NDTV Florianópolis (channel 4) is a television station in Florianópolis, Santa Catarina, Brazil, affiliated with Record, flagship station of NDTV and owned by Grupo ND. NDTV Florianópolis' studios and transmitter are located on Avenida do Antão, at the Morro da Cruz.
History
In the mid-80s, the businessman Mário Petrelli decides to resume his investments in communication through an association with Sistema Catarinense de Comunicações, owner of TV Planalto, from Lages, affiliated with SBT, that had a relayer in Florianópolis over VHF channel 4. The channel becomes the generator of TV O Estado, launched in 1987, also affiliated with the network from São Paulo. The association with Sistema Catarinense de Comunicações possibilited the use of some of its relayers.
In 1997, Petrelli dissolved his association with TV Planalto, that continued maintaining the use of the relayers of the channel. In 2000, the association is definitely ended with the creation of Rede SC in December 1, that changed the name of the station to Rede SC Florianópolis.[1]
On February 1, 2008, Rede SC passed to integrate the Grupo RIC, formed by Mário Petrelli in the state of Paraná. With the fusion, its stations become part of RIC TV, changing also the affiliation and migrating to Rede Record. This, by its time, maintained since 1995, three local stations in Florianópolis,