Paulo Machado de Carvalho Filho (April 25, 1924 – September 14, 2010) was a Brazilian businessman and

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who founded

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Radio, which is based in

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. He was also known as Paulinho Machado de Carvalho. He served as the first president of the Associação Brasileira das Emissoras de Rádio e Televisão (ABERT). ''

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'' has called him one of the most important people in the history of Brazilian media. Filho was born in

, the son of

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(1901–1992), who founded

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in 1932. Filho worked at for several years, until the company was sold to

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. He began working in Brazilian television, which was at its infancy in the country at the time. Filho was credited with creating several important Brazilian television series, including ''

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''. Filho also worked as a concert promoter and impresario, recruiting such international artists as

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and

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to perform in Brazil. He served as the head of Rádio Records during the 1960s and promoted several important music festivals during that era. He founded '' Rádio Panamericana'', which is now known as

. Paulo Machado de Carvalho Filho died of

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on September 14, 2010, at the hospital Sírio-Libanês in São Paulo at the age of 86. He was buried at the Cemitério do Morumbi in São Paulo.

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