Rádio Record is a Brazilian radio station based in
São Paulo
São Paulo (, ; Portuguese for 'Saint Paul') is the most populous city in Brazil, and is the capital of the state of São Paulo, the most populous and wealthiest Brazilian state, located in the country's Southeast Region. Listed by the GaWC a ...
, Brazil. It is part of the
Grupo Record
Grupo Record is the third largest media company in Brazil, the company owns several television stations as the RecordTV and Record News, was founded in November 1989 and belongs to the businessman and bishop Edir Macedo.
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and operates in the frequency 1000 kHz AM. It has programming dedicated to
sports
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, news, and popular programs.
History
Rádio Record was founded in 1928 by Álvaro Liberato de Macedo, with the name of ''Rádio Sociedade Record'', and passed to Paulo Machado de Carvalho in 1931.
In 1932, it became famous thanks to the covering of transmission of the
Constitutionalist Revolution
The Constitutionalist Revolution of 1932 (sometimes also referred to as Paulista War or Brazilian Civil War) is the name given to the uprising of the population of the Brazilian state of São Paulo against the Brazilian Revolution of 1930 when ...
of 1932.
After that, the Rádio Record started to transmit music shows with famous artists and singers. Its leadership in 30 years passed to be shared with the
Rádio Nacional
Rádio Nacional (''National Radio'') is a Brazilian radio network belonging to the government-owned corporation EBC (''Empresa Brasil de Comunicação'', Brazil Communication Company), formerly known as ''Radiobrás''.
History
The Brazilian s ...
.
At the end of the 80s on Rádio Record sold to the businessman
Edir Macedo
Edir Macedo (born February 18, 1945) is a Brazilian evangelical bishop, writer, billionaire businessman, and the founder of the Universal Church of the Kingdom of God (UCKG). He is the owner and chairman of the third-largest television network ...
.
See also
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Rede Record
RecordTV (), formerly known as Rede Record, is a Brazilian free-to-air television network. It is currently the second largest commercial TV station in Brazil, and the 28th largest in the 2012 world ranking. In 2010, it was elected by the adverti ...
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Radio stations in Brazil
Radio stations established in 1928
Mass media in São Paulo
Grupo Record
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