TV Mirante Cocais
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| Channels | |
| Branding | TV Mirante |
| Programming | |
| Affiliations | TV Globo |
| Ownership | |
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| History | |
First air date | 1988 |
Former names | TV Itapecuru (1988-2001) |
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| Rede Tupi (1975-1980) | |
| Technical information | |
Licensing authority | ANATEL |
| ERP | 2.5 kW |
| Transmitter coordinates | 4°26′44.3″S 43°53′19.3″W / 4.445639°S 43.888694°W |
| Links | |
Public license information | Profile |
| Website | redeglobo |
TV Mirante Cocais (channel 9) is a Brazilian television station licensed to Codó, but headquartered in Cocais. It is one of the four Rede Mirante stations, covering eastern Maranhão.
History
The station was founded in 1988 as TV Itapecuru by businessman Nagib Haickel.[1][2] Since its founding, it has been a TV Globo affiliate. In April 2001, a relay station in Timon was set up, on UHF channel 14, enabling the reception of two Globo affiliates to the cities of Teresina e Timon, one entirely from Maranhão and the other from Piauí (TV Clube). This countered ANATEL rules regarding two stations from the same licensee in the same region.[3]
Shortly after these events, the station was acquired by the Sarney family, and on June 14, was renamed TV Mirante Cocais, also relaying programs from São Luís. On the same day, it was relayed for the first time in Cocais on VHF channel 8, replacing the former TV Cocais (founded in 1992 por Paulo Guimarães —also founder of TV Timon — as TV Paraíso and as an affiliate of Rede OM/CNT, changing its name and affiliation to Globo in 1995).
In October 2007, its transmitters were switched off for maintenance in order to change its equipment, in order to improve the quality of its signal and increasing the coverage to nearby areas. In late 2011, the station replaced its microwave relay station with satellite relays, using Star One C2 for this purpose.
In January 2013, the station moved its headquarters to Caxias, at a house in Morro do Alecrim. On July 10, 2013, it resumed local program production, with the premiere of JMTV 2ª edição, presented by David Peres, and the Mirante Notícia news bulletins, aired during program breaks.[4]
On November 11, 2017, the station stopped producing local programming, instead relaying the programs generated from São Luís, excluding local commercials.[5] TV Mirante Cocais also took over the transmitter network used by TV Mirante Santa Inês, which was closed in the same process.
Technical information
| Virtual channel | Digital channel | Screen | Content |
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| 9.1 | 29 UHF | 1080i | TV Mirante Cocais/Globo's main schedule |
Digital tests started on September 3, 2015, for the city of Caxias, on physical channel 28, becoming definitive on November 24. Its generator in Codó, however, only started digital broadcasts in July 2016, on physical channel 29.[6]
References
- ^ Costa, Sylvio (1997). "Dossiê das concessões de TV". Observatório da Imprensa. Retrieved 2018-05-19.
- ^ Boccato, Paulo. "Maranhão". Tela Viva. Archived from the original on 2001-05-01. Retrieved 2014-10-24.
- ^ Arimatéia Azevedo (29 March 2001). "Duelo de Titãs". Portal AZ. Archived from the original on 2014-10-24. Retrieved 2014-10-24.
- ^ Soares, Zeca (2013-07-08). "Televisão dos Cocais". O Estado do Maranhão. Retrieved 2017-11-13.
- ^ "Encerramento do último "JMTV 2ª Edição" de Caxias (11/11/2017)". YouTube. 2017-11-11. Retrieved 2017-11-11.
- ^ Trindade, Acélio (2016-08-18). "Qualidade Total: TV Mirante Codó transmitirá horário eleitoral em Alta Definição este ano". Blog do Acélio. Retrieved 2018-05-19.