Cidade FM is a Portuguese radio station that focuses on international and national hits. Cidade targets the younger audience, 15-24. Cidade is operated by the Portuguese radio division of German media giant

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, sister stations include:

Rádio Comercial Rádio Comercial is a commercial radio station in Portugal aimed at young people and adults. It has a broad format including contemporary, pop and rock music. It is among the most listened to radio stations in the country. History The station ...

Rádio Clube Português Rádio Clube Português was a Portuguese radio station founded on November 22, 1931, which existed in its initial form until 1975. Later, ''Rádio Clube'' was used as the name for a radio station owned by Grupo Media Capital. História Rádio ...

, Mix FM, Best Rock FM, Romântica FM, Smooth FM, Batida FM and M80.

History

It was launched as pirate radio station, Rádio Cidade, using the model of the

Jornal do Brasil ''Jornal do Brasil'', widely known as ''JB'', is a daily newspaper published by Editora JB in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. The paper was founded in 1891 and is the third oldest extant Brazilian paper, after the ''Diário de Pernambuco'' and ''O Esta ...

-owned radio station in

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of the same name, on 1 April 1986 in

Amadora Amadora (), officially Amadora City (), is a List of cities in Portugal, city and concelho, municipality in the northwest of the Lisbon metropolitan area and 10 km from central Lisbon. The population in 2011 was 175,136, in an area of 23.78&nb ...

by Brazilian immigrants Rui Duarte, Rui Duarte Júnior and Edson Yazejy before it was suspended on 23 December 1988 at 9pm due to not having a legal licence. It became legal on 22 May 1989. The station peaked its listenership in the mid-1990s when it became the second most listened radio station in Portugal, and soon expanded to several stations in Greater Lisbon, Greater Porto, Coimbra, Vale de Cambra, Santarém, Alentejo and Algarve, forming the Rede Cidade group. The expansion process started in 1992, first by obtaining a license for Porto, later in the Algarve. In 1998, the station surpassed

Rádio Renascença Rádio Renascença, also known as RR or just 'Renascença' (), is a private, commercial radio station in Portugal, owned by various organizations within the Portuguese Catholic Church: among others, the Patriarchate of Lisbon. Founded in 1934, it ...

's ratings in Lisbon. Rede Cidade was bought by Media Capital in 1999 and changed its name to Cidade FM on 27 September 2003. The playout moved from Amadora to the MCR complex at Sampaio e Pina. The rebrand came after a marketing study showed that the Brazilian formula was already wasted and was reformated as a top-driven radio station for the 17-25 age range. As consequence, the six Brazilians working at the station were fired. The network was simply renamed Cidade in 2014. In June 2018 the radio station started to name itself Cidade FM again, while in February 2022, Media Capital sold their radio unit to Bauer Media Group.

FM frequencies

* Cidade 91.6

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* Cidade 107.2

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) * Cidade 99.7

Penacova Penacova ( or ) is a town and a municipality in the Coimbra District, in Portugal. The population in 2011 was 15,251, in an area of 216.73 km2. Parishes Administratively, the municipality is divided into 8 civil parishes ('' freguesias''): ...

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) * Cidade Ribatejo 99.3

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) * Cidade Viseu 102.8

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* Cidade Vale de Cambra 101.0

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( Aveiro) * Cidade Tejo 106.2 Montijo (

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) * Cidade Minho 104.4

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) * Cidade Alentejo 97.2 Redondo (

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) * Cidade Algarve 99.7

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( Faro)

Hosts/DJs

João Paulo Sousa, Tecas (Inês Silva), Yolanda Tati, Gonçalo Roque, Inês Carvalho, Diogo Serra, Diogo Sena, Artur Simões, Inês Queiroga, Laura Ferreira Weekdays * Já São Horas- ( João Paulo Sousa e Tecas)- das 7h às 11 * Yolanda Tati com o estagiário Helder Tavares (11h-15h) * Laura Ferreira- 15 às 18h TOQUE DE SAÍDA- Laura Ferreira, Artur Simões, Inês Queiroga e Diogo Sena- das 18h as 19h TURNO DA NOITE- Artur Simões, Inês Queiroga e Diogo Sena Saturday Flaviana Borges - 7h às 11h Yolanda Tati- 11h as 15h Gonçalo Roque- 15h às 19h TURNO DA NOITE- Artur Simões, Inês Queiroga e Diogo Sena- 19h às 22h Sunday Mafalda Domingues- 7h às 11h Yolanda Tati- 11h as 15h Gonçalo Roque- 15h às 19h TURNO DA NOITE- Artur Simões, Inês Queiroga e Diogo Sena- 19h às 22h Before that, at 22h to 00h, there was 2hrs of pop, called SLOW JAMS, the Host was YOLANDA TATI

References

External links

Official Station Website
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