The Sounds of Yesterday

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

During the visit, various audio recordings related to the world of radio can be listened to via 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 historic broadcast of the Night of the Transistors.

Finally, the most broadcast radio commercials or jingles from radio's golden decades; Flan Mandarín, Okal, Netol, Brandy Fundador, 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, inaugurated on the rooftop of the now-demolished Gran Hotel in 1935.

Also featured are personalities such as 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 he performed are unforgettable; Michael Caine, Bill Cosby, Knight Rider, Homer Simpson, Cary Grant, Robert Duvall, Juan Olvido from Sesame Street, etc.