

Published at: 23/10/2024 02:03 PM

Con El Mazo Dando reaches its 500th edition this Wednesday. In all these years, the program has evolved with new segments, special guests, presentations of musical groups, among other things that have served to reach every home of the Venezuelan family.

In that sense, here is a summary of the most important data from your Con El Mazo Dando program, which continues to be at the forefront of communication in defense of the truth in Venezuela:

1. 500 programs on the air are equivalent in duration to 99 continuous days, which corresponds to 2,376 hours broadcast and 18,800 hours of technical editing.

2. To date, 13,500 videos have been made for the show and social networks, equivalent to 28,350 hours of production.

3. The first program aired on Monday, February 10, 2014.

4. Initially, the program was broadcast on Mondays. It was later broadcast on Thursdays and finally moved to Wednesday time for good, to date.

5. Since its premiere, there have been 20 special programs outside the regular schedule (Tuesday, Thursday, Friday and Saturday).

6. The first special guest on the show was President Nicolás Maduro in the first broadcast.

7. The show's first tag was #RodillaEnTierraConNicolásMaduro, used in the second broadcast on February 17, 2014.

8. In program 13, the Squadron Cara 'e Tabla segment was implemented for the first time.

9. On July 31, 2014, the first program with an audience (number 23) was held at the facilities of the Teresa Carreño Theater.

10. On program 19, broadcast on July 3, 2014, a letter from a cooperating patriot was read for the first time.

11. “Con El Mazo Dando” has had 199 Cooperating Patriots, some of them are: Patriota Valle Arriba Country Club, Patriota Patricio El Maracucho, Patriota VIP, Patriota Chuito Salazar López, Patriota La Gomela, Patriota Pejoteco, Patriota El Cronista, Patriota Trucutrú, Patriota Mundo, Patriota Pancho, Patriota Chirulí and Patriota Periquito, among others.

12. During the 25th issue, dated August 14, 2014, the segment To Remember Is To Live (Newspaper Library) was implemented for the first time.

13. Program 36 was the first to be broadcast outside of Caracas, in the state of Carabobo. Since then, 130 broadcasts have been made in the country's 24 states, with more than 46 cities visited.

14. The anniversaries were implemented starting with program 38, broadcast on November 12, 2014.

15. In program 49, the iconic wooden deck appears for the first time as part of the scenography.

16. Program 50, broadcast on February 12, 2015, was the only one in which Diosdado Cabello wore a suit and tie.

17. Diosdado Cabello made broadcast 51 with a hand injury.

18. In program 57, the song “Rain Drops” performed by Daniela Cabello premiered.

19. On June 10, 2015, the first program not hosted by Diosdado Cabello took place. Jorge Rodríguez moderated the 65th broadcast, with Víctor Clark as special guest.

20. On July 15, 2015, the first presidential pass was made for the 70th program. In total, 16 programs have been carried out with the participation of the Head of State through telephone contact and live appearances, being the most invited personality to Con El Mazo Dando.

21. Starting with broadcast number 74, broadcast from Ciudad Bolívar, there was live music.

22. On September 23, 2015, program 79 took place, the first to be broadcast from El Furrial, Monagas state.

23. In the 108 program, the billboard segment was implemented for the first time, on May 18, 2016.

24. Starting in 2018, the program began to be broadcast live on social networks.

25. In the 143 program, the iconic #AquíNoSeHablaMalDeChávez tag was launched.

26. In the 292 program, the quarantine began due to the COVID-19 pandemic, with the launch of the hashtag #QuédateEnCasa.

27. On July 1, 2020, the program was suspended for 60 days due to the infection of Diosdado Cabello with COVID-19, and the live broadcast resumed with broadcast 309 on September 2, 2020.

28. The program was sanctioned by the European Union (EU) on February 22, 2021.

29. The first time that the digital billboard was implemented was in program 473, dated April 24, 2024.

30. The program with the least hours of production and technical assembly was the 488, in just 4 hours. That special broadcast began with only 2 finished videos, the rest of the production was ready during the development of the live program.

31. On August 7, 2024, during program 489, Diosdado Cabello displayed an award plate sent by YouTube, exceeding 100,000 subscribers on his channel, Con El Mazo Dando. As he predicted at the time, the social network closed his channel less than a week after granting him the badge.

32. On broadcast 494, Bar 5 Letras was presented for the first time in the program.

33. To date, 40 special guests have participated.

34. The billboard has been in production for 14,112 hours, equivalent to 588 days of work, since its appearance on the screen in 2016 to date.

35. The program covers 93,962 km of land travel, which is equivalent to 2.4 laps around the earth.

36. To date, 154,712 notes have been published on the Con El Mazo Dando website , with an average of 43 notes per day and 1,292 per month.

Mazo News Team