O Serviço Brasileiro da Deutsche Welle

Resumo (EN)

The research presented here is about the Brazilian Radio Service of Deutsche Welle, Germany·s international broadcaster. This study focuses on the years between 1962 and 1999, when Deutsche Welle had officially broadcasted to Brazil. This is a memorial work, based on interviews made with professionals and former employees of the broadcasting company. ln addition to the interviews, an exploratory study was made, to examine critically the available documentation on the company's archives, to collect information available in the media and to research literature. ln addition, there was a presence research made at Deutsche Welle headquarters and at the University of Cologne, in Germany. This thesis is divided in three main chapters: the first one covers the following subjects: international broadcasting, public broadcasting and short waves, making a correlation with the Brazilian Service of Radio Deutsche Welle; the second chapter presents the broadcaster Deutsche Welle, with its structure, history and sociopolitical characteristics; and the third chapter is dedicated to the Brazilian Service of the German international broadcaster, its changes during the years, its set of programs and its professionals.