RPC Curitiba (channel 12) is a Brazilian television station licensed to Curitiba, Paraná, Brazil, affiliated with TV Globo. The station is the flagship broadcast property of the locally based GRPCOM (Grupo Paranaense de Comunicação) which also owns several other stations under the RPC name in the state. The station's signal broadcasts throughout the Curitiba metropolitan area & its surroundings and its studios and tower are located in the Mercês neighborhood of Curitiba.
History
Nagib Chede travelled to the United States in 1958 to purchase the equipment needed for his television station. At the time, Assis Chateaubriand's TV Paraná had been projected since 1956, but was facing indecision regarding its launch. This enabled Chede to make his station the first in the south, which eventually became a failed goal (due to the launch of TV Piratini in December 1959).[1] Experimental broadcasts took place in the middle of 1960, starting at 8pm, with three or four employees and limited technical equipment.[1]