António Sala is, even today, the most famous name of Rádio Renascença. He was the presenter of Despertar for about 20 years with Olga Cardoso and audience leader. Now, away from the radio, and despite remaining “addicted” as a listener, Sala reveals what he thinks of “Too Disturbing” Joanna Marquez, which airs daily in the Renaissance. The conversation took place on Monday night live on social media on Maluco Beleza, directed by Roy Onas, who brought up the topic. “How do you listen to ‘so unpleasant’ today?” asked Roy Unas Antonio Sala, the life legend of Rádio Renascença, as Joana Marques’ teaser plays. “There are some things that I think are very fun and very nice and they are sharp and she really puts her finger in cuts and things. There are others where I think, and it’s a personal opinion, where she exaggerates and sometimes is unfair in terms of certain kinds of approaches and people and criticism. But that’s what I think. ‘ replied the former announcer.

“Do you think that humor does not justify everything?” Unas continued. “I believe that humor should be free in everything. But then it is not without criticism from everyone who says that this humor is vile, or that this humor is uncomfortable. For example, when I had health problems and had a certain type of Diseases, for a while, I always thought everything was funny, when I was watching comedy shows and some comedians, for example, making fun of cancer, or something like that, I was like … But if you say to me: So, are blessings forbidden ?

Sala thinks that “too unpleasant” would be “impossible” to make in the 80s or 90s, “because society itself would back down and reject “too unpleasant”, but “too unpleasant” already existed at the time.. recalled Paulo Fernandez, Great broadcaster at Rádio Comercial where he would break records”, recalls the presenter of “Despertar”, one of the most listened to radio programs ever in Portugal.