TV Jornal (channel 2) is a television station licensed to Recife, capital of the state of Pernambuco, Brazil and is affiliated with SBT. It is part of the Sistema Jornal do Commercio de Comunicação, a subsidiary of the JCPM Group, owned by businessman João Carlos Paes Mendonça. Founded on June 18, 1960, it is the oldest TV station still in operation in the Northeast Region of Brazil.
History
In 1960, TV Jornal started testing on channel 2 in Recife, becoming the first station to go on air in the state. Although TV Rádio Clube opened two weeks before TV Jornal, the station had already been in testing for some time. TV Jornal became the oldest television station in Pernambuco when the Federal Government revoked TV Rádio Clube's concession in 1980, together with Rede Tupi.[1]
TV Jornal was inaugurated on June 18 by F. Pessoa de Queiroz, then owner of Jornal do Commercio and Rádio Jornal. The station was installed in a modern building in the Santo Amaro neighborhood, where, in the 70s, the radio station also moved (which was previously located at Rua do Imperador, in the same building where the newspaper was also located). The building, which maintains its architecture unchanged to this day, was the first to be designed specifically for a television station, with three large studios, one of which is an auditorium for 250 seats, dressing rooms, a makeup room, as well as a boutique and a restaurant. TV Jornal also had its own carpentry facility, responsible for making and maintaining the sets, which were specially prepared to meet its needs. The equipment was imported from the British company