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| Type | Public broadcasting |
|---|---|
| Country | |
| Founded | 1936 |
| Headquarters | Brasília andRio de Janeiro |
| Owner | Brazilian federal government |
| Parent | Empresa Brasil de Comunicação |
Official website | radios |
Rádio Nacional (National Radio) is a Brazilianradio network belonging to thegovernment-owned corporationEBC (Empresa Brasil de Comunicação, Brazil Communication Company), formerly known asRadiobrás.
The Brazilian system ofpublic radio began to be assembled from the nationalization of theRádio Nacional, aRio de Janeiro-based station in 1936, by PresidentGetúlio Vargas. In 1958, two years before the inauguration of new capitalBrasília,Rádio Nacional Brasília was founded, and in 1976 theFM version,Nacional FM was assembled in the same city. In 1977, the shortwave serviceRádio Nacional da Amazônia was created, covering much of Brazil with the aim of showing theAmazon culture to the rest of the country. In 2006,Nacional launched theRadio Nacional do Alto Solimões, covering municipalities of the Alto Solimões region ofAmazonas state.
For a long time, football matches were primarily broadcast on Rádio Nacional. The station was dominant at a time when there were no range restrictions for medium-wave broadcasts. Today, medium-wave transmitters are limited to a radius of 400 kilometers. In its heyday, Rádio Nacional reached 40 percent of Brazilian territory. Rádio Nacional was so influential that there are still many fans of football clubs from Rio de Janeiro in northeastern Brazil.[1]
On May 7, 2021, five EBC transmitters on87.1 FM—four of them for Rádio Nacional—were among the 10 charter stations to operate in theFM extended band in Brazil. The new stations filled some of Rádio Nacional's largest coverage gaps, bringing the station toRio de Janeiro,Belo Horizonte,Recife andSão Paulo.
In 1936,Rádio Sociedade do Rio de Janeiro was donated to the Brazilian government and renamedRádio Ministério da Educação e Cultura (Ministry of Education and Culture Radio) or simplyRádio MEC. Later, theacronym was changed toRádio Música, Educação e Cultura (Music, Education and Culture Radio). In 2008, the three stations ofRádio MEC were incorporated to the EBC radio networks, along withRádio Nacional stations.
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