TV Iguaçu (channel 4) is a Brazilian television station based in Curitiba, capital of the state of Paraná serving as an affiliate of the SBT for the capital area and its surrounding areas. It is the flagship station of Rede Massa, a regional television network owned by Grupo Massa, which broadcasts to four more stations in the state. Its studios are located in the Parolin neighborhood, and its transmitters are in the TV Bandeirantes Paraná tower, in the Pilarzinho neighborhood.
History
TV Iguaçu was inaugurated on December 27, 1967, by the then governor of the State, Paulo Pimentel, owner of a group of the same name that also owned newspapers and radio stations. Its headquarters, like the first headquarters of TV Paraná, was designed specifically to house it, and had three studios and an auditorium. Much of its physical structure remained unchanged for years, and, at the time of its inauguration, it had the best equipment available at the time, using Marconi transmitters and recording its productions on Ampex videotapes.[2]
From the beginning of its operations until 1972, TV Iguaçu's programming consisted of a mix of its own programs, such as the news program Show de Jornal (a landmark achievement at the time), and TV Record programs that came from São Paulo in the form of videotapes, as the region did not receive microwave connections yet. TV Tibagi