Ràdio 4

Radio station

Ràdio 4

Broadcast area| Catalonia (FM, DAB, DVB-T and Satellite)
Frequency| 87.9–106.9 MHz
Programming
Format| News, talk and contemporary music in Catalan
Network| RNE
Ownership
Owner| RTVE

Sister stations

| Radio Nacional
Radio Clásica
Radio 3
Radio 5
Radio Exterior
History

First air date

| 13 December 1976; 48 years ago (13 December 1976)
Links
Website| Ràdio 4

Ràdio 4 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 Catalan language radio station, and is available in Catalonia and Andorra.[1] It was launched on 13 December 1976.[2]

## History

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Ràdio 4 was launched in 1976 during the Spanish transition to democracy, and was integrated into a regional countrywide Radio 4 network in 1988 after the closure of the state-owned but commercially funded Radiocadena Española in that same year. The integrated regional countrywide Radio 4 network was shut down in 1991 due to poor ratings, and RNE Ràdio 4 once again became a standalone radio station.

In 2006 however, RNE Ràdio 4 was itself threatened with the prospect of closure due to a very low audience share (only 8,500 listeners in Catalonia out of a population of 7.5 million people). This sparked a campaign against closure of the station, which eventually proved successful after Santiago Gonzalez, the then newly appointed director of RNE (Radio Nacional de España), decided against closing Ràdio 4.

## Logo history

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* 1976–1981

* 1981–1997

* 1992

* 1997–2004

* 2004–2008

* 2008–2016

## References

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1. ^ López Villafranca, Paloma (2018). "En busca de nuevos oyentes en la Península Ibérica. Formatos radiofónicos del presente y futuro en España y Portugal". Nuevos lenguajes de lo audiovisual. Editorial GEDISA. p. 214\. ISBN 9788417341992.
2. ^ ""Radio-4" inició ayer su emisión íntegramente en lengua catalana". La Vanguardia. 1976-12-14. Archived from the original on 2016-12-22. Retrieved 2023-09-23.

## External links

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Media related to Ràdio 4 at Wikimedia Commons

* Ràdio 4 on RTVE Play

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Radiotelevisión Española (RTVE)

Management|

* Chair (José Pablo López)
* Prado del Rey
* RTVE Canarias

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* 24 Horas [HD]
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Radio Nacional de España|

* Radio Nacional
* Radio Clásica
* Radio 3
* Ràdio 4
* Radio 5
* Radio Exterior

Interactives|

* RTVE Play (original programming)
* rtve.es [es]
* playz

Other|

* RTVE Instituto [es]
* RTVE Symphony Orchestra
* Sant Jordi Awards
* TVE test card

Defunct|

* Canal AluCine [es]
* Canal Clásico
* Canal Nostalgia
* Canal Toros [es]
* Cine Paraíso [es]
* Cultural·es
* Docu
* No-Do
* Radiocadena Española [es]
* TVE 50 Años
* TVE HD

Television in Spain

Authority control databases

International|

* ISNI
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National|

* United States

Other|

* Yale LUX

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