Emissoras Pioneiras de Televisão

Emissoras Pioneiras de Televisão (Pioneer Television Stations, in English), best known as EPTV, is a Brazilian network that is affiliated with TV Globo. The network has four stations: three in São Paulo and one in Minas Gerais.

For other uses, see EPTV (disambiguation).

EPTV

Type	Broadcast television network
Country	Brazil
Availability	Campinas, Ribeirão Preto, São Carlos and Varginha
Founded	1 October 1979 by José Bonifácio Coutinho Nogueira
Launch date	1 October 1979
Former names	TV Campinas (1979-1989), TV Riberão (1980-1989), TV Sul de Minas (1988-1989)
Callsign meaning	Emissoras Pioneiras de Televisão
Affiliation(s)	TV Globo (1979-)
Group	Emissoras Pioneiras de Televisão (Empresas Paulistas de Televisão S/A)
Official website

The group received aonstruction permits for channel 12 in Campinas (station started October 1, 1979) and channel 7 in Ribeirão Preto (station started 1980) in the mid-1970s, with the company being known as Empresa Paulista de Televisão Ltda. (Paulistan Television Company).^[1]

Stations

Name	Call sign	Digital channel Virtual channel	City	State	First air date	ANATEL ID
EPTV Campinas	ZYB 859	25/12.1	Campinas	São Paulo	1 November 1979	57dbab84a4e68
EPTV Ribeirão	ZYB 860	25/7.1	Ribeirão Preto		12 November 1980	57dbab83c1852
EPTV Central	ZYB 870	25/6.1	São Carlos		1 July 1989[a]	57dbab93b46a4
EPTV Sul de Minas	ZYA 732	42/5.1	Varginha	Minas Gerais	8 August 1988	57dbaad41aadc

Local programs

• Bom Dia Cidade (local version of Bom Dia Brasil)
• Jornal da EPTV
• Globo Esporte SP/MG (local version of Globo Esporte)

Notes

1. ZYB 870 began transmitting on 1 July 1989 as a translator of ZYB 869; it became a separate station on 25 January 1991.