Vanguarda (channel 3) is a Brazilian television station based in Taubaté, a city in the state of São Paulo serving as the affiliate of the TV Globo network for said city and its surroundings. Together with TV Vanguarda São José dos Campos, it airs its programming to half of the Paraíba Valley, as well as the state's north coast. Its news offices and commercial department are located on the 1st floor of The One Office Tower building, in Bosque Flamboyant, and its transmitters are in Alto de São Pedro.
History
The license for VHF channel 3 in Taubaté was granted, after public competition, by president Fernando Henrique Cardoso on June 7, 2001, for a company led by José Bonifácio de Oliveira Sobrinho, Boni, former director-general of Rede Globo.[1][2] In March 2002, owing to financial problems related to unsuccessful investments at its subsidiary Globo Cabo, Globo sold its shares in 27 of its affiliates around the country,[3]