Record TV

Record: First aired in September 23rd, 1953 with it's sole station TV Record channel 7 in São Paulo. It remained that way until it was sold to the Igreja Universal do Reino de Deus (Universal Church of the Kingdom of God – evangelic church) in 1989. In 1990, Record began to brand itself as a network and bought several stations in major markets to make that come true. Since the mid 90's it has reached number 3 among all networks. In the last couple of years, has reached number 2 and sometimes number 1 in ratings, moving SBT out of the first runner-up spot. The network has 14 owned stations and around 80 affiliates