Fundação Padre Anchieta

Fundação Padre Anchieta Centro Paulista de Rádio e TV Educativas
Fundação Padre Anchieta
Company typePublic service broadcasting
IndustryMass media
Founded26 September 1967 (1967-09-26)
Headquarters
São Paulo
,
Brazil
Key people
José Roberto Maluf
(president)
ServicesTelevision, radio, online
SubsidiariesCultura Marcas
Websitefpa.com.br

Father Anchieta Foundation (Portuguese: Fundação Padre Anchieta) is a Brazilian non-profit foundation of the state of São Paulo that develops educational radio and television programs. It was created by the government of the state of São Paulo in 1967 and includes a national educational public television network (TV Cultura or Cultura) launched in 1969, available in all Brazilian states through its 194 affiliates), two radio stations (Rádio Cultura FM and Rádio Cultura Brasil, both broadcasting to Greater São Paulo), two educational TV channels aimed at distance education (TV Educação and Univesp TV, which is available on free-to-air digital TV in São Paulo and nationally by cable and satellite), and the children's TV channel TV Rá-Tim-Bum, available nationally on pay TV.

Father Anchieta Foundation maintains intellectual, political, and administrative autonomy. The foundation is named after Saint Joseph of Anchieta, a Spanish Jesuit missionary who was one of the founders of the city of São Paulo and copatron of Brazil.

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