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João Paulo Diniz
- Born
- 1949
The Emissores Associados de Lisboa announcer who, at 22:55 on 24 April 1974, introduced and put on the air “E Depois do Adeus” (And After the Goodbye), the MFA’s first signal.
He was born in 1949.4 He was an announcer at Emissores Associados de Lisboa, on Avenida Elias Garcia, when, at 22:55 on 24 April 1974, he announced live: “It is five minutes to eleven. With you, Paulo de Carvalho with Eurofestival 74, ‘E Depois do Adeus’” (Faltam cinco minutos para as vinte e três horas. Convosco, Paulo de Carvalho com o Eurofestival 74, “E Depois do Adeus”).12
Paulo de Carvalho’s song was the first signal of the Armed Forces Movement: the cue for the units taking part to begin preparing for the troops to move out.12 The Aljube Museum plays the recording, with João Paulo Diniz’s voice, in its exhibition.3
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Paulo de Carvalho
b. 1947
The singer of “E Depois do Adeus” (And After the Goodbye), the song that won the 1974 Festival da Canção (Song Festival) and that Emissores Associados de Lisboa broadcast at 22:55 on 24 April as the MFA’s first signal.
Notes on the sources3
- The spelling of his surname: Diniz (Aljube Museum, Wikidata) or Dinis (25 April Association, Commemorative Commission for the 50th Anniversary of 25 April).
- Whether he knew that the song he was announcing was a signal: the sources do not say.
- The year of birth (1949) comes only from Wikidata.
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Sources
- 1Movimentações do dia 25 de Abril. Associação 25 de Abril — consulted on 2 October 2026
- 2Operação Viragem Histórica. Comissão Comemorativa 50 Anos 25 de Abril — consulted on 2 October 2026
- 325 de Abril de 1974. Museu do Aljube Resistência e Liberdade (EGEAC) — consulted on 2 October 2026
- 4João Paulo Diniz (Q130552339). Wikidata — consulted on 2 October 2026