NDTV Criciúma (channel 3) is a television station in Criciúma, but licensed to Xanxerê, Santa Catarina, Brazil, affiliated with Record, member of NDTV and owned by Grupo ND. NDTV Criciúma's studios are located on Hercílio Amante Avenue, in the Próspera district, and its transmitter is located on Morro Cechinel. In Xanxerê, city of license of the station, its structure is located on Dinarte Martins de Lara Street, in the Nossa Senhora de Fátima district.
History
The station was opened as TV Xanxerê on December 29, 1992, belonging to the Rede de Comunicações Eldorado and affiliated with Rede OM. In the following year, it is renamed RCE TV Xanxerê, using the initials of the group, at the same time that Rede OM is replaced by Rede CNT.
On September 1, 1995, Rede de Comunicações Eldorado is dismembered, and the station is sold to Grupo Record, together with TV Cultura, from Florianópolis, and TV Vale do Itajaí, from Itajaí. They all start to relay the programming of Rede Record and the station passed to be identified as TV Record Oeste Catarinense.
On February 1, 2008, the station passed to integrate Grupo RIC, formed by Mário Petrelli in the state of Paraná, becoming component of RIC TV. As well as the branch from Itajaí and the old stations of Rede SC, Grupo RIC became the controller of these channels through a local management agreement.