In 1967, with the bankruptcy his other station, TV Rio, was facing,[1] Pipa sold the station's concession to Organizações Globo, and on February 5, 1968, TV Globo Minas was inaugurated, Rede Globo's fourth O&O, which began to take shape that same year, through integrated programming with stations from Rio de Janeiro, São Paulo and Bauru.
[2][3] Its studios initially operated in a small three-story building located at Rua Rio de Janeiro, 1279, in the city center, while its transmitters, inherited from the old broadcaster, were at the top of Serra do Curral.
Microwave relays had also been installed in the municipalities of Conselheiro Lafaiete and Juiz de Fora, which also formed a bridge with the network's headquarters in Rio, before Embratel's transmission trunks existed.
Currently, the station's signal reaches 166 municipalities in Greater Belo Horizonte and parts of Zona da Mata and Oeste de Minas.
[4][5] TV Globo Minas began its digital transmissions on an experimental basis on April 6, 2008,[6] through UHF channel 33, starting to operate definitively from April 25, being the second Globo broadcaster to operate with the new technology.