Radio Nacional (Spanish radio station)

Radio Nacional

Broadcast area	Spain
Frequency	AM: various FM: various DAB DVB-T Satellite
Programming
Language(s)	Spanish
Format	News, current affairs, sport and talk
Network	RNE
Ownership
Owner	RTVE
Sister stations	Radio Clásica Radio 3 Ràdio 4 Radio 5 Radio Exterior
History
First air date	19 January 1937 (19 January 1937)
Former names	RNE (1937–1988) RNE 1 (1988–1999) Radio 1 (1999–2008)
Links
Website	rtve.es/radio

Radio Nacional 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 flagship radio station, and is known for broadcasting mainstream and generalist programming, including news bulletins, current affairs, sports and entertainment.

It was launched on 19 January 1937 as Franco's official radio under the department of propaganda during the Spanish Civil War. The station was initially simply referred to as "Radio Nacional de España". It received other names, such as "RNE 1" from 1988 until 1999 and "Radio 1" from 1999 until 2008 when it adopted its current name "Radio Nacional".

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 programming in regional variations in each of them, such as local news bulletins, in the corresponding co-official language.

Selected frequencies

City	AM (kHz)	FM (MHz)
A Coruña	639	100.4
Alicante	729	105.2
Badajoz	648	94.9
Barcelona	738	88.3
Bilbao	639	100.7
Córdoba	684	92.2
Las Palmas	576	92.8
Logroño	729	102.0
Madrid	585	88.2
Málaga	729	106.6
Murcia	855	101.7
Oviedo	729	89.4
Palma de Mallorca	621	90.1
Pamplona	855	106.1
Santander	855	96.9
Seville	684	91.2
Valencia	774	89.8
Valladolid	729	97.3
Vigo	855	90.1
Vitoria-Gasteiz	612	92.5
Zaragoza	639	104.4

Logo history

• 
  1988–1989, 1991–1999
• 
  1989–1991
• 
  1991
• 
  1999–2008
• 
  2008–present

See also

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

External links

• Official Website (in Spanish)