[1] To put the station on the air, a company was formed with 30 partners (among them, businessman Umberto Calderaro Filho, owner of the newspaper A Crítica), with each of the shares, all linked to Diários Associados,[2] including journalist Alfredo Sade (died in 1971).

[3] After signal, sound and equipment tests, TV Baré went on air on June 2, 1972, broadcasting the opening ceremony directly from Palácio Rio Negro, with a speech by the then governor of Amazonas João Andrade where at the end he said: "From this moment on, I authorize the beginning of the operation and activities of Rádio e Televisão Baré, channel 4 of Manaus", followed by images of the Curumim Indian (former logo of Rede Tupi) with the phrase "On Air, the Pioneer in Image-Sound, Reach and Color!"

The station's company was made up of 30 shareholders, who later sold their shares to the businessman and journalist Umberto Calderaro Filho, owner of the newspaper A Crítica, when a financial-administrative crisis hit Diários Associados.

[8] In the first months of 2007, TV A Crítica showed interest in wanting to leave SBT, due to the sudden changes in programming ordered by Sílvio Santos from 2001 onwards, which were strongly opposed by the station's management.

[12] According to the station's president, Dissica Calderaro, the partnership with Record did not leave local TV comfortable with expanding its focus on the state and so they would continue with independent programming.

[14] Initially, it was planned that TV A Crítica would leave Record on June 17, when the network would launch its owned-and-operated station, RecordTV Manaus, to replace the affiliation.