RBS TV Pelotas
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| Affiliations | TV Globo |
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| History | |
| Founded | July 5, 1972 |
Former names | TV Tuiuti (1972–1983) |
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Licensing authority | ANATEL |
| Transmitter coordinates | 31°45′08.5″S 52°18′49.4″W / 31.752361°S 52.313722°W |
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| Website | redeglobo |
RBS TV Pelotas (channel 4) is a television station in Pelotas, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil, affiliated with TV Globo, member of RBS TV and owned by Grupo RBS. RBS TV Pelotas' studios and transmitter are located on Hipólito José da Costa Street, in the Areal neighborhood.
It was founded on July 5, 1972, by Maurício Sirotsky Sobrinho, being one of the first television stations of Rede Brasil Sul de Comunicações. Its headquarters were located on Rua 15 de Novembro, in the center of the city.
In 1978 the first repeaters of TV Tuiuti went on the air, in Canguçu and Jaguarão.
In 1979 TV Tuiuti, along with the other stations on Rede Brasil Sul, received the name RBS TV, being renamed RBS TV Pelotas. Later, RBS TV Pelotas moved to Hipólito José da Costa Street, in the Areal neighborhood.
In July 2009 an Ibope survey confirmed that RBS TV Pelotas is the Grupo RBS station with the highest audience in the interior of Rio Grande do Sul. According to the survey, the local Jornal do Almoço in Pelotas had an average of 75.9% of share between the months of April and June of the same year.[1]
Since August 17, 2009, viewers of RBS TV Pelotas have been able to follow the work of the station's professionals through their blog, on the RBS TV portal.[2]
