EPTV Ribeirão (channel 7) is a television station in Ribeirão Preto, São Paulo, Brazil, affiliated with TV Globo, member of EPTV and owned by Grupo EP. EPTV Ribeirão's studios are located on Javari Street, in the Ipiranga district, and its transmitter is located in the Alto do Ipiranga district. The station received its construction permit alongside the head station in Campinas in the mid-1970s[1] and started broadcasting in 1980.
Digital television
EPTV Ribeirão started its transmissions in experimental character on January 27, 2009, over UHF channel 42. The official launching occurred only in October 1, during Jornal da EPTV, in the same date that EPTV celebrated 30 years of foundation.[2]
Transition to digital signal
The station turned off its analog signal, over VHF channel 12, on January 17, 2018, as part of the federally mandated transition from analog to digital television. After switching off, EPTV Ribeirão changed its physical channel, from UHF 42 to 25.[3]
References
- Television Factbook 1977, retrieved 31 March 2021^
- Redation. EPTV de Ribeirão Preto estreia a transmissão com sinal digitalizado Folha de S.Paulo, October 2, 2009, retrieved October 6, 2024^
- Redation. TV digital: EPTV desliga o sinal analógico em 45 cidades da região de Ribeirão Preto G1, February 22, 2018, retrieved October 6, 2024^