RT Journal Article
T1 The Sound Portrait of a Dictator: A Study of Franco's image in Radio Nacional de España
A1 Gómez García, Salvador
A1 Martín Quevedo, Juan
A1 Quevedo Redondo, Raquel
AB This article explores the process carried out by Spain’s state radio station -Radio Nacional de España- to devise the figure of Francisco Franco, first as a war hero, supreme chief of the rebel side of Spanish Civil War and, after the conflict ended, as a statesman and rebuilder of the Spanish nation, in his roles as head of state and Caudillo de España (leader of Spain). Through the examination of materials from newspapers, magazines, sound archives, censored scripts and administrative documentation, this research focuses on the capacity of state radio to adapt its discourse to convey the figure of a “charismatic” ruler that satisfies the needs of the Francoist regime to survive and legitimize itself. The article shows how state radio constructs a discourse around Franco arranged to the different speeds of the national and international political context that shook Spain, Europe and the occidental world from 1937 to 1961.
PB Taylor and Francis
YR 2021
FD 2021
LK https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14352/124686
UL https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14352/124686
LA eng
NO Gómez-García, S., Martín-Quevedo, J., & Quevedo-Redondo, R. (2022). The Sound Portrait of a Dictator: A Study of Franco's image in Radio Nacional de España. Media History, 28(2), 230-243.
DS Docta Complutense
RD 26 abr 2026