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 is the case of an elegant gramophone and receiver from the prestigious firm, La voz de su amo, or a jukebox from the Petaco Rennote brand from the sixties.

During the visit, various audio recordings 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 historic broadcast of the Night of the Transistors. The radio advertisements or jingles most broadcast during the golden decades of radio; 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 visit. Regarding the History of Radio in Salamanca, we highlight the creation in 1937 of Radio Nacional de España, whose first headquarters was in the Palacio de Anaya. Also, the long life of EAJ-57 Radio Salamanca, inaugurated on the rooftop of the now-defunct Gran Hotel in 1935.

It is also important to introduce personalities such as Carlos Revilla González (1933-2000) who began his professional career as a radio actor and later continued as a television dubbing director. Some of the voices he voiced are unforgettable; Michael Caine, Bill Cosby, K.I.T.T. from Knight Rider, Homer Simpson, Cary Grant, Robert Duvall, Juan Olvido from Sesame Street, etc.