Retro: Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Wednesday, Jan 21, 1981

[south_ferretti]

from Jornal do Brasil
This city was left with only 4 stations after TV Tupi (channel 6) went dark in July 1980; it returned to the air in June 1983 as TV Manchete (now Rede TV!)

TV Educativa (ch. 2)
4.30pm Ginastica
5.00 Telecurso 2° Grau
5.15 Turma do Lambe-Lambe
6.15 Era Uma Vez
6.45 Sitio do Pica-Pau Amarelo
7.20 João da Silva
8.00 A Conquista
8.45 Telecurso 2° Grau
9.00 Decisão Pública
10.00 1981
10.45 Cabaret Literario

Globo (ch. 4)
7.00 Telecurso 2° Grau
7.15 Ginastica
7.45 Telecurso 2° Grau
8.00 Sitio do Pica-Pau Amarelo
8.30 TV Mulher
12.00 Minipolegar e Yogui (Mighty Man & Yukk)
12.30 Bam Bam e Pedrita (Pebbles & Bamm-Bamm)
1.00 Globo Esporte
1.15 Hoje
1.45 Vale a Pena Ver de Novo: A Sucessora
2.30 Filme "O Leão e a Feiciteira" (The Lion, the Witch & the Wardrobe)
4.30 Batman
5.00 Show das Cinco: Popeye/Pernalonga (Bugs Bunny)/Tom & Jerry
5.25 Globinho
5.30 Sitio do Pica-Pau Amarelo
6.00 As Tres Marias
6.50 Jornal das Sete
7.00 Plumas e Paetês
7.50 Jornal Nacional
8.10 Coração Alado
9.10 Vega$
10.10 Duas Vidas
11.10 Jornal da Globo
11.35 Filme "Amor e Dor" (Love and Pain and the Whole Damn Thing)

Bandeirantes (ch. 7)
8.30 Despertar da Fe
9.00 O Poder da Fe
9.50 Emergência (Emergency!)
10.50 Cara a Cara
11.45 Discomania
12.00 Bandeirantes Esporte
12.30 Primeira Edição
1.00 Programa Edna Savaget
2.00 Aqui e Agora
5.55 Atenção
6.00 O Meu Pe de Laranja Lima
6.55 Dulcinea Vai a Guerra
7.50 Atenção
7.55 Um Homem Muito Especial
8.50 Jornal Bandeirantes
9.15 Filme "Os Gêmeos" (Twin Detectives)
11.15 Atenção
11.20 Lou Grant
12.20 Filme "O Destino Que Deus Me Deu" (Play It at is Lays)

TVS (ch. 11)
7.45 Ginastica
8.15 Cozinhando com Arte
8.30 Papa-Leguas (Road Runner)
9.00 Bozo
9.20 Caçadores de Fantasmas (Goober & the Ghost Chasers)
10.00 Super Robin Hood
10.30 Smokey, o Guarda Legal (Smokey Bear)
11.00 Turma do Pica-Pau
11.30 Popeye
12.00 Bozo
12.30 Maguila o Gorila (Magilla Gorilla)
1.00 O Elo Perdido (Land of the Lost)
1.30 Jonny Quest
2.00 O Povo na TV
6.45 Daniel Boone
7.45 Pica Pau (Woody Woodpecker)
8.00 O Defensor dos Bandidos
9.00 Reapertura
10.30 Carnaval '81
11.30 O Homem da Lei
12.30 Jornal da Noite

 

[JBraddock]

When I visited Rio in 1999, all radio and TV stations were required to either run a government program from 7 to 8 PM local time or sign off for that hour. I wonder when that started (don't see it in the listings here) and if they're still doing it today.

 

[south_ferretti]

When I visited Rio in 1999, all radio and TV stations were required to either run a government program from 7 to 8 PM local time or sign off for that hour. I wonder when that started (don't see it in the listings here) and if they're still doing it today.

What you're mentioning probably happened during an election campaign (local or national). That's called "horario politico" and it's still in place to this day, but not year-round. Stations are given 10 to 30 minutes twice a day (during lunchtime and in the evening) to deliver political messages from the candidates.

 

[EddieTheRapFan]

When I visited Rio in 1999, all radio and TV stations were required to either run a government program from 7 to 8 PM local time or sign off for that hour. I wonder when that started (don't see it in the listings here) and if they're still doing it today.

That's A Voz do Brasil and it's still mandatory on all radio stations. However, since 2018 commercial stations can now choose to play the show between 7 and 10 PM, while educational and government stations are still mandated to run it at 7PM.

TV doesn't have a similar programme (though formerly all commercial and public stations ran an educational show produced by TV Escola very early on weekend mornings), but both TV and radio are mandate to play political ads during primetime during election campaigns.