TV Continental

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Programming
AffiliationsIndependent
Ownership
OwnerOrganização Rubens Berardo
History
FoundedJune 30, 1959 (1959-06-30)
First air date
June 30, 1959(65 years ago) (1959-06-30)
Last air date
December 17, 1971(52 years ago) (1971-12-17)
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TV Continental was a Brazilian television station based in Rio de Janeiro, formerly the federal capital and later the state of Guanabara. It operated on VHF channel 9 and was the city's third TV station, opened in 1959 by state deputy for the then Federal District Rubens Berardo. At the beginning of the 1970s, finding itself in a bad financial situation, Continental closed its activities and had its concession revoked. [1]

History

After the broadcast of a friendly match between the Brazilian and English football teams as a preview, on May 13, 1959, which took place at the Estádio Jornalista Mário Filho, TV Continental in Rio de Janeiro was inaugurated at 7 pm on June 30, in a ceremony that was attended by the then President of the Republic Juscelino Kubitschek. [1] The station, with generalist programming, with different formats, was located in a space in the Laranjeiras neighborhood used by the film production company Flama, of which Rubens Berardo was also the owner, and one of its studios was the largest in Brazil. With a film department, the channel had modern technical conditions for developing films. [2]

Six months after its launch, Continental was the first TV station in the country to use videotape, through a demonstration at the Copacabana Palace hotel presented by Carlos Pallut, its director of journalism, and Riva Blanche, directed by Haroldo Costa. [2]

Journalist Heron Domingues next to a TV Continental camera; in 1966 he was a tenant at the station Heron Domingues, 1970.tif
Journalist Heron Domingues next to a TV Continental camera; in 1966 he was a tenant at the station

The station had an extensive artistic department, mainly responsible for musicals and teletheaters. Some of its actors came from TV Paulista, with which it had signed an agreement. However, the number of employees in the sector shrank as the channel experienced financial problems, resulting in strikes due to lack of payment. In 1966, Continental was leased, for six months, to journalist Heron Domingues to reverse the financial mismanagement in which it found itself. At that time, artists migrated to other stations that offered better salaries. [2]

At the beginning of the 1970s, the station was evicted from its space and moved to a property in the Vila Isabel neighborhood, [1] later generating its signal directly from an external truck in front of the Grajaú Tênis Clube. [3] With a one-hour program broadcasting only films, [4] the channel went off the air in September 1971, [5] returning on November 19th with the transmission of educational programs for children produced by the Educational Television Service of the Department of Education of Guanabara (at the time a state located in the old city of Rio) between 7pm and 9pm, which was interrupted on December 17 due to the discontinuity of the broadcaster's operations. [6]

On February 22, 1972, then president Emílio Garrastazu Médici signed a decree revoking Continental's concession following a suggestion from the National Telecommunications Council (CONTEL), which monitored the channel's situation and claimed that, in addition to being off the air, it had requested bankruptcy granted by the Court. [4]

Subsequently, Continental's transmitter, tower and antenna were put up for auction and purchased by businessman and television presenter Silvio Santos to open his first broadcaster, TVS, in Rio de Janeiro in 1976. It was discovered that the equipment for transmitting the old channel already operated in color, before the PAL-M system was launched in Brazil in 1972. [7]

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References

  1. 1 2 3 Elmo Francfort (1 March 2017). "A história da TV Continental". Museu da TV, Rádio & Cinema.
  2. 1 2 3 Tatiana Murilo. "TV CONTINENTAL". CPDOC.
  3. ↑ "Governo cassa TV Continental". Jornal do Brasil . No. 271. 23 February 1972. p. 13.
  4. 1 2 "O ESTADO DE S. PAULO: PÁGINAS DA EDIÇÃO DE 23 DE FEVEREIRO DE 1972 - PAG. 10". O Estado de S. Paulo . Acervo Estadão. 23 February 1972. Médici cassa TV Continental
  5. ↑ "Um cemitério". Jornal do Brasil . TV-Pesquisa. 22 December 1971.
  6. ↑ "Programação infantil só continua no Canal 9". Jornal do Brasil . TV-Pesquisa. 23 December 1971.
  7. ↑ Thell de Castro (8 May 2016). "Há 40 anos, Silvio Santos colocava no ar sua primeira emissora de televisão". Notícias da TV.
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