Emissoras Pioneiras de Televisão

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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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.

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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