http://goodoldtv.com/index.php?action=history&feed=atom&title=RadionovelaRadionovela - Revision history2026-05-25T03:29:37ZRevision history for this page on the wikiMediaWiki 1.38.2http://goodoldtv.com/index.php?title=Radionovela&diff=1757&oldid=prevAdminpeter: 1 revision imported2017-04-01T19:28:56Z<p>1 revision imported</p>
<p><b>New page</b></p><div>[[File:Geräuschemacher.jpg|thumb|Sound effect of footsteps being recorded]]<br />
A '''radionovela''' (also known as '''serial radiofónico''' or simply '''serial''') is a type of [[radio drama]] first broadcast in [[Latin America]] in the early 20th century.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://recursos.cnice.mec.es/media/radio/bloque1/pag2.html |title=Los antecedentes de la radio |trans-title=The history of radio |website=Portal Media-Radio |publisher=[[Ministry of Education (Spain)|Spanish Ministry of Education]] |language=Spanish |access-date=6 October 2016}}</ref> Radionovelas are typically [[melodrama]]s or [[soap opera]]s which are issued in chapters, in contrast to other radio dramas which may encompass different genres and are often broadcast as individual works, such as ''[[The War of the Worlds (radio drama)|The War of the Worlds]]''.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.thecult.es/secciones/cronicas/radionovelas-y-seriales-radiofonicos.html |last=Urrero |first=Guzmán |title=Radionovelas y seriales radiofónicos |trans-title=Radionovelas and radio serials |website=The Cult |language=Spanish |access-date=6 October 2016}}</ref><br />
<br />
With the advent of television, the radionovela began to be displaced by the [[telenovela]].<br />
<br />
==In Argentina==<br />
[[File:Eva Perón - Ante un micrófono -ca 1941.jpg|thumb|[[Eva Perón]], who became a popular radio actress in the early 1940s]]<br />
The first example of serial radio drama in [[Argentina]] was probably Francisco Mastandrea's ''La caricia del lobo'' in the late 1920s. But their golden age was the 1940s, making a star of future First Lady [[Eva Perón]].<br />
<br />
''Los Pérez García'', a long serial about a typical Argentine family, was perhaps the highlight of the 1950s. Later, more innovative [[crime fiction]] and [[Noir fiction|noir]]-themed shows emerged.<br />
<br />
==In Chile==<br />
In addition to ''{{Interlanguage link multi|El siniestro Doctor Mortis|es}}'', a creation of Eva Martinic and [[Juan Marino Cabello|Juan Marino]], Eduardo Calixto is considered a pioneer of radio stories in [[Chile]], through his work ''¡Hogar, dulce hogar!'' This was conceived by the author in a cafe in Santiago, where he wrote in dashed lines on a napkin. It remained on the air for over 40 years.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.lacuarta.cl/sitios/dias_de_radio/radioteatro.html |title=Radioteatro y programas que marcaron una época en Chile |trans-title=Radio theater and programs that marked an era in Chile |work=Los gloriosos días de la Radio |publisher=[[La Cuarta]] sites |language=Spanish |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20100412041152/http://www.lacuarta.cl/sitios/dias_de_radio/radioteatro.html |archivedate=12 April 2010 |access-date=6 October 2016 |dead-url=yes}}</ref><br />
<br />
==In Costa Rica==<br />
The communications center Voces Nuestras produced a series of radio dramas with a political and educational approach within a traditional melodramatic package. They covered topics such as migration, the lives of miners, and domestic violence.{{Citation needed|date=October 2016}} Among these was ''Pueblo de Paso'', broadcast on 184 stations in Latin America, including 10 Spanish-language stations in the United States. It incorporated the music of [[Perrozompopo]], Papaya Music, Miriam Jarquín, and Guillermo Anderson.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.vocesnuestras.org/proyecto/radiodramas/pueblo-paso |title=Pueblo de Paso |publisher=Voces Nuestras |language=Spanish |date=7 May 2012 |access-date=6 October 2016}}</ref><br />
<br />
==In Cuba==<br />
As in many other Latin American countries, the melodramatic and tear-jerker radionovela achieved great popularity among the [[Cuba]]n audience. ''El collar de lágrimas'', a serial by José Sánchez Arcilla, was the longest-running Cuban radionovela with 965 episodes. It went off the air on 31 December 1946. Likewise, Félix B. Caignet's magnum opus ''{{Interlanguage link multi|El derecho de nacer (radionovela)|es|3=El derecho de nacer (radionovela)|lt=El derecho de nacer}}'' holds an abiding place in sentimental memory, perhaps owing its longevity to television adaptations which have been made in several Latin American countries.<br />
<br />
==In Great Britain==<br />
British productions resembling radionovelas were dedicated to characters such as [[Sherlock Holmes]] and the detectives of [[Agatha Christie]]. Several adaptations of [[J. R. R. Tolkien]]'s work were also created, beginning with a [[The Lord of the Rings (1955 radio series)|1955 dramatization of ''The Lord of the Rings'']], which was divided into 12 episodes and aired in two parts. Two other adaptations were made in 1979 and 1981.<br />
<br />
==In Honduras==<br />
In [[Honduras]], notable series include ''{{Interlanguage link multi|Las historietas de Frijol el Terrible|es}}'' by [[Carlos Salgado]] and ''Cuentos y Leyendas de Honduras'' by Jorge Montenegro.<br />
<br />
==In Mexico==<br />
Some histories attribute the first radionovela in [[Mexico]] to XEW.<br />
<br />
{{Quote|''La primera radionovela en México, ''Los tres mosqueteros'', fue transmitida por la XEW en 1932, pero no fue hasta 1941, con Ave sin nido, la vida apasionante de Anita de Montemar, que este género radiofónico cobró fuerza y se comenzaron a transmitir hasta cinco radionovelas al día, las cuales – al igual que las transmitidas en Estados Unidos— eran patrocinadas por empresas de jabones, perfumes y artículos de limpieza.''<br />
<br />
The first radionovela in Mexico, ''The Three Musketeers'', was transmitted by XEW in 1932, but it was not until 1941, with ''Ave sin nido'' (''Bird Without a Nest''), the exciting life of Anita de Montemar, that this radio genre gained momentum and began to transmit up to five radionovelas a day – which, as in the United States, were sponsored by manufacturers of soap, perfume, and cleaning products.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.noticiasmvs.com/#!/noticias/las-radionovelas-legendarias-de-mexico-revisitadas-por-jaime-almeida-en-la-fonoteca-nacional-401 |title=Las radionovelas legendarias de México revisitadas por Jaime Almeida en la Fonoteca Nacional |trans-title=The legendary radionovelas of Mexico revisited by Jaime Almeida at the National Sound Archive |publisher=[[Noticias MVS]] |language=Spanish |date=23 May 2012 |access-date=6 October 2016}}</ref>}}<br />
<br />
Perhaps one of the most popular radionovela heroes in Mexico (and later in [[Central America]], [[Colombia]], and [[Ecuador]]) was [[Kalimán]], created in 1963 and then transferred to cartoon in 1965.<br />
<br />
Radio professional Vicente Leñero related some guidelines and literary devices for radionovela melodrama from his time as an XEW writer (on serials such as ''Entre mi amor y tu'', ''La sangre baja del río'', ''Boda de plata'', and ''La fea''):<br />
{{Quote|''Estructurar sinopsis mensuales, semanales, diarias; bocetar análisis psicológicos de los personajes; planear suspensos suaves antes del comercial, suspensos inquietantes al final del capítulo, suspensos tremebundos de final de semana.''<br />
<br />
Structure synopses monthly, weekly, and daily. Perform psychological analysis on the characters. Plan mild suspense before commercials, disturbing suspense for the end of the chapter, and frightful suspense for the end of the week.<ref>{{Cite journal |url=http://www.jornada.unam.mx/1996/11/24/sem-barrera.html |title=Las telenovelas y la generación 1962 |first=Vicente |last=Leñero |journal=La Jornada Semanal |location=Mexico |language=Spanish |date=24 November 1996 |access-date=6 October 2016 |page=4}}</ref>}}<br />
<br />
==In Paraguay==<br />
Radionovelas were broadcast in [[Paraguay]] by [[Radio Nacional del Paraguay|Radio Nacional 920 AM-95.1 FM]].<br />
<br />
==In Spain==<br />
[[Spain|Spanish]] stations which pioneered the broadcasting of popular and historically important serials at the national level were [[Cadena SER]] and [[Radio Nacional de España]] (RNE).<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://recursos.cnice.mec.es/media/radio/bloque1/index.html |title=Historia y evolución de la radio en España |trans-title=History and evolution of radio in Spain |website=Portal Media-Radio |publisher=[[Ministry of Education (Spain)|Spanish Ministry of Education]] |language=Spanish |access-date=6 October 2016}}</ref> Cadena SER reached its zenith of popularity with series such as ''{{Interlanguage link multi|Ama Rosa|es}}'' and ''Simplemente María''.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.ae-ic.org/santiago2008/contents/pdf/comunicaciones/474.pdf |last=Arias García |first=Elisa |title=El serial radiofónico como producto de creación |trans-title=The radio serial as a created product |publisher=[[Pontifical University of Salamanca]] |language=Spanish |access-date=6 October 2016}}</ref> The latter series reached 501 daily one-hour episodes during its broadcast run from 1971 to 1974.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.blogsdecadiz.com/blog/2011/09/641-la-radionovela-de-ciencia-ficcion-espanola-%E2%80%9Chistorias-para-imaginar/ |title=La radionovela de ciencia ficción española: 'Historias para imaginar' |trans-title=The Spanish science fiction radionovela: 'Stories to imagine' |last=Merelo Solá |first=Alfonso |website=lavozdigital.es |language=Spanish |date=14 September 2011 |access-date=6 October 2016}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book |last=Barea |first=Pedro |title=La estirpe de Sautier: La época dorada de la radionovela en España (1924–1964) |trans-title=The line of Sautier: the golden age of the radionovela in Spain 1924–1964) |location=Madrid |publisher=El Pais Aguilar |isbn=84-03-59352-X |language=Spanish |year=1994}}</ref> One of the last popular series in this vein was ''{{Interlanguage link multi|La Saga de los Porretas|es}}'', broadcast between 1976 and 1988.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://cadenaser.com/ser/2010/06/24/cultura/1277335029_850215.html |first=Ángeles |last=Afuera |title=Cien años del nacimiento del rey de los seriales radiofónicos, Sautier Casaseca |trans-title=Centenary of the birth of the king of radio serials, Sautier Casaseca |publisher=[[Cadena SER]] |language=Spanish |date=24 June 2010 |access-date=6 October 2016}}</ref><br />
<br />
Among the jewels of Radio Nacional de España was an adaptation of the novel ''{{Interlanguage link multi|El viaje a ninguna parte (novel)|es|3=El viaje a ninguna parte (novela)|lt=El viaje a ninguna parte}}'', a radionovela which was recorded and broadcast in 1983.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.rtve.es/radio/20080519/rescatamos-viaje-ninguna-parte-obra-maestra-radionovela/57390.shtml |title=Rescatamos 'El viaje a ninguna parte', una obra maestra de la radionovela |trans-title=Rescuing 'El viaje a ninguna parte' (The trip to nowhere), a masterpiece of the radionovela |publisher=[[RTVE]] |language=Spanish |date=19 May 2008 |access-date=6 October 2016}}</ref><br />
<br />
The last radio drama to be regularly broadcast nationally was ''{{Interlanguage link multi|Historias de RNE|es|3=Historias de RNE|lt=Historias}}'', on RNE's Radio 1, beginning in September 2003.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.fonotecaderadio.com/html/bibliografia.html |title=Bibliografía |trans-title=Bibliography |publisher=Fonoteca de radio |language=Spanish |access-date=6 October 2016}}</ref><br />
<br />
[[Radio 3 (Spanish radio station)|Radio 3]], under the direction of Federico Volpini in 2000, recaptured the spirit of the radio series with ''{{Interlanguage link multi|Cuando Juan y Tula fueron a Siritinga|es}}'', a creation of Carlos Faraco. It was broadcast in 86 chapters of approximately ten minutes.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://archive.org/details/cuandojuanytulafueronasiritinga |title=Cuando Juan y Tula fueron a Siritinga |publisher=[[Internet Archive]] |access-date=6 October 2016}}</ref><br />
<br />
''Ars sonora'', a weekly series on [[Radio Clásica]], has offered more than 100 radio theater works since 1985.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.rtve.es/alacarta/audios/ars-sonora/ |title=Ars Sonora |publisher=[[RTVE]] |language=Spanish |access-date=6 October 2016}}</ref><br />
<br />
==In the United States==<br />
In the 1930s, there were many popular serials in the United States, such as ''[[Lone Ranger|The Lone Ranger]]'' and ''[[The Green Hornet (radio series)|The Green Hornet]]'', masked heroes created for radio by [[George W. Trendle]] and [[Fran Striker]] and later developed in other media such as film, television, and comic books.<br />
[[File:V. při natáčení.jpg|thumb|Czech dramatic actors at the microphone]]<br />
<br />
==In Uruguay==<br />
In the late 1920s, [[Uruguay]]an radio stations broadcast theater works in auditoriums in [[Montevideo]]. In 1930 the first acting troupes led by Concepción Olona and the husband and wife team Pedro Becco and Teresa Lacanau adapted classics of international literature. The radionovela appeared with the creation of ''Las Aventuras de Carlos Norton'' (a Heraclio Sena production for CX 22 radio Fada), and a little later ''Brochazos Camperos'' (1935, CX 14 radio El Espectador) and ''La Querencia''.<br />
<br />
==In Venezuela==<br />
Among the first serials to be recorded in [[Venezuela]] was ''El derecho de nacer'', about the life, work, and passion of [[Jesus|Jesus Christ]].<br />
<br />
When the radionovela began to be displaced by the [[telenovela]], the actor and announcer Alberto Cimino formed the company El Universo del Espectáculo (The Universe of Entertainment), recovering the best classic radionovelas and producing new stories to be broadcast on several Venezuelan stations.{{Citation needed|date=October 2016}}<br />
<br />
==See also==<br />
* [[History of radio]]<br />
* [[Radio drama]]<br />
* [[Serial (radio and television)]]<br />
* [[Telenovela]]<br />
<br />
==References==<br />
{{Reflist}}<br />
<br />
==External links==<br />
{{commonscat|Radio dramas}}<br />
* {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141104110841/http://guiadelaradio.com/museo/libros.html |date=November 4, 2014 |title=Extensive bibliography of broadcasting in Spain }}<br />
<br />
<br />
[[Category:Radio drama]]<br />
[[Category:Soap operas by genre]]</div>Adminpeter