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As much as I hate Fox News and have even deprogrammed the channel out of my remote control, I wouldn't support it's removal from the air.

Venezuela's most-watched television station -- and outlet for the political opposition -- went off the air after the government refused to renew its broadcast license.



Radio Caracas Television (RCTV), which has been broadcasting for 53 years, was replaced by a state-run station -- TVes -- on Monday. The new station's logo began running immediately after RCTV went off the air.



Leading up to the deadline, police on Sunday used water cannons and what appeared to be tear gas to break up thousands of demonstrators protesting the government's decision to close the country's most-watched television station.



The protest began in front of National Telecommunications Commission headquarters after members of the National Guard seized broadcast equipment, including antennas, the result of a Supreme Court order on Friday.



During the clash, two or three bullets were shot into a nearby traffic light, police said. Soon afterward, the director of the Metropolitan Police, Juan Francisco Romero, pointed to the light, and said on television that police were "not going to accept the situation."



It was not immediately clear who had fired the shots.



Police told The Associated Press that at least four officers were slightly injured after some of the protesters threw rocks and bottles.



After police stopped using the water cannons, the crowd regrouped, and video of the scene showed a peaceful mood, with people waving flags and chanting as night fell.



Inside the studios of Radio Caracas Television, employees cried and chanted "Freedom!" on camera, AP reported.



"We are living an injustice," presenter Eyla Adrian said, according to AP. "I wish that tonight would never come."