A giant in the air.
In the early days of telephony in Chile appeared several radio stations, some short-lived, resulting in a constant renewal of business projects, encouraged by this emerging economic activity. Thus, in the late 1930s, the Radio Consortium English - Chile ", led to Radio" Spain ", which in July 1941 gave birth to Radio Race."
Control Board CB Radio 126 Carrera on opening day: July 26, 1941. Two years later the station was acquired by the National Mining Society. (Note that technology the time was limited to only four 78 RPM records turntables because there were no records of 45 or 33 RPM vinyl or magnetic tape recorders.)
Aspect Radio Hall Auditorium Carrera, the most sumptuous ever built in Chile. Ecran Magazine 547 - August 1941.
In 1943 the National Mining Company decided to have a radio station to broadcast their national life. Thus as its president, Don Hernán Videla Lira, won funding for such projects, particularly with the acquisition of CB Radio 126 Carrera that the June 21, 1943 was renamed Radio National Mining Society. "
Kika, Chilean film star, along with Edmundo del Solar, in the radio drama "tormented souls" of Radio Mining. Pictured also: Vidia Arredondo, Carlos de la Sotta the microphone, and Eduardo Alcaraz. (September 1944).
late 1944
Radio National Mining Company "experienced a change of position on the dial, leaving as CB 106, in the frequency of 1,060 kHz, channel for 15 years had used Radio" South America " , station is now the oldest in the country, broadcasting from Santiago de Chile in the frequency of 1,540 kilocycles per second.
Raúl Matas, director of the station, transmitting its program Discomania "- January 1949.
Radio National Mining Company "reached the leadership in the late 40's with the inclusion of microphone and loud voices were Raúl Matas, Adolfo Janquelevich, Sergio Silva, Petronio Romo, Carlos Alberto Palma, Adriana Borghero, Ricardo Garcia, and an endless list.
F Derico and directing Ojeda orchestral concert the group consisting of 20 teachers, playing classical and semi classical concerts on Wednesdays at 13.00. June 1952. (Note that the auditorium is the same as Radio Carrera, 1941).
At the beginning of decade 1950, Radio National Mining Company "and Atrato developed innovative programs, interacting with their auditors attending the auditorium to witness the live broadcast," The Fair of Wishes "," Stars meet "," The colmao Llodrá "," The Philco mysterious tune, "The Bar Radiogenina", "Topaze in the air" and many others.
addition, in the auditorium of Radio Mineria, located on the third floor of the Currency 973, acted as major international figures, Juliette Greco, Domenico Modugno, Imperio Argentina, Paul Anka, Brenda Lee, Neil Sedaka, Chubby Checker, Dalva de Oliveira, Francisco Canaro, Miguel Caló, Mario Clavell, etc., etc. The same scenario was the birthplace of Chilean artists international career as Lucho Gatica, Antonio Prieto, Pepe Lucena.
Canaro Francisco y su Orquesta Tipica acting Mining Radio (Radiomanía Magazine-September 1959) .
Moreover programs news and media "The Esso Reporter", "political grandstanding" Newsletter Anaconda "and" El Correo de Mineria "shaped school, by Lenka Franulic, Luis Hernandez Gomez Parker and Mario Lopez.
"Courier Mining" was born on September 2, 1956 as "The Courier of the Witch" directed by Luis Hernandez Parker, broadcast only on Sundays at 22.30. The name change and began daily broadcasting in August 1958.
Manuel Cortes, a prominent control of the station, with the airing of "The Courier Mining." Department journalists accompanying him Press alert to the issue of cores, recorded on magnetic tape, which support their respective reviews. (January 1965)
TRANSMISSION POWER WITH 100 kilowatts of
On Saturday November 8, 1958 Radio National Mining Company opened a modern, powerful computer Westinghouse 100 kilowatt transmitter with two antennas for long-wave emissions and 2 shortwave bands at 25 and 49 meters.
View of the new equipment installed in the plant Westinghouse transmitter of Radio National Mining Society, located on a plot of the commune of La Florida, where he had worked for 15 years inherited the old transmitter in 1943 of the former Radio Carrera.
After being the largest in the country, under the simple name of Radio "Mining", the station closed its broadcasting on March 31, 1999. Listen here the last minutes of life of Radio Mining, with the heartfelt words of its director Hernani Banda on the bars of the property that day, for 57 years, attended the Opening and Closing of transmissions.
OPENING AND CLOSING OF RADIO DAILY MINING
During all its years of existence Radio National Mining used daily in the Opening and Closing a tune transmissions, (author and performer never released), which is clearly recorded in the auditory memory of millions of Chileans.
Carlos Jorge Torres at the Disco Fall Studies, made the technical reconstruction of this melody in its original version. This study was conducted from a home recording of the Closing Night of Radio Mining, watched the reconstitution of the different musical phrases, the sequential organization according to the original version, and the overlapping fragments to eliminate free speech closing the Parliaments.
OBOD2001 has posted on YouTube this video with an updated version of the song.