Radio 5 is a Spanish

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radio station owned and operated by

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(RNE), the radio division of state-owned

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(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

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. 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

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. Although almost all its programming is in Spanish and is the same for all of Spain, RNE has territorial centers in every

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and produces and broadcasts some local news bulletins in

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s 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. 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. 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.

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 9–10pm. Regional information is on at these times: 7:25–7:30am, 7:50–8am, 9:05–9:10am, 12:25–12:30pm, 1:10–2pm, 4:25–4:30pm and 7:35–8pm (weekdays), also 1:30–2pm (weekends). Provincial information is at 8:45–9am and 9:30–9:45am. Radio 5 and Radio Nacional broadcasts together these programs: Las mañanas de RNE (6–8:30am), Diario de las Dos (1–1:10pm and 2–3:05pm), 24 Horas (8pm – 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

Former logos

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References

External links

* {{Coord missing, Spain RTVE Radio stations established in 1989 Radio stations in Spain 1989 establishments in Spain News and talk radio stations