Que onda é essa!: o alcance da Rádio Educadora de Parnaíba

Abstract

The objective of this work is to investigate the history of the radio in the state of Piauí, using as a reference the "Rádio Educadora de Parnaíba", whose methodological resource was the oral history through interviews that tries to rebuilt the memory of some social subjects Who took part directly or indirectly of this radio after the installation of the middle waves transistor that increased its reach including Europe. The time period goes from 1940, date of the opening of the first radio station in Piauí until its golden years in the decade of 60's. This study focuses the New Cultural History, highlighting its practices and representations that show up asa dynamic process of producing history having a current theme as a reference, researching its particularities throughout the time and discovering the different approaches that were once attributed by varied circumstances.