[4] The foundation was given after an initiative of the National Council of Administration, which sought to "spiritually improve" the inhabitants of the country, by transmitting artistic, scientific, illustrative shows or auditions.

[5] The law that originated it established as the body's competence to "create schools and conservatories", "acquire and lease phonographic, theatrical, cinematographic, printed musical material or any other that is related to its activities", "edit catalogues, programs or other publications", "act individually or in ensembles in the shows or auditions that it performs or that it contributes to perform, as well as in the schools or conservatories that it institutes".

[7] On April 1, 1930, the official station, CX 6, began its regular transmissions, which had journalistic, cultural, sports, educational and broadcast programming from the agency's troupes.

[12] The company has made national and international tours, having performed in Spain, Italy, Oman, China, Thailand, Russia, Israel, Mexico, Cuba, Venezuela, Colombia, Peru, Chile, Paraguay, Argentina and Brazil.

[17] The Youth Orchestra was launched in 2011, as a result of an alliance between Sodre and the Fundación Sistema de Orquestas Juveniles e Infantiles del Uruguay.

[20] The National Auditorium was inaugurated in 2009 and is located in barrio Centro, Montevideo, in the same place as the old Urquiza Theater that was destroyed in a fire in 1971.