RIC TV
{{Infobox broadcasting network
|name = RIC
|logo =
|country = Brazil
|available = Paraná
|founder = Mário Gonzaga Petrelli
|key_people = Leonardo Petrelli Neto, Marcello Petrelli.
|foundation = 1986
|affiliation = RecordTV
|website = [http://www.ric.com.br]
}}
RIC TV (Rede Independência de Comunicação or in English Independence Network Communications) is a Brazilian television network affiliated to RecordTV.
History
It was created in 1986 in Curitiba, Paraná, with the founding of Sistema Sul de Comunicação's television network, with TV Independência Curitiba, a Manchete affiliate. Initially it aimed to start broadcasts in September 1986,{{cite news| title=Perfil do homem de atendimento | newspaper=Correio de Notícias | page=20 | publisher=Biblioteca Nacional do Brasil | date=29 June 1986 | url=http://memoria.bn.br/docreader/325538_01/12520 | access-date=29 January 2022 }} but due to commercial considerations from TV Curitiba, which had left Band to affiliate itself with Manchete, only to rejoin Band due to ratings issues,{{cite news| author= | title=TV Curitiba, TV da cidade | newspaper=Correio de Notícias | page=19 | publisher=Biblioteca Nacional do Brasil | date=20 July 1986 | url=http://memoria.bn.br/docreader/325538_01/12887 | access-date=29 January 2022 }} the main station started broadcasting in July when TV Curitiba change affiliations.{{cite news| title=Vamos olhar para fora | newspaper=Correio de Notícias | page=20 | publisher=Biblioteca Nacional do Brasil | date=27 July 1986 | url=http://memoria.bn.br/docreader/325538_01/13010 | access-date=29 January 2022 }} In 1989, the group set up a station in Guarapuava,{{cite web| title=Nova Emissora| publisher=Correio de Notícias| date=1 December 1989 | url= http://memoria.bn.br/DocReader/DocReader.aspx?bib=325538_01&Pesq=SSC%20Guarapuava&pagfis=36400| access-date=18 October 2020 }} which was sold in 1993 and is now RPC Guarapuava.
When Edir Macedo's Record network bought 30% of the company's shares, the stations became affiliated with the network.{{cite web| last=Lobato | first=Elvira | title=Universal dobra posse de TVs e vira 3ª rede | publisher=Folha de S.Paulo | date=26 November 1995 | url=https://www1.folha.uol.com.br/fsp/1995/11/26/brasil/20.html | access-date=29 January 2022 }} In 2008, the group started to operate in Santa Catarina and lasted until 2019, when the assets in the state were sold to Grupo ND as NDTV.
List of stations
= Paraná =
- RIC TV Curitiba (Curitiba) - 7
- RIC TV Cornélio Procópio (Cornélio Procópio) - 12
- RIC TV Maringá (Maringá) - 13
- RIC TV Toledo (Toledo) - 7
References
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{{Television in Brazil}}
Category:Television networks in Brazil
Category:Portuguese-language television networks
Category:Television channels and stations established in 1987
Category:Mass media in Curitiba
Category:Companies based in Curitiba
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