Radio 3 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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Radiotelevisión Española The Corporación de Radio y Televisión Española (; ), known as Radiotelevisión Española (''Spanish Radio and Television'', RTVE), is the Spanish national public Broadcasting, television and radio broadcaster. It is a state-owned enterprise f ...

(RTVE). It is the corporation's third radio station, and is known for broadcasting indie, alternative, hip hop and dance music.

History

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

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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

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

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hip hop Hip-hop or hip hop (originally disco rap) is a popular music genre that emerged in the early 1970s from the African-American community of New York City. The style is characterized by its synthesis of a wide range of musical techniques. Hip- ...

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, heavy metal, and

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. Besides music, Radio 3 also features serialised

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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

File:RNE_Tercer_Programa_(1971-1976).png, 1971 to 1976 File:Radio_3_FM_RNE_(1981-1986).png, 1981 to 1986 File:Radio_Mundial_82_(RNE_3).png, 1982 File:Nacional_3_FM_RNE_(1986-1989).jpg, 1986 to 1988 File:Radio 3 RNE Spain (1988-2008).svg, 1988 to 1989, 1991 to 1999 File:Logo_RNE_3_(1989-1991).png, 1989 to 1991 File:Radio 3 RNE Spain (1999-2008).svg, 1999 to 2008 File:Radio 3 RNE Spain.svg, 2008 to 2012 File:Radio3_RGB_POS-01.jpg, 2012 – present File:RNE Radio 3 (2016).png, Logo used for online since 2016 to present

External links

* {{Coord missing, Spain RTVE Radio stations in Spain Radio stations established in 1979

History

Programming

Logo history

See also

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