Cadena SER
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La Cadena SER is Spain
's premier radio network
in terms of both seniority (it was created in 1926) and audience share (it had a regular listenership in 2009 of 4,819,000). The acronym SER stands for Sociedad Española de Radiodifusión (Spanish Broadcasting Company).
Cadena SER's programmes – which encompass news, sport, talk, entertainment and culture – can be received throughout Spain. The network's main studios are located on the Gran Vía
in Madrid
; in addition, studios across the country contribute local and regional news and information, with local programming in each location amounting to between two and three and a half hours daily.
Cadena SER is owned by Unión Radio, the majority shareholder in which is currently the PRISA
group, a major player in the Spanish media market which also controls, for example, such music radio stations as M80 Radio
and Los 40 Principales
and a number of newspapers (including the influential national daily El País), as well as the digital TV station Digital+.
, began regular broadcasting. Seven months later, on 17 June 1925, Unión Radio – a company which had the backing of the leading manufacturers of electrical and broadcasting equipment in Spain, Germany, and the United States – opened station EAJ-7 Radio Madrid, and when, on 10 November 1926, this same company also took over the ownership of Radio Barcelona the foundations were in place for the formation of Spain's first national radio network. By 1927 Unión Radio was operating not only Radio Madrid and Radio Barcelona but also EAJ-5 Radio Sevilla, EAJ-9 Radio Bilbao, and EAJ-22 Radio Salamanca, enabling all of these stations to broadcast simultaneous, i.e. networked, programming for most of their time on air, with Radio Madrid as the chief production centre.
Following the demise of the monarchy headed by Alfonso XIII, and throughout the period of the Second Spanish Republic
(1931–39) which followed it, Unión Radio continued to be Spain's only nationwide radio network, and created Spain's first national radio news programme La Palabra ("The Word"), broadcast several times daily. However, from 1939 until 1977, under the dictatorship of General Francisco Franco
and the initial part of the transition to democracy
, the network was forbidden from carrying any national news programming other than the compulsory twice-daily relays of the official news bulletins prepared by the government-controlled Radio Nacional de España
.
From 25 September 1940, when ownership of Unión Radio was transferred to the newly constituted Sociedad Española de Radiodifusión (Spanish Broadcasting Company), the network renamed itself Cadena SER. In 1975 25% of the shares in the network were compulsorily acquired by the Spanish state, and in 1984 most of the remaining shares were purchased by the PRISA
media conglomerate. The nationalized shares were subsequently sold back to the private sector (in effect, to PRISA) under the premiership of Felipe González
in 1992.
The network played a significant role in the period of transition to democracy following the death of Franco and in the years leading up to and immediately following the adoption of the Spanish Constitution of 1978
, notably in its coverage of the attempted coup of 23 February 1981
. Cadena SER also played a vital journalistic role in its reporting of the events and circumstances of the 2004 Madrid train bombings.
media, is considered to be close to Spain's left-wing political party, the Spanish Socialist Workers' Party
(PSOE) and also radical feminism. For example, PRISA was fined for broadcasting Socialist adverts during election day. Because of this, there have been many disputes with the other main radio network in Spain, Cadena COPE
, which is owned by the Spanish Catholic
episcopal
power and is considered to be close to the People's Party
, the main right-wing political party in Spain.
, in the UEFA Champions League
games whenever a Spanish team is playing, and matches involving the Spanish national football team
. Cadena SER's main sports programmes are Carrusel Deportivo
and El Larguero
.
In October 2009 the Colombia
n broadcaster Herbin Hoyos
began broadcasting Las voces del secuestro ("The voices of the kidnapped") after being forced into exile in Spain by the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia
(Farc).
Spain
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's premier radio network
Radio network
There are two types of radio networks currently in use around the world: the one-to-many broadcast type commonly used for public information and mass media entertainment; and the two-way type used more commonly for public safety and public services such as police, fire, taxicabs, and delivery...
in terms of both seniority (it was created in 1926) and audience share (it had a regular listenership in 2009 of 4,819,000). The acronym SER stands for Sociedad Española de Radiodifusión (Spanish Broadcasting Company).
Cadena SER's programmes – which encompass news, sport, talk, entertainment and culture – can be received throughout Spain. The network's main studios are located on the Gran Vía
Gran Vía
Gran Vía is an ornate and upscale shopping street located in central Madrid. It leads from Calle de Alcalá, close to Plaza de Cibeles, to Plaza de España....
in Madrid
Madrid
Madrid is the capital and largest city of Spain. The population of the city is roughly 3.3 million and the entire population of the Madrid metropolitan area is calculated to be 6.271 million. It is the third largest city in the European Union, after London and Berlin, and its metropolitan...
; in addition, studios across the country contribute local and regional news and information, with local programming in each location amounting to between two and three and a half hours daily.
Cadena SER is owned by Unión Radio, the majority shareholder in which is currently the PRISA
PRISA
Promotora de Informaciones, S.A is a Spanish media conglomerate. The PRISA group was founded in 1972 by Jesús de Polanco.-Newspapers:* El País, daily newspaper* Diario AS sports newspaper* Cinco Días economic newspaper-Magazines:...
group, a major player in the Spanish media market which also controls, for example, such music radio stations as M80 Radio
M80 Radio
M80 Radio is a radio station in Spain and Portugal playing music from the 70s, 80s and 90s.The station began the emission in 1993 and is owned by Grupo PRISA.Frequencies in Portugal:...
and Los 40 Principales
Los 40 Principales
Los 40 Principales is the main musical radio station in Spain with more than 4,000,000 listeners. The station was founded in 1966 and in 2006 the station celebrated its 40th anniversary...
and a number of newspapers (including the influential national daily El País), as well as the digital TV station Digital+.
History
At 18.30 on Friday 14 November 1924 station EAJ-1 Radio Barcelona, the first Spanish radio station to receive an official licence from the government of General Miguel Primo de RiveraMiguel Primo de Rivera
Miguel Primo de Rivera y Orbaneja, 2nd Marquis of Estella, 22nd Count of Sobremonte, Knight of Calatrava was a Spanish dictator, aristocrat, and a military official who was appointed Prime Minister by the King and who for seven years was a dictator, ending the turno system of alternating...
, began regular broadcasting. Seven months later, on 17 June 1925, Unión Radio – a company which had the backing of the leading manufacturers of electrical and broadcasting equipment in Spain, Germany, and the United States – opened station EAJ-7 Radio Madrid, and when, on 10 November 1926, this same company also took over the ownership of Radio Barcelona the foundations were in place for the formation of Spain's first national radio network. By 1927 Unión Radio was operating not only Radio Madrid and Radio Barcelona but also EAJ-5 Radio Sevilla, EAJ-9 Radio Bilbao, and EAJ-22 Radio Salamanca, enabling all of these stations to broadcast simultaneous, i.e. networked, programming for most of their time on air, with Radio Madrid as the chief production centre.
Following the demise of the monarchy headed by Alfonso XIII, and throughout the period of the Second Spanish Republic
Second Spanish Republic
The Second Spanish Republic was the government of Spain between April 14 1931, and its destruction by a military rebellion, led by General Francisco Franco....
(1931–39) which followed it, Unión Radio continued to be Spain's only nationwide radio network, and created Spain's first national radio news programme La Palabra ("The Word"), broadcast several times daily. However, from 1939 until 1977, under the dictatorship of General Francisco Franco
Francisco Franco
Francisco Franco y Bahamonde was a Spanish general, dictator and head of state of Spain from October 1936 , and de facto regent of the nominally restored Kingdom of Spain from 1947 until his death in November, 1975...
and the initial part of the transition to democracy
Spanish transition to democracy
The Spanish transition to democracy was the era when Spain moved from the dictatorship of Francisco Franco to a liberal democratic state. The transition is usually said to have begun with Franco’s death on 20 November 1975, while its completion has been variously said to be marked by the Spanish...
, the network was forbidden from carrying any national news programming other than the compulsory twice-daily relays of the official news bulletins prepared by the government-controlled Radio Nacional de España
Radio Nacional de España
is Spain's national public radio service. Since 1973 it has formed, together with , a part of , the corporation responsible for managing national public-service broadcasting in Spain.-Origins of RNE:...
.
From 25 September 1940, when ownership of Unión Radio was transferred to the newly constituted Sociedad Española de Radiodifusión (Spanish Broadcasting Company), the network renamed itself Cadena SER. In 1975 25% of the shares in the network were compulsorily acquired by the Spanish state, and in 1984 most of the remaining shares were purchased by the PRISA
PRISA
Promotora de Informaciones, S.A is a Spanish media conglomerate. The PRISA group was founded in 1972 by Jesús de Polanco.-Newspapers:* El País, daily newspaper* Diario AS sports newspaper* Cinco Días economic newspaper-Magazines:...
media conglomerate. The nationalized shares were subsequently sold back to the private sector (in effect, to PRISA) under the premiership of Felipe González
Felipe González
Felipe González Márquez is a Spanish socialist politician. He was the General Secretary of the Spanish Socialist Workers' Party from 1974 to 1997. To date, he remains the longest-serving Prime Minister of Spain, after having served four successive mandates from 1982 to 1996.-Early life:Felipe was...
in 1992.
The network played a significant role in the period of transition to democracy following the death of Franco and in the years leading up to and immediately following the adoption of the Spanish Constitution of 1978
Spanish Constitution of 1978
-Structure of the State:The Constitution recognizes the existence of nationalities and regions . Preliminary Title As a result, Spain is now composed entirely of 17 Autonomous Communities and two autonomous cities with varying degrees of autonomy, to the extent that, even though the Constitution...
, notably in its coverage of the attempted coup of 23 February 1981
23-F
23-F was an attempted coup d'état in Spain that began on 23 February 1981 and ended on the following day. It is also known as El Tejerazo from the name of its most visible figure, Antonio Tejero, who led the failed coup's most notable event: the bursting into the Spanish Congress of Deputies by a...
. Cadena SER also played a vital journalistic role in its reporting of the events and circumstances of the 2004 Madrid train bombings.
Politics
Cadena SER, along with the other Grupo PrisaPRISA
Promotora de Informaciones, S.A is a Spanish media conglomerate. The PRISA group was founded in 1972 by Jesús de Polanco.-Newspapers:* El País, daily newspaper* Diario AS sports newspaper* Cinco Días economic newspaper-Magazines:...
media, is considered to be close to Spain's left-wing political party, the Spanish Socialist Workers' Party
Spanish Socialist Workers' Party
The Spanish Socialist Workers' Party is a social-democratic political party in Spain. Its political position is Centre-left. The PSOE is the former ruling party of Spain, until beaten in the elections of November 2011 and the second oldest, exceeded only by the Partido Carlista, founded in...
(PSOE) and also radical feminism. For example, PRISA was fined for broadcasting Socialist adverts during election day. Because of this, there have been many disputes with the other main radio network in Spain, Cadena COPE
Cadena COPE
COPE, an acronym for Cadena de Ondas Populares Españolas is a private, right wing, commercial, Spanish radio network owned by a series of institutions within the Spanish Catholic Church...
, which is owned by the Spanish Catholic
Catholic
The word catholic comes from the Greek phrase , meaning "on the whole," "according to the whole" or "in general", and is a combination of the Greek words meaning "about" and meaning "whole"...
episcopal
Bishop (Catholic Church)
In the Catholic Church, a bishop is an ordained minister who holds the fullness of the sacrament of Holy Orders and is responsible for teaching the Catholic faith and ruling the Church....
power and is considered to be close to the People's Party
People's Party (Spain)
The People's Party is a conservative political party in Spain.The People's Party was a re-foundation in 1989 of the People's Alliance , a party led and founded by Manuel Fraga Iribarne, a former Minister of Tourism during Francisco Franco's dictatorship...
, the main right-wing political party in Spain.
Sports
Cadena SER is also the leader in radio sports coverage. The network covers every match in La LigaLa Liga
The Primera División of the Liga Nacional de Fútbol Profesional , commonly known as La Liga or, for sponsorship reasons, Liga BBVA since 2008, is the top professional association football division of the Spanish football league system...
, in the UEFA Champions League
UEFA Champions League
The UEFA Champions League, known simply the Champions League and originally known as the European Champion Clubs' Cup or European Cup, is an annual international club football competition organised by the Union of European Football Associations since 1955 for the top football clubs in Europe. It...
games whenever a Spanish team is playing, and matches involving the Spanish national football team
Spain national football team
The Spain national football team represents Spain in international association football and is controlled by the Royal Spanish Football Federation, the governing body for football in Spain. The current head coach is Vicente del Bosque...
. Cadena SER's main sports programmes are Carrusel Deportivo
Carrusel Deportivo
Carrusel Deportivo is an Spanish sports program. It is part of the Cadena SER. The most important events and games ara covered by Manolo Lama...
and El Larguero
El Larguero
El Larguero is a Spanish radio sports program, that spends most of its time discussing football. The program began its broadcasts on Cadena SER in the year 1989. It is broadcast daily from 0:00 to 1:30 am. El Larguero is the most listened program in Spanish sports radio at night...
.
Programmes
- Hoy por hoyHoy por hoyHoy por hoy is a Spanish radio program, produced by the news department of the Cadena SER. It is the most listened-to radio program in Spain with an average of about three million listeners a day and is considered the most listened-to program in Spanish radio history...
(with Carles Francino and Pedro Blanco): news and current affairs programme, on the air since 22 September 1986. Broadcast Mondays to Fridays between 6.00 and 12.20, it is one of Spain's most listened-to programmes, with a daily audience of 2,704,000 in September to November 2006. - Hora 14 (with José Antonio Marcos): news programme, on air from 14.00 to 15.10, with local opt-outs.
- La Ventana (with Gemma Nierga): weekly political programme. 728,000 listeners in September–November 2006.
- Hora 20 (with Javier Casal).
- SER Deportivos (with Manolo Lama).
- De nueve a nueve y media (with Celia Montalbán).
- Hora 25 de los negociosHora 25 de los NegociosHora 25 de los Negocios was an informative and economical analysis show for the Spain radio station, Cadena SER. The show brought in the highest rating numbers amongst a group of shows concerning economical information, with a record of 340,000 listeners in the night...
(with Javier Ruiz). - Hora 25 (with Carlos Llamas): daily programme of news and topical debate, on air from 22.00 until midnight; created in 1972.
- Matinal Fin de Semana (with Isabel León).
- Hora 14 Fin de Semana (with Jesús Cintora).
- El LargueroEl LargueroEl Larguero is a Spanish radio sports program, that spends most of its time discussing football. The program began its broadcasts on Cadena SER in the year 1989. It is broadcast daily from 0:00 to 1:30 am. El Larguero is the most listened program in Spanish sports radio at night...
(with José Ramón de la Morena): after-midnight sports programme, on air since 1989. 1,356,000 daily listeners in September–November 2006. - Hablar por hablar (with Cristina Lasvignes): talk show first created in 1989 for Radio Barcelona. Listenership of 549,000 in September–November 2006.
- Si amanece nos vamos (with Roberto Sánchez).
- La hora extra (with Ana Borderas).
- Milenio 3 (with Iker Jiménez y Carmen Porter): a weekly look at the paranormal and the mysterious.
- SER Historia (with Nacho Ares).
- Punto de fuga (with Pablo Morán).
- SER Curiosos (with Alberto Granados): science programme.
- SER Consumidor (with Jesús Soria).
- SER Aventureros (with José Antonio Ponseti).
- A vivir que son dos días (with Àngels Barceló).
- SER Digital (with Chema Lapuente et Miguel Ángel Muñoz): looking at new technologies; on air since 2003.
- La salud en la SER (with Paloma Delgado)
- El cine de "lo que yo te diga" (with Carlos López Tapia): on air since 1989, this programme looks at cinema.
- Carrusel DeportivoCarrusel DeportivoCarrusel Deportivo is an Spanish sports program. It is part of the Cadena SER. The most important events and games ara covered by Manolo Lama...
: dating from 1954, this is Spain's longest-running radio programme. Covering the world of sport, it is broadcast on Saturdays (18.00-24.00) and Sundays (15.30-23.00). It has an audience of 1,700,000 on Saturdays and 2,112,000 on Sundays. - Los toros (with Manuel Molés): reporting on bullfighting.
In October 2009 the Colombia
Colombia
Colombia, officially the Republic of Colombia , is a unitary constitutional republic comprising thirty-two departments. The country is located in northwestern South America, bordered to the east by Venezuela and Brazil; to the south by Ecuador and Peru; to the north by the Caribbean Sea; to the...
n broadcaster Herbin Hoyos
Herbin Hoyos
Herbin Hoyos is a Colombian journalist and broadcaster who is in exile in Spain after receiving death threats from the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia . He has a radio program called Las voces del secuestro which began in 1994. He was inspired by his own experience of being kidnapped by the...
began broadcasting Las voces del secuestro ("The voices of the kidnapped") after being forced into exile in Spain by the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia
Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia
The Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia – People's Army is a Marxist–Leninist revolutionary guerrilla organization based in Colombia which is involved in the ongoing Colombian armed conflict, currently involved in drug dealing and crimes against the civilians..FARC-EP is a peasant army which...
(Farc).