TV Bandeirantes Minas

TV Bandeirantes Minas
Channels
BrandingTV Bandeirantes Minas
Programming
AffiliationsRede Bandeirantes
Ownership
Owner
  • Grupo Bandeirantes de Comunicação
  • (Rádio e Televisão Bandeirantes de Minas Gerais Ltda.)
History
Founded1967 (1967)
First air date
March 2, 1967 (57 years ago) (1967-03-02)
Former names
TV Vila Rica (1967-1975)
TV Excelsior (1967-1970)
Technical information
Licensing authority
ANATEL
Transmitter coordinates19°58′15.7″S 43°55′46″W / 19.971028°S 43.92944°W / -19.971028; -43.92944
Links
Public license information
Profile
Websitebandtv.band.uol.com.br/tv/minasgerais

Band Minas is a Brazilian television station based in Belo Horizonte, capital of the state of Minas Gerais. It operates on channel 7 (UHF digital 20) and is an owned-and-operated station of Rede Bandeirantes. It was founded in 1967 as TV Vila Rica, being acquired by Grupo Bandeirantes de Comunicação in 1975. It covers most of the state, together with its co-sister Band Triângulo, located in Uberaba. Its studios are in the São Bento neighborhood, in the southern region of the capital of Minas Gerais, and its transmission antenna is in Serra do Curral, in Belvedere.