EPTV Campinas (channel 12) is a television station in Campinas, São Paulo, Brazil, affiliated with TV Globo, flagship station of EPTV and owned by Grupo EP. EPTV Campinas' studios and transmitter are located on Regina Nogueira Street, in the Jardim São Gabriel district.
History
José Bonifácio Coutinho Nogueira, owner of the parent company of the station, Emissoras Paulistas de Televisão, set up construction permits for channel 12 in Campinas and channel 7 in Ribeirão Preto in 1976.[1] He had previously worked for TV Cultura in 1967, assisting in its rebuilding, as the station was in the process of being reconverted to an educational television station.[2] He also created Vila Sésamo, the Brazilian adaptation of Sesame Street, which aired on Globo.[3]
At the time, there wasn't fierce competition for setting up television stations in the inland regions of Brazilian states, which led to José Bonifácio Coutinho Nogueira studying the market and finding favorable conditions in Campinas.