Background The idea of forming the Rede Vida de Televisão was born during the government of Brazilian president
José Sarney. At the time, the dispute over channel 11 in
São José do Rio Preto was great, and with the support of
Augusto Marzagão, Sarney's advisor, João Monteiro de Barros Filho obtained the concession in 1991. Winning the dispute for the
São José do Rio Preto generator was the first step in the trajectory of the Catholic broadcaster. The second imbroglio was convincing the
CNBB to approve the project. Monteiro Filho managed to obtain two important endorsements to move the project forward: that of the metropolitan archbishop of
Botucatu (SP),
Dom Antonio Maria Mucciolo, and the Archbishop of
Mariana (MG),
Dom Luciano Mendes de Almeida. After the concession was approved by the national congress and INBRAC was formed, Monteiro Filho went in search of investors, Catholic partners and sponsors. On Christmas of 1994, the archbishop of Botucatu received a phone call from Andrade Vieira, announcing that
Bamerindus would be Redevida's first advertiser, paying for the advertisements in advance. The station had its first broadcasts on June 20, 1995. The first image displayed was a 5-second countdown with behind-the-scenes footage from the station, followed by the reading of a letter from
Pope John Paul II addressed to Dom Antonio Maria Mucciolo, blessing the network, and a speech by Dom Antonio. Then, the first mass shown by the station, celebrated by Father José Luiz, was broadcast live.
2005-present Years later, with the foundation of
TV Aparecida, broadcaster of the
National Sanctuary of Our Lady of Aparecida in
Aparecida/
SP, began retransmitting the
Missa de Aparecida, which is shown daily in the mornings. It also has a partnership with
CTV, broadcasting the Sunday
Angelus, held in
São Pedro Square by
Pope Francis and also masses from other places in Brazil. In 2014, the presenter and Father
Lúcio Cesquin began to host O Santo Terço with the live participation of viewers by telephone, letters and e-mails. As a Catholic television channel, Redevida maintains a relationship with the Dioceses of Brazil, retransmitting material from the dioceses in reports on
JCTV and in
Jornal da Vida. On July 15, 2024, Redevida deactivated its transmission signal via analog satellite dish, migrating to digital satellite dish in
Ku Band. ==Programming==