TV Tupi Ribeirão Preto

TV Tupi Ribeirão Preto was the first television station in inland São Paulo, created by Assis Chateaubriand after a visit to the city in 1957, where he was with the president of the time. Due to its strategic economical decision - setting up a TV station in a city that produced coffee - it was the first such station to begin operations, a similar rationale was adopted for the setup of TV Coroados and TV Borborema.
A storm damaged the transmitter in 1963 and the station went silent, attempts at resuming the station were considered, but were fruitless especially after the death of Assis Chateaubriand in 1968. Currently its de facto successor SBT has an owned-and-operated station in the city, SBT RP.
==1959-1963==
==See also==
* Rede Tupi
Category:1950
Category:Defunct
Category:Defunct television stations in Brazil
Category:Defunct television stations in Latin America
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