Rádio Nacional (''National Radio'') is a Brazilian

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belonging to the

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EBC (''Empresa Brasil de Comunicação'', Brazil Communication Company), formerly known as ''Radiobrás''.

History

The Brazilian system of

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began to be assembled from the nationalization of the ''Rádio Nacional'', a

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-based station in 1936, by President

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. In 1958, two years before the inauguration of new capital

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, ''Rádio Nacional Brasília'' was founded, and in 1976 the FM version, ''Nacional FM'' was assembled in the same city. In 1977, the shortwave service ''Rádio Nacional da Amazônia'' was created, covering much of Brazil with the aim of showing the

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culture to the rest of the country. In 2006, ''Nacional'' launched the ''Radio Nacional do Alto Solimões'', covering municipalities of the Alto Solimões region of Amazonas state. On May 7, 2021, five EBC transmitters on 87.1 FM—four of them for Rádio Nacional—were among the 10 charter stations to operate in the

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. The new stations filled some of Rádio Nacional's largest coverage gaps, bringing the station to

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and

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Rádio MEC

In 1936, ''Rádio Sociedade do Rio de Janeiro'' was donated to the Brazilian government and renamed ''Rádio Ministério da Educação e Cultura'' (Ministry of Education and Culture Radio) or simply ''Rádio MEC''. Later, the

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was changed to ''Rádio Música, Educação e Cultura'' (Music, Education and Culture Radio). In 2008, the three stations of ''Rádio MEC'' were incorporated to the EBC radio networks, along with ''Rádio Nacional'' stations.

Rádio Nacional-owned stations

Brazilian Federal District

*''Rádio Nacional AM Brasília'' (980 kHz) - Generalist station with speech-based programming, news, popular music and service to the Brasilia region. *''Rádio Nacional FM Brasília'' (96.1 MHz) - Musical programming concentration on MPB,

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, instrumental, local artists and world music. *''Rádio Nacional da Amazônia'' (SW 11780 kHz and 6180 kHz) - Speech programming, news, music, radio drama and service to the Amazon region.

State of Minas Gerais

*''Rádio Nacional Belo Horizonte'' (eFM 87.1 MHz)

State of Pernambuco

*''Rádio Nacional Recife'' (eFM 87.1 MHz)

State of Rio de Janeiro

*''Rádio Nacional do Rio de Janeiro'' (AM 1130 kHz and eFM 87.1 MHz) - Generalist station with speech-based programming, news, sports and popular music.

State of São Paulo

*''Rádio Nacional São Paulo'' (eFM 87.1 MHz)

State of Amazonas

*''Rádio Nacional do Alto Solimões'' (AM 670 kHz and FM 96.1 MHz -

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region) - Seven daily hours with news, music, local culture and service to the Alto Solimões region, in network with Nacional da Amazônia for the rest of the day.

Rádio MEC owned stations

Brazilian Federal District

*''Rádio MEC AM Brasília'' (800 kHz and eFM 87.1 MHz) - In network with MEC FM Rio de Janeiro.

State of Rio de Janeiro

*''Rádio MEC AM Rio de Janeiro'' (800 kHz) - Musical programming with MPB,

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and instrumental music. *''Rádio MEC FM Rio de Janeiro'' (98.9 MHz) - Classical music and news.

External links

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EBC radio stations
(in Portuguese) {{DEFAULTSORT:Radio Nacional Brazilian radio networks Radio stations established in 1936 Empresa Brasil de Comunicação