RPC Maringá is a Brazilian television station based in Maringá, PR. It operates on channel 8 (41 UHF digital) and is affiliated with TV Globo. It belongs to the Paranaense Communication Group (GRPCom), in addition to generating local programming.
History
Dom Jaime Luiz Coelho founded the station in 1972, obtaining a license to operate on channel 8. Dom Jaime was its founding president. The building already had its facilities built in January 1975 in the facilities formerly occupied by Instituto Filadélfia de Maringá, who vacated the premises in the previous year. The station had a 60-meter transmitter installed, which at the time was one of the highest in Brazil.The station started operating in September 1975 and covers 69 municipalities in the regions of Maringá,
Campo Mourão,
Ivaiporã,
Jandaia do Sul,
Astorga and
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, region estimated to have 1,1 million viewers. It initially was a partial affiliate of
Rede Bandeirantes
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and
TV Gazeta, while having
REI as its main affiliation. The new station also had an agreement with
TV Paranaense where it relayed ''Jornal do Meio-Dia'' from Curitiba. Broadcasts started at 11:30am and ended at 11pm. Throughout the week, the station also aired a handful of American series, ''
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'', ''
Cannon
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, ''
Bonanza
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'' and ''
Hawaii Five-O''.
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The station became a Globo affiliate on April 1, 1976, while simultaneously improving the quality of its transmitters and equipment. On July 25, 1978, José Roberto Marinho of the Globo network became its majority shareholder, definitively becoming a part of Rede Paranaense de Televisão and its first inland station. The change in ownership led to the local output being reduced to the noon news service.][ In the mid-1980s, it had the widest coverage among Paraná's TV stations.][A TELEVISÃO E O PALÁCIO: concessões e desenvolvimento das emissoras e redes televisivas no Paraná (1954-1985)]
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The local edition of Paraná TV gained a new set on May 31, 2011.
Technical information
Subchannels
The station closed its analog signal on November 28, 2018.Sinal analógico vai acabar em 155 cidades paranaenses; saiba se a sua está entre elas
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References
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Television channels and stations established in 1975
Television stations in Brazil
TV Globo affiliates
1972 establishments in Brazil