EPTV Central (channel 6) is a television station in São Carlos, São Paulo, Brazil, affiliated with TV Globo, member of EPTV and owned by Grupo EP. EPTV Central's studios and transmitter are located on Mário Luchesi Street, in the Jardim São Paulo district. Initially the station was a relay of TV Ribeirão from its launch until January 25, 1991 when it opened its studios and began producing local programming.
History
The station started broadcasting on July 1, 1989, becoming the fourth station owned by EPTV and coinciding with the adoption of the name on the stations. Initially, it relayed EPTV Ribeirão's local output, however the stabilization enabled EPTV Central to begin producing its own programming starting in 1991.[1]
Digital television
EPTV Central started the tests to implantation of its digital signal in February 2009, over UHF channel 42, and only sixteen months later, on May 31, 2010, the digital signal was officially launched to São Carlos and Araraquara.