RADIO DRAMA IN SPAIN: CONTEXT OF REFERENCE FOR A DIACHRONIC APPROACH

The main objective of this article is to give a contextualization of radio drama in Spain, over a period of three decades in the last century, between the 1940s and the 1970s. Through retrospective analysis on its history some of the keys related to narrative and drama genres implementation are assessed. The research methodology used can be classified as theoretical-conceptual, since it has been based on the search, compilation and analysis of documentation that have allowed radio theater to be contextualized in those three decades. As a result of the research, the relationship between radio plays and social context is revealed and the contributions of the main Spanish authors and directors of radio drama in those decades are referenced. The final conclusion points to the fact that radio drama throughout radio history has been appearing and disappearing conditioned by programmers and public demand. Despite this, even by the end of the seventies, when radio programmers stood up for informative content, some radio dramatic serials would continue in the radio programming: La Saga de los Porretas (Cadena SER) or Sobrenatural and Historias (RNE).