Grupo Jaime Câmara

Grupo Jaime Câmara (GJC) is formed by 24 communication vehicles in newspaper, television, radio and online medias, in the states of Goiás and Tocantins, besides the Distrito Federal. The groups website defines it as “one of the biggest crossmedia platforms in Brazil” and “as the main communication complex in the Brazilian Mid-North”.

The group originated at the foundation of Papelaria e Tipografia J. Câmara e Companhia, created by Jaime Câmara and Henrique Pinto Vieira in the city of Goiás, former state capital, in 1935. Only two years later, however, the enterprise would move to Goiânia, current capital of Goiás state, inaugurated in 1933.

At that time, the society was already controlled by Jaime Câmara, Joaquim Câmara Filho and Vicente Rebouças Câmara, with the legal name “J. Câmara & Irmãos”.

On April, 1938, the company published the first edition of the newspaper O Popular. In 1961, former Rádio Anhanguera, current Rádio Daqui 1230AM, was incorporated into the group. Two years later, TV Anhanguera was created, which became a part of Rede Globo de Televisão in 1969.

According to the organization, Grupo Jaime Câmara created ten other TV channels in the following years, all affiliates of Rede Globo, and seven other AM and FM radio stations, inaugurated after 1979. The group’s second newspaper, in its turn, Jornal do Tocantins, was also created in 1979, becoming a platform for the creation of the new Tocantins state, which took place in 1988.

Launched in April, 2007, Jornal Daqui, the group’s third newspaper, surpassed other GJC print vehicles, reaching at the time the third place in paid circulation in the country, with over 200 thousand copies. In 2013 the group created the newspaper Jornal Daqui Tocantins.