TV Verdes Mares (channel 10) is a television station licensed to Fortaleza, Ceará, Brazil, affiliated with TV Globo, serving as the flagship broadcasting property of locally based Sistema Verdes Mares, a company of the Grupo Edson Queiroz, alongside independent station TV Diário (channel 22). TV Verdes Mares's studios and transmitter are located on Desembargador Moreira Avenue, in the Dionísio Torres district of Fortaleza.
History
Background history (1962–1970)
In 1962, the industrialist Moisés Pimentel, owner of Rádio Dragão do Mar (690 kHz, now Rádio Shalom Dragão do Mar), obtained a television license to operate on the VHF channel 10. In the same year, he was elected federal deputy through the Social Labour Party.[3] While preparing the installation of TV Dragão do Mar, as the station would be branded, he presented to the local media all the equipment purchased for the project. However, due to the 1964 coup d'état, he was arrested and had his political office revoked on April 17 and ended up losing the TV and radio licenses.[4]