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RecordTV
Type Free-to-air commercial television network
Country Brazil
First air date
September 27, 1953; 63 years ago (1953-09-27)
Founded 1953
by
Slogan Reinventar é a nossa marca
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Headquarters São Paulo, SP, Brazil
Owner Grupo Record
Established 1953
Launch date
1953
Channel 20 (São Paulo)
Channel 39 (Rio de Janeiro)
Channel 25 (Belo Horizonte)
Channel 23 (Brasília)
Channel 7 (São Paulo)
Channel 13 (Rio de Janeiro)
Channel 8 (Brasília)
Channel 2 (Belo Horizonte)
Affiliates See List of RecordTV affiliates
Official website
recordtv.com.br

Coordinates: 23°31′29″S 46°39′42″W / 23.52472°S 46.66167°W / -23.52472; -46.66167

RecordTV (Portuguese: [ʁeˈkɔɾ teˈve]) is a Brazilian free-to-air television network, founded in 1953 by , also founder of Rádio Record. Currently it is owned by Brazilian businessman Edir Macedo, who is also founder and bishop of the Universal Church of the Kingdom of God.

Since 2007 it is the second-most popular television network in Brazil (after Rede Globo), after having been in last place of the television networks since the 1980s. With 63 continuous years of transmission, it is also the oldest television network in activity in the country.

TV Record started its transmissions on September 27, 1953. It was founded by in São Paulo, as a competitor for then-dominant Rede Tupi from Diários Associados. It broke the three-year-old monopoly the station had in the city. It originally broadcast shows, sports, journalism, comedies and plays. In the 1950s, TV Record became recognized for their sports broadcasts. In 1959, it started airing shows featuring international entertainment figures, such as Charles Aznavour, Nat King Cole, Ella Fitzgerald, and Marlene Dietrich.


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