1920s: Rádio Sociedade (Society Radio), tuning science into Brazilian homes

In the 1920s, the Brazilian embryonic scientific community decided to foster more intense dialogue with society. A variety of channels were used to communicate science, including newspapers, magazines, books, lectures, and the radio. The first Brazilian was created not as an initiative of the state , but as a result of the action of progressive social sectors of the society and with the leadership of scientists. The Brazilian Academy of Science founded Rádio Sociedade on 20 April 1923 - only three years after the creation of KDKA in the US and one year after that of BBC in the UK. Rádio Sociedade, a non-profit organization, was born from a movement of scientists and intellectuals that included several fellows of the ABC, all of whom chipped in to create this new channel of communication, whose mission, according to the minutes of its foundation, was to spread education and culture and promote science communication.