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Canal 4

Managua television channel that signs its site “Canal 4 Noticias de Nicaragua y el Mundo”; it reported Nicaragua as host of the WBSC U-23 Baseball World Cup, 6–15 November 2026.
✓ Last reviewed: September 2026
ChannelCanal 4 Nicaragua, Managua, per its own site
Ownership, as monitoredCanal 4 is among the channels RSF says the Ortega-Murillo family controls (2026 entry)
Web locationcanal4.com.ni; sports on the path canal4.com.ni/deportes

What is Canal 4?

Canal 4 is a Nicaraguan television channel. Its site carries the line “© 2026 Canal 4 Nicaragua. Todos Los Derechos Reservados.”, gives an address in Managua, “De la Estatua de Montoya 1 cuadra al Sur, 1 cuadra al Este”, and signs itself “Canal 4 Noticias de Nicaragua y el Mundo”.[1][2]

Ownership, as monitored. Reporters Without Borders, in its 2026 entry for Nicaragua, states: “The Ortega-Murillo family has taken direct control of several national media outlets, including TV channels Canal 8, 4, 9, and 13, as well as radio stations such as Radio Ya and Radio Sandino, transforming the media landscape into a tool for government propaganda and silencing dissenting voices.”[3] The pages of Canal 4's site retrieved name no owning company, and no licence record from the regulator TELCOR was retrieved.

Its sports news is published on the path canal4.com.ni/deportes of the parent domain.[2]

What does Canal 4 cover?

As retrieved on 26 September 2026, the home page carried items dated that day, and the first page of the sports section listed ten items from 11 to 20 September 2026.[1][2]

Domestic baseball. On Saturday 26 September 2026 it reported that the official choice of reinforcements for the semi-finals of the “Campeonato Nacional de Béisbol Superior Germán Pomares Ordóñez 2026” had been made that morning in the Salón CONADERFI of the Instituto Nicaragüense de Deportes, for Estelí, the Indios del Bóer, Granada and Rivas.[7] On 19 September 2026 it reported the quarter-final reinforcements of the “Campeonato Nacional de Béisbol Superior Comandante Germán Pomares Ordóñez 2026”, with eight teams in that round.[4] On 18 September it carried “Bermúdez, Montealto y Orozco firman una temporada histórica en el Pomares 2026”.[2]

Boxing. It reported the card “Puños Patrios”, held in Managua on the night of Friday 18 September 2026 and organised by Güegüense Box Promotions, with 11 bouts; in the main event Cristofer Rosales, whom it calls a former world champion without naming a body, beat the Venezuelan Isaac Arias by unanimous decision, and Roxana Mendoza defended a Fedelatin title at 115 pounds.[5]

Football and institutions. It carried “FENIFUT incorpora a Armando Archundia como nuevo Director de Arbitraje” on 18 September, and on 11 September an item on the IND's distribution of sports equipment.[2]

The U-23 World Cup. On 3 September 2026 it reported that Nicaragua will host, for the first time, the Copa Mundial de Béisbol U23 2026 of the WBSC, “del 6 al 15 de noviembre”, at the Estadio Nacional Soberanía in Managua, the Estadio Roberto Clemente in Masaya and the Estadio Rigoberto López Pérez in León, with twelve teams; it placed Nicaragua in Group A with Australia, Chinese Taipei, Puerto Rico, Panama and Czechia.[6] The tournament had not begun on 26 September 2026.

International. The section also carried LaLiga, the Premier League, the UEFA Champions League and Major League Baseball.[2]

How large is Canal 4's audience?

No audited television audience, ratings or web-traffic figure for Canal 4 was retrieved, and no Nicaraguan audience-measurement body publishing channel figures was found. The regulator TELCOR's statistics pages could not be retrieved.

Since when has Canal 4 existed?

No founding or licensing date for Canal 4 was retrieved. The channel's site has no retrievable page about the company, and the regulator TELCOR's licence information could not be retrieved.

The site was publishing sport on 26 September 2026.[7]

Why does Canal 4 matter in Nicaragua's sport?

Canal 4 reported Nicaragua's hosting of the WBSC U-23 Baseball World Cup of November 2026 with its dates, venues and group, and in September 2026 it covered the national baseball championship, domestic boxing cards and FENIFUT.[6][4][5] It reported in the same article that Nicaragua had won the “medalla de bronce en 2024” at the edition played in Shaoxing, China.[6]

Reporters Without Borders names Canal 4 among the television channels it says the Ortega-Murillo family has taken direct control of; that is the monitor's statement, quoted in full above.[3]

References

  1. Canal 4 Nicaragua — home page (items, address and copyright line as retrieved 26 September 2026). Accessed 2026-09-26.
  2. Canal 4 Nicaragua — Deportes (sports path of canal4.com.ni; items as retrieved 26 September 2026). Accessed 2026-09-26.
  3. Reporters Without Borders — Nicaragua, 2026 World Press Freedom Index country page (media landscape, political context). Accessed 2026-09-26.
  4. Canal 4 — Pomares 2026 define sus refuerzos para unos Cuartos de Final de máxima intensidad (19 September 2026). Accessed 2026-09-26.
  5. Canal 4 — Cristofer Rosales regresa con victoria y Roxana Mendoza defiende su título en una exitosa velada de «Puños Patrios» (19 September 2026). Accessed 2026-09-26.
  6. Canal 4 — Nicaragua hará historia como sede del Mundial de Béisbol U23 2026 (3 September 2026). Accessed 2026-09-26.
  7. Canal 4 — Refuerzos definidos: así quedaron las plantillas de los semifinalistas del Pomares 2026 (26 September 2026). Accessed 2026-09-26.