Piatã FM

The station was founded in 1978 by Wilson Menezes, who also owned the radio station Excelsior AM [pt].^[1] Initially, it operated from a building in the Historic Center of Salvador and later moved to Praça da Sé [pt]. In 1982, the station was acquired by Congressman Cristóvão Ferreira, who was passionate about samba and radio. While Itapoan FM [pt] focused on axé music in the early 1980s, Piatã FM invested in Bahian pagode in the 1990s.^[1] The group É o Tchan! was the first group the station supported.^[1]

The station achieved the second highest average audience rating in Brazil in 2001.^[3] In October 2022, Piatã FM relocated its studios to the Shopping Bela Vista [pt] mall in the Cabula neighborhood.^[4] Its transmitters and tower remain at the station's former headquarters in Brotas.^[5] In May of the same year, Cristóvão Ferreira's son, Cristóvão Júnior, returned as a partner of the station,^[6] but the following year, music industry businessman Léo Góes acquired 25% of Piatã FM's shares, which belonged to Cristóvão Júnior, while the remainder stayed with the Daltro de Castro Ferreira family.^[7]

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