Raquel Martínez Rabanal (born 1979) is a journalist and a

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and

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hostess from

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. Martinez began working for RNE in

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, where she hosted the show ''La memoria del vino'' in 2004. In 2006, she began hosting the news for Canal 24 Horas.

Early life

Martínez was born in 1979 in

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. She graduated from the University of Sevilla with the title of Licentiate in Audiovisual Communication, which she later mastered in the National Radio of Spain.

Career

In 2004 she hosted ''La memoria del vino'', along with Oscar Sacristán, on RNE in

, for which they won the journalism award ''Provincia de Valladolid'' the same year. Since 2006 she has been the news hostess for Canal 24 Horas. In August of the same year she hosted ''La 2 Noticias''. During the summer of 2007 Martínez also hosted the

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''Gente'', while in 2008 she co-hosted the game show ''Mueve tu mente'' with Christian Serrano, also transmitted by TVE. Starting in September 2012, Martínez Rabanal was moved to the weekend edition of Telediario 2, co-hosted by Oriol Nolis.

References

1979 births Living people People from Palencia Spanish journalists University of Seville alumni {{spain-journalist-stub