The Sounds of Yesterday

The bulk of the pieces appearing in the exhibition are owed to the Salamanca collector Agustín de Castro Cacho. Throughout the rooms, the evolution of the morphology, materials, and technology of receivers can be understood. We also have pieces that are not electromagnetic wave receivers, such as the recreation of an old radio station, whose equipment was donated by Radio Salamanca-Cadena SER. Other significant pieces from private donors and depositors complete the exhibition. This includes an elegant gramophone and receiver from the prestigious brand, His Master's Voice, or a jukebox from the Petaco Rennote brand from the sixties.

During the visit, various audios related to the world of radio can be heard through headphones, such as the voice of G. Marconi, a song sent into space on the Voyager probe, Zarra's famous Goal in the unmistakable voice of Matías Prats (1913-2004), or the historical broadcast of the Night of the Transistors.

The radio advertisements or jingles most broadcast during the golden decades of radio; Mandarín flan, Okal, Netol, Fundador Brandy, or Cafés La Estrella can be listened to again by activating the touch screen located at the end of the exhibition. Regarding the History of radio in Salamanca, we highlight the creation in 1937 of Radio Nacional de España, whose first headquarters were in the Palacio de Anaya. The long life of EAJ-57 Radio Salamanca was inaugurated on the rooftop of the now-defunct Gran Hotel in 1935.

Also, personalities like Carlos Revilla González (1933-2000) who began his professional career as a radio actor and continued as a television dubbing director. Some of the countless voices to his credit are unforgettable; Michael Caine, Bill Cosby, Knight Rider, Homer Simpson, Cary Grant, Robert Duvall, Juan Olvido from Sesame Street, etc.