SBT MS
SBT MS is a Brazilian television station based in Campo Grande, capital of the state of Mato Grosso do Sul. It is owned by Fundação Internacional de Comunicações, owned by the International Grace of God Church, of missionary R. R. Soares, who also owns TV Guanandi. The station is an SBT affiliate.
History
The station was founded on October 11, 1980 as TV Campo Grande, by the owner of the newspaper Correio do Estado, José Barbosa Rodrigues, who obtained the license in 1976. The station became the first to be created after Mato Grosso do Sul was separated from Mato Grosso. Initially it operated with entirely local programming, but in 1981, it became affiliated with the newly created SBT, being one of the network's long-standing affiliates.In 2000, it began expanding its signal to other municipalities in Mato Grosso do Sul, transmitting via satellite to retransmitters that currently reach 74 municipalities and around 97.5% of the population. In 2003, with the death of José Barbosa Rodrigues, the station began to be managed by his son, Antônio João Hugo Rodrigues.
On March 11, 2019, Rede Centro-Oeste de Rádio e Televisão rented the station to Fundação Internacional de Comunicação, media arm of the International Grace of God Church. In September 2011, TV Campo Grande was acquired by Fundação Internacional de Comunicação. Following the acquisition, the station went through changes to its schedule. The name of the station was changed to the current SBT MS. The changes were made under the guidance of R. R. Soares, the new owner of the station.