Radio 5 (Spanish radio station)

Radio 5 is a Spanish free-to-air radio station owned and operated by Radio Nacional de España (RNE), the radio division of state-owned public broadcaster Radiotelevisión Española (RTVE). It is the corporation's all-news radio station, and is known for its 24-hour rolling news service and its live coverage of breaking news.

Radio 5
Broadcast areaSpain
FrequencySpain (AM: various, FM: various, DAB, DVB-T)
Worldwide via Satellite
Programming
FormatAll news
NetworkRNE
Ownership
OwnerRTVE
Radio Nacional
Radio Clásica
Radio 3
Ràdio 4
Radio Exterior
History
First air date
1 January 1989 (1 January 1989)
Former names
Radio 5 Todo Noticias (1994–99)
Radio 5 Información (2012–13)
Links
WebsiteRadio 5

It was launched in 1 January 1989 as the first 24-hour rolling radio news service in Spain. It was known as "Radio 5 Todo Noticias" (1994–99) and "Radio 5 Información" (2012–13). It is the only nationwide rolling news radio service in Spain.

Its headquarters and main production center is in Casa de la Radio at Prado del Rey in Pozuelo de Alarcón. Although almost all its programming is in Spanish and is the same for all of Spain, RNE has territorial centers in every autonomous community and produces and broadcasts some local news bulletins in regional variations in each of them in the corresponding co-official language.

History

It began broadcasting on 1 January 1989, following a reorganization of public radio services that took place after the dissolution of Radiocadena Española, and in its early years it included both conventional and local entertainment programming.[1] In 1994, when Jesús Vivanco was director of the station, it adopted the format of a news radio station specializing in public service and current affairs under the name Radio 5 Todo Noticias.[2]

From a June-2016 survey, Radio 5 received 289,000 listeners daily. According to EGM Radio 5, in June 2019 it had 238,000 daily listeners.[3]

News schedule

Every 30 minutes, Radio 5 broadcasts a 5-minute news bulletin. Headlines are broadcast at :15 and :45, followed by traffic from Dirección General de Tráfico and weather from Agencia Estatal de Meteorología.

An international news roundup, known as Cinco continentes (Five continents), is broadcast weekdays at 9–10 pm.

Regional information is on at these times: 7:25–7:30 am, 7:50–8 am, 9:05–9:10 am, 12:25–12:30 pm, 1:10–2 pm, 4:25–4:30 pm and 7:35–8 pm (weekdays), also 1:30–2 pm (weekends). Provincial information is at 8:45–9 am and 9:30–9:45 am.

Radio 5 and Radio Nacional broadcasts together these programs: Las mañanas de RNE (6–8:30 am), Diario de las Dos (1–1:10 pm and 2–3:05 pm), 24 Horas (8 pm – midnight), top-of-the-hour news bulletins, morning regional information and Saturday morning timeslots.

Directors
  • Jesús Vivanco
  • Gabriel Sánchez Rodríguez
  • Juan Izquierdo
  • Juan Carlos Morales
  • Pedro Roncal
  • Remedios Villa
  • María Luisa Moreno de Viana Cárdenas
  • Pedro Carreño
  • José María Forte
  • Fernando Martín (current)

Selected frequencies
City AM (kHz) FM (MHz)
A Coruña55895.8
Alicante936103.6
Badajoz112599.5
Barcelona57699.0
Bilbao130596.3
Córdoba53199.8
Las Palmas74788.6
Logroño1107103.3
Madrid65790.3
Málaga115292.5
Murcia56792.1
Oviedo53199.6
Palma de Mallorca909104.5
Pamplona53195.7
Santander1107105.0
Seville60390.0
Valencia55888.2
Valladolid93695.1
Vigo141396.0
Vitoria-Gasteiz112589.4
Zaragoza936100.0

Former logos
  • 1981–1984
    1981–1984
  • 1989–1991
    1989–1991
  • 1991–1994
    1991–1994
  • 1994–1999
    1994–1999
  • 1999–2008
    1999–2008
  • 2008–2016
    2008–2016

See also

References
  1. "Radio 5 emite sólo noticias las 24 horas". El País (in Spanish). 18 April 1994. ISSN 1134-6582. Retrieved 16 May 2020.
  2. "25 años de Radio 5 - El primer boletín de Radio 5 Todo Noticias". RTVE.es (in Spanish). 28 March 2019. Retrieved 16 May 2020.
  3. "Segunda oleada del Estudio General de Medios (EGM) de 2019 - Neeo | Todo sobre medios de comunicación en España". 30 June 2019. Archived from the original on 30 June 2019. Retrieved 16 May 2020.

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