RIC TV (Rede Independência de Comunicação or in English Independence Network Communications) is a Brazilian television network affiliated to

RecordTV Record (stylized in uppercase; ), formerly known as Rede Record and RecordTV, is a Brazilian free-to-air television network. It is currently the second largest commercial TV station in Brazil, and the 28th largest in the 2012 world ranking. In ...

History

It was created in 1986 in

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, 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, 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, the main station started broadcasting in July when TV Curitiba change affiliations. In 1989, the group set up a station in

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, which was sold in 1993 and is now

RPC Guarapuava RPC Guarapuava is a Brazilian television station, headquartered in Guarapuava, a city in the state of Paraná. It operates on channel 2 (32 UHF digital) and is affiliated with TV Globo. History The station was founded on November 25, 1989, as TV ...

. When Edir Macedo's Record network bought 30% of the company's shares, the stations became affiliated with the network. 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 (

) - 7 *RIC TV Cornélio Procópio ( Cornélio Procópio) - 12 *RIC TV Maringá (

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) - 13 *RIC TV Toledo ( Toledo) - 7

References

Television networks in Brazil RecordTV affiliates Portuguese-language television networks Television channels and stations established in 1987 Mass media in Curitiba Companies based in Curitiba {{Brazil-tv-stub