Tv and Radio
Brazilian TV is ghastly, the worst you are ever likely to see, and therefore compulsive viewing even if you don't understand a word of Portuguese. There are several national channels, of which the most dominant is TV Globo, the centrepiece of the Globo empire, Latin America's largest media conglomerate. It was built up by Brazil's answer to Rupert Murdoch, Roberto Marinho, now over 80, one of the most powerful men in Brazil, very cosy with the military regime and prone to use his papers and TV channels as platforms for his ultra-conservative views. The other major national channels are Manchete, TV Bandeirantes, SBT and Record. The channels are dominated by telenovelas , glossy soap operas which have massive audiences in the evenings; the most popular is Terra Nostra, a story about Italian immigrants in Sao Paulo at the beginning of the twentieth century. Football coverage is also worth listening to, a gabbling and incomprehensible stream of commentary, punctuated by remarkably elongated shouts of "Gooooool" whenever anyone scores - which is often, Brazilian defences being what they are. However, there are a few genuine highlights, notably Jo Soares , the funniest and cleverest of Brazilian comedians, who hosts a very civilized late-night chat show on SBT every weekday. Radio is always worth listening to if only for the music, so a cheap transistor radio is a good thing to take with you. FM stations abound everywhere and you should always be able to find a station that plays local music. Shortwave reception for the BBC World Service is good in Brazil.
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