Eduardo Sepúlveda Whittle

Eduardo Sepúlveda Whittle (16 April 1910 – 16 August 1993) was a Chilean journalist, media director and politician of the Christian Democratic Party.

He served as Deputy for the 2nd Departmental Group (Antofagasta, Tocopilla, El Loa and Taltal) from 1961 to 1965.

Biography He began his career in journalism in 1927 in the sports section of La Prensa de Tocopilla, where he eventually became chief of reporting. In 1936 he assumed the same position at El Industrial of Antofagasta, and later worked at El Mercurio de Antofagasta.

In 1939 he moved to Iquique to join El Tarapacá as head of cables and sports, becoming chief of reporting in 1943. Between 1946 and 1948 he was director of that newspaper, and again in 1950.

On 1 August 1955, Osvaldo de Castro, president of the Sociedad de Publicaciones El Tarapacá, appointed him director of El Día in La Serena, El Noticiero Huasquino of Vallenar, and El Amigo del País of Copiapó. He held this position until 1959.

He was also the first director of Canal 8 UCV Televisión in Valparaíso, initially a retransmitter and later with its own production. He left that post on 13 September 1975 when the position of director was eliminated, being replaced by a managerial position.

In 1976 he was elected president of the Philatelic Society of La Serena and Coquimbo.