Venezuela was among the first Latin American countries to use the radio in regular broadcast. Early attempts date back to 1926, when a radio station, identified by the acronym AYRE, was installed near the El Tejar corner, in Caracas, with three towers located in the corrals of the bullring Nuevo Circo.

At that time, nobody thought about the commercial radio and company AYRE operated through a subscription system, renting instruments to the public. Also, small receptors were introduced in the market. The so-called "Galena radios" helped to make early shows popular. Forerunners were Captain Arturo Santana and Roberto Sholtz, backed by José Vicente Gómez, the son of General Juan Vicente Gómez.

This first radio attempt counted on anchormen, such as Rafael Guinand and Alfredo Möller, and even an orchestra conducted by Pedro Elías Gutiérrez, the author of Venezuela's emblematic song "Alma Llanera". For economic reasons and political pressures, the radio station was short lived.

Oswaldo Yepes