Rádio Tupi was inaugurated in 1935 by the journalist Assis Chateaubriand, and is owned by media conglomerate Diários Associados.

[1] Its studios are located in the Rio de Janeiro headquarters of Diários Associados, in the neighborhood of São Cristóvão.

[2] Rádio Tupi was inaugurated by the journalist Assis Chateaubriand on September 25, 1935, in a ceremony attended by radio transmission pioneer Guglielmo Marconi.

[6] Then as of December 30, 2016, in a meeting with the Union of Radio Broadcasters in Rio de Janeiro, Rádio Tupi's employees decided to strike indefinitely.

[citation needed] In 2015, Rádio Tupi investigative journalist Róbson Machado de Souza, received an honourable mention, in the radio category of the 37th Vladimir Herzog Awards for amnesty and human rights.