RBS TV Santa Maria
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| Channels | |
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| Programming | |
| Affiliations | TV Globo |
| Ownership | |
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| History | |
| Founded | December 13, 1969 |
Former names | TV Imembuí (1969-1983) |
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| Technical information | |
Licensing authority | ANATEL |
| Transmitter coordinates | 29°39′15.2″S 53°49′56.2″W / 29.654222°S 53.832278°W |
| Links | |
| Website | redeglobo |
RBS TV Santa Maria (channel 12) is a television station in Santa Maria, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil, affiliated with TV Globo, member of RBS TV and owned by Grupo RBS. RBS TV Santa Maria's studios are located on Maurício Sirotsky Sobrinho Avenue, in Patronato district, and its transmitter is located at Morro da Caturrita.
History[edit]
TV Imembuí, channel 12 of Santa Maria, was founded on December 13, 1969, by the group that also maintained Rádio Imembuí in the municipality with the support of TV Gaúcha, from Porto Alegre, and José Mariano da Rocha Filho, dean of the Federal University of Santa Maria (UFSM, by its initials in Portuguese). The station is one of the pioneers in the interior of Rio Grande do Sul, alongside TV Caxias, channel 8 in Caxias do Sul.
In its early years, TV Imembuí, installed at the back of the premises of Rádio Imembuí, was marked by its amateurism and craftsmanship. The station was equipped with two Maxwell cameras, a sound control table, a cutting table and telecine. It was transmitted from the top of Morro da Caturrita, through a microwave transmitter. In addition to local programs produced in Santa Maria, TV Imembuí also broadcast TV Gaúcha programming in the afternoon.
Due to the lack of advertising resources to continue with the station's local productions, which filled most of TV Imembuí's schedule, in 1973, the share control of channel 12 in Santa Maria passed to TV Gaúcha, owned by Maurício Sirotsky Sobrinho, which marked the beginning of a new phase at the station. On September 9, 1973, TV Imembuí became part of the RBS Group. Upon joining the group, it also became affiliated with TV Globo, retransmitting TV Gaúcha's state programming and Rede Globo's national programming, produced in Porto Alegre and Rio de Janeiro, respectively.
RBS TV Santa Maria covers the central-west region of Rio Grande do Sul and, from Monday to Friday, produces three local blocks of Jornal do Almoço, lasting 22 minutes in total, which are also retransmitted by RBS TV Uruguaiana, expanding its coverage to 44 municipalities.
Currently, the reporting team is made up of journalists Fabiana Lemos, Vanessa Backes, Mauricio Rebellato and Bernardo Barcellos.
Digital television[edit]
| Channel | Video | Aspect | Programming |
|---|---|---|---|
| 12.1 | 33 UHF | 1080i | Main RBS TV Santa Maria programming / TV Globo |
The Zero Hora newspaper announced in the edition of November 10, 2011 that the station would start transmitting its digital signal, through Canal 33, until the end of the year, being the first retransmitter in this system in the interior of the State, however the launch of the transmission digital took place on April 18, 2013.[1]
Transition to digital signal[edit]
The station turned off its analog signal, over VHF channel 12, on December 17, 2018, as part of the federally mandated transition from analog to digital television.[2] The station's digital signal remains on its pre-transition UHF channel 33, using PSIP to display RBS TV Santa Maria's virtual channel as 12 on digital television receivers.
References[edit]
- ^ Redation (April 18, 2013). "Sinal digital da RBS TV será disponibilizado para telespectadores da região de Santa Maria" [Digital signal of RBS TV will be made available to viewers in the Santa Maria region]. Grupo RBS (in Brazilian Portuguese). Archived from the original on February 22, 2014. Retrieved August 17, 2023.
- ^ Redation (December 23, 2017). "Regiões de Pelotas, Rio Grande e Santa Maria também terão desligamento do sinal analógico em 2018". RBS TV (in Brazilian Portuguese). Archived from the original on November 6, 2018. Retrieved August 17, 2023.