MEC Radio program will air this Sunday (9/8), at 12:30 pm
The Conversa com o Autor program that Rádio MEC will air this Sunday (8), at 12:30 pm, presents an unprecedented chat with the poet André Luiz Pinto. In the interview, the guest talks about his trajectory in literature and the relationship between the various books he has published.
During the public broadcaster’s program, hosted by Katy Navarro, André Luiz highlights the creative process and how difficult it is to define “poetic creation” based on the reading of each poem produced. He talks about some texts whose verses are born from his own experiences or from observations he made of others and himself. The author from Rio de Janeiro also talks about the pains and pleasures of being a poet and the possibility of bringing poetry to more readers through new technologies.
André Luiz Pinto da Rocha’s most recent work is “The Guru” (2023). He has also published, among others, the books “Flor à beira” (1999), “Primeiro de abril” (2004), “Isto” (2005), “Ao léu” (2007), “Terno novo” (2012), “Nós, os dinosauros” (2016), “Migalha” (2019), and “Balanço, poemas reunidos” (1990-2020). His poems also served as the theme for the films “André Luiz Pinto, esse sou eu” (André Luiz Pinto, esse sou eu) and “Autobiographies of poetic and political events”, from 2019, by Alberto Pucheu.
About Conversation with the Author
Presented and produced by journalist Katy Navarro, this is a nearly 30-minute conversation that revolves around new releases, titles, curiosities, creative process, suggested works, readings and the diverse literary narratives of Brazilian authors. In 2023, the program completed a decade.
Episodes from the new season are also available in videocast format on the public broadcaster’s YouTube channel.
About MEC Radio
Known throughout the country as “Brazil’s Classical Music Radio Station,” Rádio MEC is acclaimed by the public for its focus on classical music. The traditional station dedicates 80% of its programming to classical music and broadcasts Brazilian and international composers from all eras.
Rádio MEC offers listeners the experience of listening to segmented repertoires, original compositions and quality productions. There is also space for jazz tracks and Brazilian popular music, a combination that guarantees the conquest of new audiences and pleases the captive audience.
The station can be tuned in on FM 99.3 MHz and AM 800 kHz in Rio de Janeiro. Rádio MEC’s dial in Brasília is FM 87.1 MHz and AM 800 kHz. The public can also follow the programming in Belo Horizonte on FM 87.1 MHz. The content is also broadcast on the Rádios EBC app.
Listeners are guaranteed participation and can contribute suggestions for MEC Radio programming. The public can interact through social media and WhatsApp. To do so, interested parties simply need to send text messages to the number (21) 99710-0537.
Broadcaster history
Synonymous with education, art and culture, MEC was the first radio station in Brazil. The successor to Rádio Sociedade, created in 1923 by Edgard Roquette-Pinto and Henrique Morize, it preserves the history of Brazilian music and plays an important role in the musical and cultural formation of the country. On July 5, 2022, it was declared an Intangible Historical and Cultural Heritage of Rio de Janeiro.
Donated in 1936 to the Ministry of Education, Rádio MEC has been managed by EBC since 2007. With around 50 thousand recordings and productions, the station has a heritage of recordings of testimonies ranging from Getúlio Vargas to Monteiro Lobato, including chronicles by Cecília Meireles and Manuel Bandeira. Big names such as Fernanda Montenegro and Carlos Drummond de Andrade have passed through the station’s studios.
The program focuses on promoting Brazilian culture. It includes the diversity of Brazilian music, including genres such as choro, regional music, instrumental music and concert music. It also includes programs dedicated to literature, cinema, drama and the arts as a whole.
Conversation with the Author Service
– Sunday, September 8th, at 12:30 pm, on Rádio MEC AM
Rádio MEC on the internet and social media
Website: https://radios.ebc.com.br
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/radiomec
Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/user/radiomec
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/radiomec
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/radiomec
WhatsApp: (21) 99710-0537
How to tune into Rádio MEC
Rio de Janeiro: FM 99.3 MHz and AM 800 kHz
Belo Horizonte: FM 87.1 MHz
Brasília: FM 87.1 MHz and AM 800 kHz
Satellite – Star One C2 – 3748.00 MHz – Service 3
Cellular – Rádios EBC App for Android and iOS
