RPC Foz do Iguaçu is a Brazilian television station, headquartered in

Foz do Iguaçu Foz do Iguaçu (; "Iguazu River mouth"), colloquially referred to as Foz, is the Brazilian city on the border of Iguaçu Falls. Foz in Portuguese language, Portuguese means the mouth or end of a river and Iguaçu in Guarani language, Guarani or Tup ...

, a city in the state of Paraná, located on the Paraguayan border. It operates on channel 5 (35 UHF digital) and is affiliated with

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. It belongs to the Paranaense Communication Group (GRPCOM, former RPC Group). Its signal reaches some cities in

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, and even some points in

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, which are part of the border with Brazil, by means of spillover.

History

The station was the second in Foz do Iguaçu to be founded locally, nearly four years after TV Naipi, currently a part of Rede Massa's statewide network. TV Cataratas made its first broadcast on July 1, 1989. The license, signed by

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José Sarney, served at the benefit of businessman Francisco Cunha Pereira, the main shareholder of Rede Paranaense de Televisão. With its launch, RPTV now had four stations. At launch, the station hired journalist Dina Oro, formerly from TV Naipi. At the beginning, the station broadcast from a rented house in the city center, with reports being produced at the Telepar tower. The station reported events that often had international relevance, including official visits of heads of state to the Iguaçu Falls. On October 6, 2008, RPC TV Cataratas started producing the entirety of the first edition of Paraná TV locally, becoming the only such station to do so in the interior of the state.

Technical information

Subchannels

Digital broadcasts started on December 7, 2010, with significant overspill in the Paraguayan and Argentine sides of the border. RPC spent R$3,5 million in implementing the technology. For this end, the TV tower in Foz do Iguaçu was illuminated by LED lights, in red, green and white until December 25, and, from December 26 to January 1, for the new year, in blue and green, RPC's colors.

References

{{reflist Television channels and stations established in 1989 Television stations in Brazil TV Globo affiliates 1989 establishments in Brazil