SIC TV (channel 11) is a Brazilian television station licensed to Pimenta Bueno, based in Porto Velho, capital of the state of Rondônia, serving as an affiliate of Record. The station is owned by Sistema Imagem de Comunicação, largest communications group in the state.
History
The station started broadcasting on April 15, 1991, as TV Candelária. The station has been an affiliate of the Record network since its inception. It caused a change in the strategy of Sistema Imagem's core business, which started as an advertising agency in 1983.
The group started inland relay stations beginning in 1995, with a station in Ji-Paraná on channel 4, Cacoal in 1998, Jarú in 2002, Pimenta Bueno, Espigão do Oeste, Nova Brasilândia and Alvorada do Oeste in 2008, and later, Ariquemes and Vilhena. On March 28, 2008, its sister station, Record News Rondônia, started broadcasting on channel 58 in Porto Velho.[2]
In November 2014, one of its local programs, Tempo Real, started having a weekly segment in collaboration with AMDEPRO, Minuto do Defensor, aimed at answering questions from viewers on public safety topics.[3]
On May 29, 2015, it was renamed SIC TV.