Overview

• On August 27, 1920, Enrique Telémaco Susini, César Guerrico, Luis Romero Carranza and Miguel Mujica aired Wagner’s Parsifal from the Teatro Coliseo terrace.
• The quartet, later known as “Los locos de la azotea,” reached an estimated 50 listeners and repeated the program the next night with Aida and Iris.
• Current coverage underscores how radio became central in Argentina, fostering radioteatro and shaping figures such as Magdalena Ruiz Guiñazú, Héctor Larrea and Cacho Fontana.
• Newsrooms mark the date with efemérides that list other notable events, births and deaths that occurred on August 27.
• Argentina also observes World Radio Day on February 13, a UN-designated celebration established in 2012.