TV Oeste (channel 5) is a television station licensed to Barreiras, Bahia, Brazil, affiliated with TV Globo. Owned by Rede Bahia, TV Oeste is part of Rede Bahia de Televisão, a statewide television network composed of another five TV stations. TV Oeste's studios are located on Marechal Deodoro Street in the Vila Brasil district, on Barreiras, and its transmitter is located atop Serra da Bandeira.
History
TV Oeste signed on for the first time on February 2, 1991.[3] It was the first television station to be inaugurated in Barreiras and the western region of Bahia, being too the last Rede Bahia station to sign on. The first anchor to appear on the station's programming was journalist Denise Mesquita, who anchored a special inaugural program about the western region of Bahia.[4]
In 2004, TV Oeste installed regional offices in the cities of Luís Eduardo Magalhães and Bom Jesus da Lapa, expanding journalistic coverage and business possibilities in important centers of its coverage area.[5]