A cobertura radiofônica local das edições do “Festival de música popular brasileira de Juiz de Fora”, de 1968 a 1972

Abstract

The objective of this research is to investigate the local radio coverage of the editions of the “Festival de Música Popular Brasileira de Juiz de Fora” from 1968 to 1972, at the time of the Festival Era in Brazil, which is inserted in the period of the Brazilian military regime (1964- 1985). Despite being the expansion phase of TV in Brazil, with the creation of musical programs, the focus is to highlight the importance of radios as precursors of this moment, and, to this end, a brief historical retrospective was carried out on radio broadcasting in Juiz de Fora. The beginning of festivals in Brazil and the relationship between radio and music in the city were contextualized through samba, which gave rise to the first Juiz-Forano composers. The theoretical basis was made from Ferraretto (2001), Moreira (1991), Ortriwano (1985), Prata (2003) and Ciribelli (1991) who deal with the theme of radio, regarding music, based on Mostaro et al (1977), Mello (2010) and Tinhorão (2014). Regarding the press in Juiz de Fora, the analysis by Musse (2008) was used. The concept of collective memory by Halbwachs (1990) was considered and Oral History was applied through Thompson (1992) and Alberti (2013). The collection of testimonies with the aim of publicizing the memory of this period of cultural effervescence in the city was based on reports from former employees of the broadcasters, journalists, musicians and participants in the festival organization. The hypothesis was that although TV was growing at that time, local radio was very important for publicizing and popularizing the event in question. From this, the following questions were raised: how did local radio broadcast and popularize the editions of the “Festival de Música Popular Brasileira de Juiz de Fora”? And how did this media coverage publicize the artists of the local scene in the face of the participation of renowned musicians? In search of answers to such questions, the methodological path of Oral History was carried out, collecting testimonies from people related to the event and radio coverage, combined with the bibliographical review of the authors, who recorded this festival and the media during this period; documentary research was carried out with searches in newspapers of the time, to confirm the information in the reports; and research in personal collections, libraries and museums. Finally, a description of the journalistic coverage of the event carried out by broadcasters was carried out. radio in Juiz de Fora. It was concluded that local radio coverage of editions of the “Festival de Música Popular Brasileira de Juiz de Fora” occurred frequently, becoming the only vehicle to broadcast the event live.