Plus FM

Plus FM
TypeBroadcast radio network
Country
Brazil
HeadquartersFortaleza, Ceará
Programming
Language(s)Portuguese
FormatMusic
Ownership
OwnerRede Plus Brasil de Comunicação Ltda.
OperatorDon7 Media Group
History
FoundedJuly 23, 2013 (2013-07-23)
by Donizete Arruda
Links
Websiteplusfm.com.br

Plus FM is a Brazilian radio network based in Fortaleza, Ceará. The radio station was founded on March 23, 2013 and belongs to the Don7 Media Group, owned by journalist and businessman Donizete Arruda. The radio network is characterized by its style of popular music programming, reserving space for regional journalism, the main journalistic program being Ceará News, broadcast in the morning. Its stations are concentrated in the state of Ceará, in the municipalities of Aracati, Cascavel, Catarina, Crateús, Missão Velha, Pacajus, Redenção, Iguatu, Paraipaba, Santa Quitéria and Sobral.

Stations

Call sign Frequency Trade name Headquarters / City of license First air date
ZYS 79798.1 MHzPlus FM AracatiAracati2013
ZYE 41297.1 MHzPlus FM CaririMissão Velha2023
ZYS 799106.1 MHzPlus FM CascavelCascavel2019
ZYV 81888.7 MHzPlus FM CatarinaCatarina2019
ZYC 41693.3 MHzPlus FM CrateúsCrateús2013
ZYV 36291.5 MHzPlus FM IguatuIguatu / Cariús2014
ZYV 77499.5 MHzPlus FM PacajusPacajus / Chorozinho2017
ZYV 35288.7 MHzPlus FM ParaipabaParaipaba2013
ZYC 43098.7 MHzPlus FM RedençãoRedenção2013
ZYV 370106.5 MHzPlus FM Santa QuitériaSanta Quitéria2017
ZYS 818105.1 MHzPlus FM SobralSobral2013

Former stations

Call sign Frequency Trade name Headquarters / City of license Current status/affiliation Transmission period
ZYV 822100.5 MHzPlus FM CaririJuazeiro do Norte / CratoRede Aleluia2018-2023
ZYV 83094.5 MHzPlus FM BaturitéBaturitéReplaced by 94 FM.2013-2014
ZYS 80990.9 MHzPlus FM IguatuJucásReplaced by Jucás FM.2013-2014

Controversy

On June 14, 2018, the Official Gazette of the Municipality of Sobral published Decree No. 2055, signed by Mayor Ivo Gomes, expropriating the land on which the headquarters of the Plus FM branch in Sobral is located. At the time, the action was part of the Alto do Cristo urbanization project, which provided for the requalification of the Alto do Cristo region. The decree was defined as "dictatorial" by the website Ceará News 7, which belongs to the group that controls the radio station, since it would attack stations that are critical of Ivo Gomes' management, in this case Plus FM and Paraíso FM, which also received a decree of expropriation of land.

References

  1. ↑ Massaro, Carlos (July 29, 2013). "Plus FM estreia como rede em cidades do Ceará" (in Brazilian Portuguese). Tudo Rádio. Retrieved December 28, 2016.
  2. ↑ Rodrigues, Thiago (October 1, 2017). "Rede Plus FM estreia nesta segunda em Santa Quitéria" (in Brazilian Portuguese). A Voz de Santa Quitéria. Retrieved March 17, 2025.
  3. ↑ Starck, Daniel (February 9, 2018). "Plus FM inicia expectativa através de migrante AM-FM na região de Juazeiro do Norte". Tudo Rádio. Retrieved February 11, 2018.
  4. ↑ "Ivo não aguenta jornalismo independente e manda derrubar prédio da Plus FM em Sobral". Ceará News 7. June 25, 2018. Retrieved October 29, 2018.
  5. ↑ "Ivo anuncia demolição dos prédios de rádios e também serão destruídas 6 casas". Ceará News. January 18, 2018. Retrieved October 29, 2018.
  6. ↑ Motta, Severino (January 28, 2018). "Irmão de Ciro Gomes desapropria prédios de rádios de adversários políticos no Ceará". BuzzFeed News. Archived from the original on February 8, 2019. Retrieved June 30, 2018.