Radio, popular music and radio magazines in Brazil: a comparative study of “A Voz do Rádio” (1935) and “Revista do Rádio” (1948)

• DOI: 10.22533/at.ed.5582262218087

• Palavras-chave: Radio, Brazil, popular music, radio magazines.

• Keywords: Radio, Brazil, popular music, radio magazines.

• Abstract:

  The article intends to present a comparative study between two radio magazines: “A Voz do Rádio”, from 1935 and “Revista do Rádio”, from 1948, based on a survey carried out with the periodicals sector of the National Library of Rio de Janeiro. Information was gathered about the relationship established between the publications and the artistic universe of radio, especially in the context of the production and circulation of popular music in these two moments of Brazilian history. We seek to identify the editorial profile of the magazines, the format of articles and sections, circulation and consumption, linguistic style and the changes in treatment observed around references to popular musicality. In this environment in which the print media starts to share and seek to interfere in radio programming, we notice in an emblematic way the gradual incorporation of slang, gimmicks, desires, values and customs identified in urban popular culture, manifesting itself in an incisive way in the phonographic market, in the programming of stations and in the pages of magazines from the 1950s.

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