He studied his primary education at Liceo 14 (today Liceo Polivalente Juan Gómez Millas) in El Bosque, in Santiago.
Radio career In 1968, he made his debut working as an announcer on Radio Carrera. The following year he moved to Radio Corporación, which is where he was as the
1973 military coup occurred. Later he worked at Radio Balmaceda (1973-1975) and Radio Portales de Santiago, where he conducted Portaleando la Mañana between 1976 and May 1988. He worked for Radio Portales, Radio Gigante (June 1988-September 1989), Radio Monumental (October 1989-December 1991), Radio Chilena (February 1992-May 1999), Radio Romance (July 1999), Radio Para Ti (August 1999-December 2006) and Radio Cooperativa (July 2008-January 2019), where he hosted
Tus años cuentan.
Television career His television debut was hosted on Channel 13, where he participated as a co-host in the Student Championship (1973-1974) and as a presenter in
El tribunal de la risa (1979). He was one of the faces that participated in the first Chilean
Teletón, which was held in 1978. Later, he worked at
Canal 11, where he hosted the
Cordialmente broadcast at noon between 1988 and 1991. The novelty of the program came from putting viewers on the air through telephone calls, which was a "permanent resource for Videla". Later on, he emigrated to
Megavisión, where he was the host of programs such as
Acompáñeme (1992-1995) —which followed the format and schedule of
Cordialmente—,
Juntemonos con Julio (1996-1998), and the satellite program
Acompáñeme al Festival (1994-1996, 1998-1999), which as a part of the
Viña del Mar International Song Festival. After a brief stint at
UCV Televisión (2000-2001), where he hosted
Ruta 68 along with
Vanessa Reiss, he returned to
Canal 13, where he hosted
Con ustedes (2002-2004). After that, he had sporadic appearances on television whilst staying in the radio business. == Death ==