[2] The innovative experience only lasted a short time due to the difficulties in maintaining the fragile network of cables, which frequently broke or were cut by kite lines.
TV Ajuricaba, in turn, would continue to receive part of Globo's recorded programming until 1983, when the network began to have its exclusive channel via satellite.
[8][9] With the change, TV Ajuricaba was on an equal footing with its competitors in terms of audience, since its viewers would no longer need to tune in to a higher channel to continue watching its programming.
With the outbreak of the Diretas Já campaign between the end of 1983 and the beginning of 1984, TV Ajuricaba began to openly defend the redemocratization of the country in its programming, supporting the demonstrations taking place in Amazonas.
TV Ajuricaba then went off the air around 2am on July 1, resuming its transmissions at 7am, with the premiere of the news program RBN Notícias – Morning Edition.
[16] Although RBN had good ratings, combined with Manchete's programming, which fluctuated between 2nd and 3rd place in the national and local rankings, this was not reflected in its commercial department.
Both television and Rádio Ajuricaba operated in the red, generating financial losses for Grupo Simões, which put all its media assets up for sale in mid-1991.
As potential buyers, the Ceará group J. Macêdo, a food company,[17] and the politician and then senator Amazonino Mendes were initially considered, the latter being the closest to closing a deal.
However, due to accusations about the illicit origin of the money made by his political opponents, the deal did not go ahead, and the Simões Group continued looking for other buyers.
IEADAM and Grupo Simões negotiated the sale of Rádio Ajuricaba, but attracted by the opportunity to also have a television station, the pastors decided to acquire all the assets, reaching an agreement on January 7.
Times traditionally occupied by film slots such as the Cinema Nacional and Sala VIP now featured local programs aimed at the evangelical community, such as Proclamai, Alfa e Ômega and Nos Bastidores da Igreja.
[27][28] With the wider free time that the new network offered, RBN increased the number of local programs, reaching 93 hours per week of its own productions.
With the foundations formed, RBN became an independent station on September 5, 1999, becoming the generator of Rede Boas Novas, with entirely religious programming.