Rede Catarinense

Rede Catarinense is a Rede Tupi affiliate in Santa Catarina created in 1965.

History
TV Excelsior created Rede Catarinense in May 25 1965 for the city of Florianópolis.

From 1970 to 1973, Rede Catarinense was an independent channel because of TV Excelsior's extintion. It was in New Years Day 1971 that Rede Catarinense's signal expanded through the entire SC state.

Rede Catarinense was bought by Globo in 1973 and served as an affiliate until 1977, being expelled for disagreeing with Rede Globo's station politics and substituting certain Globo programs with own content. Besides that, Rede Catarinense was the most watched TV channel in Santa Catarina for those 4 years.

RC was affiliated with Record from 1979 until 1981. They were bought by a millionare value in 1981 by Tupi and since then they serve Tupi's signal.

Rede Catarinense was occasionally allowed to air own programs whenever they want if they stay appropiate for TV Tupi's standards. In 2009, Rede Catarinense launched its HD signal.

As of now, they mainly fight for audience against NSC TV (Globo) and SCC (SBT).