EPTV Campinas
Corporate brand
UnclaimedEPTV Campinas is a Campinas television station affiliated with TV Globo and serving as the flagship station of the EPTV network.
Last updated August 31, 2026
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Overview
EPTV Campinas is a Brazilian television station based in Campinas, in the state of São Paulo. It operates on channel 12 as a TV Globo affiliate and is the flagship operation of EPTV, a regional television group owned by Grupo EP. The station’s studios and transmitting facilities are located on Regina Nogueira Street in the Jardim São Gabriel district of Campinas, and its programming is directed primarily toward viewers in Campinas and surrounding municipalities. The station emerged from a broader expansion plan developed by José Bonifácio Coutinho Nogueira, the owner of Emissoras Paulistas de Televisão, the company that later became associated with the EPTV group. In 1976, construction permits were arranged for television channels in Campinas and Ribeirão Preto. Coutinho Nogueira had previously worked with TV Cultura and had been involved in the Brazilian adaptation of Sesame Street, known as Vila Sésamo. His market studies indicated that inland areas of São Paulo offered favorable conditions for new television services, partly because competition for station concessions was less intense than in the state capital. An affiliation agreement with Organizações Globo was signed in March 1978. The future Campinas station began operations on October 1, 1979, initially under the TV Campinas name. It became the first station in what developed into the EPTV network, which later expanded into additional regions of São Paulo and southern Minas Gerais. From its earliest years, the station combined programming supplied by Globo with locally produced journalism and regional content. Its newscasts included Jornal Regional, which was carried within the scheduling framework of Globo’s national and network news programs, including Jornal Hoje and Jornal das Sete. Regional journalism has remained central to the station’s identity. EPTV Campinas covers local public affairs, infrastructure, weather, community issues, culture, business, and major events in the Campinas area, while also carrying Globo’s national and international programming. The station has also contributed production and technical work to programming distributed beyond its immediate service area. Its high-definition work included production for Terra da Gente and participation in the first Globo Repórter broadcast made with digital-television high-definition imagery, using footage recorded in Queensland and around Australia’s Great Barrier Reef. It subsequently recorded the Combate da Venda Grande episode, which concerned a nineteenth-century conflict in Campinas during the Liberal Revolts of 1842. EPTV Campinas was an early adopter of digital terrestrial broadcasting among TV Globo affiliates outside Brazil’s capital cities. It began experimental digital transmission on October 22, 2008, using UHF channel 42, and inaugurated regular digital transmission on December 3 of that year. The initial digital coverage was concentrated in nearby municipalities that had previously received the station’s analog VHF service. From September 21, 2009, all of the station’s programming was presented in high definition. The analog VHF channel 12 signal was discontinued at 11:59 p.m. on January 17, 2018, as part of Brazil’s nationwide analog-to-digital transition. At the same time, the station moved its digital physical channel from UHF 42 to UHF 25. Today, EPTV Campinas functions as both a local broadcaster and the principal Campinas outlet within the EPTV regional network. Its positioning is based on locally relevant news, service information, regional storytelling, and the reach and production infrastructure associated with the TV Globo affiliation.
History
EPTV Campinas originated in the plans of José Bonifácio Coutinho Nogueira, who controlled Emissoras Paulistas de Televisão. In 1976, the company arranged construction permits for television channels in Campinas and Ribeirão Preto. Coutinho Nogueira’s earlier work with TV Cultura and his participation in the Brazilian production of Vila Sésamo gave him experience in television management and programming. He also assessed inland São Paulo markets and identified Campinas as a favorable location for a new commercial station. The project gained a major programming partner when an affiliation agreement with Organizações Globo was signed in March 1978. TV Campinas was formally founded on October 1, 1979, becoming the first station in the EPTV group. Its initial programming combined Globo network content with locally produced news. Regional newscasts operated within the structure of Globo’s national schedule, including Jornal Regional segments associated with Jornal Hoje and Jornal das Sete. Over time, EPTV expanded beyond Campinas into Ribeirão Preto, southern Minas Gerais, and São Carlos, while the Campinas operation remained the group’s flagship station. The station’s reporting history includes substantial coverage of local events. During its reporting on the Eldorado supermarket fire in Campinas on December 24, 1986, video-tape operator Ronaldo Gomes died after being buried by the collapse of part of a side wall. His body was found three days later in the rubble. Film reporter Renato Isidoro was also injured in the collapse, suffered head trauma, remained in a coma for 15 days, and required reconstructive facial surgery. This event is recorded as a serious incident during the station’s news-gathering activity rather than as a corporate scandal. EPTV Campinas later developed a reputation within the group for investments in image quality and production technology. It had already produced Terra da Gente content in high definition by June 2007. In December 2007, during the introduction of digital television in Brazil, EPTV supplied high-definition imagery for the first Globo Repórter program produced with digital-television high-definition images, including footage from Queensland and the Great Barrier Reef in Australia. In 2008, it also recorded the Combate da Venda Grande episode, which examined a Campinas event from the Liberal Revolts of 1842. Digital transmission began experimentally on October 22, 2008, from UHF channel 42. Regular digital service started on December 3. This made EPTV Campinas the first inland TV Globo affiliate to begin digital transmissions outside Brazil’s capital cities. The early UHF service reached nearby municipalities that had previously received the station’s analog VHF signal. From September 21, 2009, the station carried all programming in high definition. The final stage of the transition occurred on January 17, 2018. At 11:59 p.m., during a live bulletin originating from the station’s switching facility, EPTV Campinas ended its analog VHF channel 12 transmission in accordance with Brazil’s federally organized digital switchover. Its digital physical channel changed from UHF 42 to UHF 25. The station continues to serve as EPTV’s principal Campinas broadcaster, combining regional journalism and features with TV Globo programming.
- 2018
Analog signal switched off
[1]Analog VHF channel 12 ended service on January 17, while the station’s digital physical channel changed from UHF 42 to UHF 25.
- 2009
All programming moves to high definition
[1]The station began presenting its complete programming schedule in high definition on September 21.
- 2008
Experimental digital transmission
[1]Experimental digital broadcasting began on UHF channel 42 on October 22, followed by definitive transmission on December 3.
- 2007
High-definition production for Terra da Gente
[1]EPTV was producing Terra da Gente content in high definition by June.
- 1986
Eldorado supermarket fire coverage
[1]A station news team covering the December 24 supermarket fire suffered one death and one serious injury after a building-wall collapse.
- 1979
TV Campinas founded
[1]The station began operations on October 1 as TV Campinas, the first station of the later EPTV network.
- 1978
TV Globo affiliation agreement
[1]An agreement with Organizações Globo established the intended Campinas station as a Globo affiliate.
- 1976
Construction permits arranged
[1]Emissoras Paulistas de Televisão arranged permits for proposed television stations in Campinas and Ribeirão Preto.
Products and positioning
A regional free-to-air television broadcaster combining locally produced journalism and features with TV Globo network programming for Campinas and surrounding areas.
Television news · 1979
Local news programming
EPTV Campinas produces regional journalism for Campinas and surrounding municipalities. Its local output covers public affairs, community events, weather, local services, and other topics of direct interest to viewers in the station’s coverage area. The station’s early news identity included Jornal Regional segments carried within the structure of TV Globo’s national schedule.
Television programming · 2007
Regional features and documentaries
The station and the wider EPTV operation produce regional features and documentary material focused on local history, culture, nature, and community life. Documented production work includes high-definition content for Terra da Gente and the Combate da Venda Grande episode about a Campinas event during the Liberal Revolts of 1842.
Broadcast transmission · 2008
Digital terrestrial television service
EPTV Campinas provides free-to-air digital television for the Campinas region. Experimental transmission began on UHF channel 42 in 2008, regular digital service followed that year, and the station ultimately adopted UHF channel 25 after ending its analog VHF transmission in 2018.
Brand decisions
2018
Analog shutdown and digital-channel reassignmentGeneration changeBackground
The station was required to participate in Brazil’s federally mandated transition from analog to digital television.
Action taken
On January 17, EPTV Campinas ended its analog VHF channel 12 service and moved its digital physical channel from UHF 42 to UHF 25.
Aftermath
The Campinas service became fully digital, with the final analog shutdown carried during a live bulletin from the station’s switching facility.
2009
Full high-definition programming rolloutGeneration changeBackground
The station had already undertaken high-definition production for selected programs and projects.
Action taken
From September 21, EPTV Campinas presented all of its programming in high definition.
Aftermath
The change completed the station’s transition to an all-high-definition program output.
2008
Launch of digital television transmissionProduct launchBackground
Brazil was introducing digital terrestrial television, and EPTV Campinas was positioned to extend the new technology beyond the country’s capital cities.
Action taken
The station began experimental UHF channel 42 transmission on October 22 and made the digital service definitive on December 3.
Aftermath
EPTV Campinas became an early inland TV Globo affiliate with digital transmission, initially serving nearby municipalities that had received its analog signal.
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