Emissoras Pioneiras de Televisão

Emissoras Pioneiras de Televisão (Pioneer Television Stations, in English), best known as EPTV, is a Brazilian network that is affiliated with TV Globo. The network has four stations: three in São Paulo and one in Minas Gerais.

EPTV
TypeBroadcast television network
Country
AvailabilityCampinas, Ribeirão Preto, São Carlos and Varginha
Founded1 October 1979
by José Bonifácio Coutinho Nogueira
Launch date
1 October 1979
Former names
TV Campinas (1979-1989), TV Riberão (1980-1989), TV Sul de Minas (1988-1989)
Callsign meaning
Emissoras Pioneiras de Televisão
Affiliation(s)TV Globo (1979-)
GroupEmissoras Pioneiras de Televisão (Empresas Paulistas de Televisão S/A)
Official website
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The group received aonstruction permits for channel 12 in Campinas (station started October 1, 1979) and channel 7 in Ribeirão Preto (station started 1980) in the mid-1970s, with the company being known as Empresa Paulista de Televisão Ltda. (Paulistan Television Company).[1]

Stations

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Name Call sign Digital channel
Virtual channel
City State First air date ANATEL ID
EPTV Campinas ZYB 859 25/12.1 Campinas São Paulo 1 November 1979 57dbab84a4e68
EPTV Ribeirão ZYB 860 25/7.1 Ribeirão Preto 12 November 1980 57dbab83c1852
EPTV Central ZYB 870 25/6.1 São Carlos 1 July 1989[a] 57dbab93b46a4
EPTV Sul de Minas ZYA 732 42/5.1 Varginha Minas Gerais 8 August 1988 57dbaad41aadc

Local programs

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Notes

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  1. ^ ZYB 870 began transmitting on 1 July 1989 as a translator of ZYB 869; it became a separate station on 25 January 1991.

References

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  1. ^ "Television Factbook" (PDF). 1977. p. 1094-b. Retrieved 31 March 2021.
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