BandNews FM (PatrZDZ's vision)

**BandNews FM** is a Brazilian all-news radio network owned by Grupo Bandeirantes de Comunicação. First broadcast on May 20, 2005, it is the first Brazilian radio network that provides non-stop news programming 24 hours a day, considering that CBN does intersperse news with talk shows.

The network's format consists of 20-minute rotating newscasts with 3 of these minutes allocated for analysis and opinion from the anchors and columnists. The vast majority of its programming is produced and broadcast live from São Paulo.

## History

In September 2004, Rádio Sucesso, which was going through a financial crisis due to heavy compensation payments to the Jornal do Brasil group and the loss of leadership among its competitors, was sold to Grupo Bandeirantes de Comunicação.

Upon acquisition, it was speculated that the radio would be a retransmitter of Rádio Bandeirantes. Another rumor said that the station would play electronic and hip hop music, competing directly with radio stations Jovem Pan FM and Mix FM, leaving music from the popular genre to co-sister Band FM.

2005 arrives and none of these speculations come to fruition, with the new owners having the idea of having a radio network with news programming 24 hours a day, competing with the hitherto only all news radio network in the country, CBN (Central Brasileira de Notícias), belonging to the Sistema Globo de Rádio, an integral part of Grupo Globo. With that, they created BandNews FM, and determined its debut for May 20th of that year.

At the beginning of May, during normal radio programming, they made several daily insertions, announcing the new name of the radio and the date of its debut.

The broadcasts of Rádio Sucesso's programming ended at 11:59 pm on May 19, 2005, after the transmission of three messages of thanks for the 25 years of existence of the old radio and also after playing 3 non-complete songs.

At midnight, on May 20th, 2005, journalist Carlos Nascimento gave the inauguration speech for BandNews FM. The radio is the first FM station network with 24-hour news programming. Initially, there were just four stations - in São Paulo, Rio de Janeiro, Belo Horizonte and Porto Alegre. The station's prime time slot, between 7am and 9am, was presented by Carlos Nascimento, and the rest of the programming was made up of 20-minute newscasts. Marcello D'Angelo, André Luiz Costa and Nilo Frateschi Jr. participated in the creation of the radio. Currently, this slot is presented by Eduardo Oinegue, the anchor of Jornal da Band.

## Programming

BandNews FM's programming schedule consists of complete newscasts updated every 20 minutes, punctuated by the opinion of anchors and columnists, with the main news from Brazil and the world, as well as opt-outs for each of the sixteen stations to carry local news. The newscasts from 6am to 11pm consist of 11 minutes of national programming, followed by 5 minutes of local information and, after that, the opinion of a columnist occupying the remaining 4 minutes. However, the news is updated every 10 minutes between 6am and 7am Monday to Friday on some stations. Between 11pm and 6am, in addition to news updates; there are repeats of the columns that aired during the day.

There are also two weekday local programming slots - from 9am to 11am and from 6pm to 7pm. On Saturdays, there is only one local slot - between 9am and 10am. There is also the case of BandNews FM Fluminense in Rio de Janeiro, which broadcasts local programming between 8pm and 9pm.

## Affiliates

### Owned-and-operated stations

* São Paulo - 96.9 MHz
* Rio de Janeiro - 94.9 MHz
* Brasília - 90.5 MHz
* Belo Horizonte - 89.5 MHz
* Porto Alegre - 99.3 MHz
* Salvador - 99.1 MHz
* Campinas - 106.7 MHz

### Affiliate stations

Amazonas

* Manaus: BandNews FM Difusora 93.7 MHz

Ceará

* Fortaleza: Jangadeiro BandNews FM 101.7 MHz

Espírito Santo

* Vitória: BandNews FM Espírito Santo 90.1 MHz

Goiás

* Goiânia: BandNews FM Goiânia 90.7 MHz

Paraíba

* João Pessoa: Manaíra BandNews FM 103.3 MHz

Paraná

* Curitiba: BandNews FM Curitiba 96.3 MHz
* Maringá: BandNews FM Maringá 105.7 MHz
* Paranaguá: BandNews FM Paranaguá 97.3 MHz

São Paulo

* Ribeirão Preto: BandNews FM Ribeirão Preto 96.7 MHz