Abstract
  
   This thesis investigates the influence exercised by Radio Clásica in the lives of their listeners. This work was made during the time period between October 2006 and July 2010 and is part of the doctoral program at the Department of Audiovisual Communication, Documentation and History of Art at the UPV. Furthermore, it’s based on an anthropological study of the vital involvement that Radio Clásica exercises over its listeners. This thesis has been selective and specific by telling the biographies of people who listen to Radio Classic.
   It has been based on IBA —based Research in the Arts—and on qualitative methods, which try to move away from scientism and positivist ideas that support it. This does not make it a work devoid of logic and truth. In this research we find new ways of writing autobiographies, new frames to which the radio research studies have accustomed us. The radio has been studied, in many cases, through quantitative methods based on scientific data on the audience. Our study proposes a current investigation where the main aim looks for a more humane way of receiving radio and it’s far away from traditional research methods. We try to keep stories alive and not just collect them. The reader should be reflected in the stories and therefore our method of writing is evocative. Our main objective has been reflected in the report of experiences through listening to Radio Clásica. The researcher's role has assumed a position of greater relevance. Our thesis incorporates the triad —researcher, researched and reader— which it’s typical of the new concerns of research. 
   In short, we can say that the thesis is based on new research frameworks and radio study of the phenomenon from the scene of the reception. 
   
   KEY WORDS: Anthropology, autobiography, autoethnography, radiobiography, interviews, IBA, narrative research, qualitative vs. quantitative methods, triad: researcher, researched and reader.