Radio 3 (Spanish radio station)

Spanish national radio network

Radio 3

Logo used since 2012

* Spain

Broadcast area| Spain (FM, DAB, DVB-T and Satellite)
Andorra
Programming
Language| Spanish
Format| Non-mainstream contemporary music and cultural programs
Network| RNE
Ownership
Owner| RTVE
Operator| Tomás Fernando Flores (director since 2012)

Sister stations

| Radio Nacional
Radio Clásica
Ràdio 4
Radio 5
Radio Exterior
History

First air date

| 12 October 1952; 72 years ago (12 October 1952) (Programa Cultural de RNE en OM)
1 July 1979; 46 years ago (1 July 1979) (programming block)
1981; 44 years ago (1981) (nationwide launch)

Former names

| El Tercer Programa (1967–81)
Links
Webcast| Listen live, rtve play radio
Website| rtve.es/radio/radio3/

Radio 3 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 third radio station, and is known for broadcasting indie, alternative, hip hop and dance music.

## History

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Radio 3 traces its origins to the Programa Cultural de RNE en OM which was originally launched on 12 October 1952 as a cultural radio station broadcasting only in Madrid and surrounding areas. In 1967, the Programa Cultural was renamed as "El Tercer Programa" (The Third Programme) and began to cooperate with Segundo Programa de RNE on certain programming. Radio 3 later came into being as a nighttime programming block of El Tercer Programa in 1979 and was then renamed as such in 1981, when a new nationwide radio station was created from the ashes of the old El Tercer Programa. It attracts half a million listeners per week.

## Programming

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Its output mostly centres on indie, alternative, hip hop and dance music that is outside the mainstream scene and the top 40 charts. Additionally, Radio 3 airs other music genres that does not air on commercial radio such as Spanish folk music, flamenco, hip hop, jazz, country, blues, Brazilian music, heavy metal, and new-age music.

Besides music, Radio 3 also features serialised radio drama and collects news from different cultural expressions: literature, film, theater and visual arts, always highlighting and supporting the most innovative and restless in each discipline.

Radio 3's programming is split roughly 70% specialist music and 30% culture-based shows. Hosts have complete autonomy over content and the station does not have any playlists. As such, the nature of Radio 3 broadcasts varies wildly depending on the time of the week.

## Logo history

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* 1971 to 1976

* 1981 to 1986

* 1982

* 1986 to 1988

* 1988 to 1989, 1991 to 1999

* 1989 to 1991

* 1999 to 2008

* 2008 to 2012

* 2012 – present

* Logo used for online since 2016 to present

## See also

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* Radio Nacional de España
* List of radio stations in Spain

## External links

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Media related to Radio 3 (Spain) at Wikimedia Commons

* Official website (in Spanish)

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Radiotelevisión Española (RTVE)

Management|

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

Televisión Española|

* La 1 [UHD/HD]
* La 2 [HD]
* 24 Horas [HD]
* Clan [HD]
* Teledeporte [HD]
* TVE Internacional [HD]
* Star HD [es]

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 |

* VIAF

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