Band Paraná (channel 2) is a Band-owned-and-operated station licensed to Curitiba, Paraná, owned by Grupo Bandeirantes in association with Grupo JMalucelli.
History
The concession for the fourth television station in Curitiba was granted by president João Figueiredo on October 24, 1979,[1] after public competition, to a condominium between Grupo Bandeirantes de Comunicação and businessman João Milanez, owner of TV Tarobá of Cascavel. USince Band already had TV Paraná, owned by Organizações Martinez, as its affiliate, the network decided to continue with the partnership and signed a special agreement for the use of its facilities, in particular, for a transmitter prepared for use only on VHF channel 2. This led the owners to question DENTEL the change of the station's tehcnical characteristics, which were originally approved for VHF channel 9 (which, in turn, was only used from 1987 for the current TV Paraná Turismo).
TV Curitiba launched on July 22, 1982, at 7pm, with a cocktail for several guests at Buffet Cormoran, among them, authority figures such as Ney Braga, who, alongside João Milanez, cut the founding ribbon, mayor Jaime Lerner, governor José Hosken de Novais, minister of communications Euclides Quandt de Oliveira, as well as federal and state deputees. The station started with an independent schedule, with some leftovers from Band's schedule and educational programs produced by