Ràdio 4

RNE Ràdio 4

Broadcast area	Catalonia FM, DAB & DVB-T and Satellite
Frequency	87.9–106.9 MHz
First air date	13 December 1976
Format	News, talk, contemporary music in Catalan.
Owner	RTVE
Webcast	http://www.rtve.es/radio/radio4/
Website	http://www.rtve.es/radio/radio4/

Ràdio 4 is a Barcelona-based radio station broadcasting to the Catalan-speaking population of the provinces of Barcelona, Girona, Lleida, and Tarragona in northeastern Spain. It is part of the country's national public radio and television service, RTVE.

RNE Ràdio 4 was launched in 1976 during the Spanish transition to democracy, and was integrated into a regional countrywide Radio 4 network in 1988 after the closure of the state-owned but commercially funded Radiocadena Española in that same year. The integrated regional countrywide Radio 4 network was shut down in 1991 due to poor ratings, and RNE Ràdio 4 once again became a standalone radio station.

In 2006 however, RNE Ràdio 4 was itself threatened with the prospect of closure due to a very low audience share (only 8,500 listeners in Catalonia out of a population of 7.5 million people). This sparked a campaign against closure of the station, which eventually proved successful after Santiago Gonzalez, the then newly appointed director of RNE (Radio Nacional de España), decided against closing Ràdio 4.

Logos

1988 - 1991, 1997 - 2004	2004 - 2008	2008–present

See also

• Catalunya Ràdio