Gustavo Pierral in full flow as host, microphone in hand and his arm stretched out toward the audience — the announcer of “Disco Fiebre,” period photograph in sepia

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Archive photograph of Gustavo Pierral · contributed to the CMTK Archive. The “Disco Fiebre en el 8” artwork and the “Viva La Juventud” still come from the same contribution.

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Gustavo Pierral

The voice of “Disco Fiebre,” the program that took the minitecas to television

The announcer and host who from “Disco Fiebre” (VTV, 1977) put the disco sound and the minitecas on the national screen — the same program that recorded the Primera Guerra de Minitecas at the Poliedro.

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The man of “Disco Fiebre”

Gustavo Pierral (Caracas, May 13, 1954) is one of the best-known announcers and hosts of Venezuelan radio and television. He studied architecture at the Universidad Central de Venezuela, but left the degree to devote himself to the media; he made his radio debut at Radio Capital, under the direction of Oswaldo Yepes.

His name became tied to the miniteca movement through “Disco Fiebre,” the Venezolana de Televisión program (Canal 8, 1977) — also titled “Fiebre en el 8” — that took the disco sound, the dance competitions between schools and the minitecas to the national screen. Under his hosting it reached very high ratings, to the point of welcoming figures such as Gloria Gaynor and of drawing long lines for its dance contests. The program itself recorded part of the Primera Guerra de Minitecas at the Poliedro (July 1, 1979).

A life in radio and television

His career continued at RCTV with “Viva la Juventud,” “De Gala” and “Hola Juventud,” and on radio with “Hit Parade” on Kys FM (a decade), FM Center (two decades) and, more recently, Unión Radio's Circuito Éxitos. He also trained in the United States, where he graduated in Communication from the Universidad de Los Ángeles, specializing in planning and budgeting for radio and television production.

Among his international assignments are the Festival de Viña del Mar (Chile) and the recording sessions of “We Are the World” and “Cantaré, Cantarás” (1985, Los Angeles). Decades later, he is still active in front of the microphone.

His place in the Archive

“Disco Fiebre” has its own entry in the Allies On Air collection of this Archive, as the program that served as the television showcase of the minitecas. This entry documents the person behind that hosting: the voice that, week after week, put the miniteca phenomenon in front of the whole country.

Social media

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Credits and sources

· Biographical profile: “Así era Venezuela — Gustavo Pierral” (asieravenezuela.com) and an interview in Contrapunto (contrapunto.com).
· Press coverage (2021): Últimas Noticias, Unión Radio / Mundo UR, Correo Cultural and Sitara Magazine — his career at Kys FM, FM Center and Circuito Éxitos.
· Link with the minitecas: “Disco Fiebre” (VTV, Canal 8, 1977), hosted by Gustavo Pierral, recorded the Primera Guerra de Minitecas at the Poliedro (July 1, 1979) — see the “Disco Fiebre” entry in Allies On Air.

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