GlasgowGeek

Hi peeps,

We listen to radio Flaixbac usually which is really good as far as the choonz are concerned but we need to hear a bit more Spanish spoken. Can anyone recommend any Spanish stations that also broadcast over the net? We need to get used to listening to discussions etc.

Ta! :-)
Glenn 7 Nicky

Hillybilly

Try the Spanish state radio station RNE3. It's mostly a music station but they have a lot of the spoken word too, biographies of music artists etc between tracks. They speak really clearly so always understandable. In the afternoons they broadcast in depth interviews with artists who may be on tour in Spain, more often than not in English with a Spanish translator, so you can test/check your powers of understanding (and those of the translator!)!

bil

Sound idea. It pays to hear as much Spanish as possible.

rachelk

Try downloading a sound recorder (freecorder.com is the one I have) - you can record the streaming audio direct to mp3 then listen again to understand more.

Lots of the radio stations also do podcasts.

www.rne.es is the national radio, as mentioned above R3 is music - R5 is the news/talk channel. Beware, one of them, R4 I think, is in Catalan.

www.CandenaSer.es is also v good for news and chat

03630

I think http://www.ondacero.es/
only ever has talking.

Beachcomber

Take your choice from the list to be found here:

http://www.listenlive.eu/spain.html

I would suggest Radio Exterior de España as the presentation is a little less rapid and more pronounced.

jurdyr

would lilisten to FMPLUS english spanish station
www.fmplus.es

it top 40 station with 90/80s with good djs

Lenox

Spanish talk radio is all about 'tertulias' where the moderator and a few other (usually well-known voices) serve up a spirited arguement about something topical. These shows are interrupted by the news and some advertising.
The main stations that do this are - from the left to the right, the Ser, Onda Cero and COPE.
I work at COPE and, lemme tell you, it's right!

jurdyr

hear cope lost few off there radio licence in the south off spain

Spanish radio network owned by a series of institutions within the Spanish Catholic Church. may need two update the church aswell , COPE radio presenter found guilty of slander .... that have there problems there like any think Ser is Number one for ratings in spain

Beachcomber

COPE (and the Catholic church in general) is currently the subject of a witch-hunt by the PSOE government.

The most left wing radio station of all is the omnipresent Canal Sur radio which is the mouthpiece of the Junta de Andalucían and is nothing more than a propaganda machine for Chaves.

rachelk

I think the recent case involving La COPE was related to comments about a member of the PP, not the PSOE.

jurdyr

that know a long time ago , it the church that behind them , was early 90s was told that

Lenox

Kind of person we like to see on COPE.



In Andalucía, our boy Chaves is giving all the licences to the Ser (same group as Canal Plus, El País, Localia, El Cuatro TV, and many others, all heavily backing the PSOE). Our particular station is one of the last ones standing. The govt. doesn't like the COPE either and has had two audiences with the Pope so far trying to get the Church to dump the broadcaster. I'm not saying it's great, mind...

jurdyr

PRISA (Promotora de Informaciones, S.A), ( BMAD: PRS) is a media conglomerate and the biggest publisher in Spain. The group was founded in 1972 by Jesús de Polanco.(November 7, 1929 – July 21, 2007)

* The brands owned by Grupo PRISA are:
o Newspapers:
+ El País, daily newspaper
+ Diario AS sports newspaper
+ Cinco Días economic newspaper
o Radio:
+ Cadena SER news station
+ Los 40 Principales music station
+ M80 Radio music station
+ Cadena Dial music station
+ Máxima FM music station
+ Radio Olé music station
+ ONA FM music station
+ Rádio Comercial music station (Portugal)
+ Rádio Clube news station (Portugal)
+ Cidade FM music station (Portugal)
+ M80 Radio music station
+ Best Rock FM music station (Portugal)
+ Grupo Latino de Radio
# Caracol Radio news station (Colombia)
# Radio Continental news station (Argentina)
# ADN Radio news station (Chile)
# W Radio radio network (Mexico, co-owner with Televisa))
# XETRA-AM and WSUA-AM news stations (United States)
o Television:
+ Sogecable:
# Cuatro TV
# Digital+ Direct broadcast satellite (this up for sale ) talks with BSKYB UK to buy out in Sept 2008
+ Pretesa and Localia TV television network
+ Media Capital:
# TVI (Portugal)
o Editorial Conglomerate:
+ Grupo Santillana editorial group
# Alfaguara
# Taurus

Lenox

I wanted to mention the Santillana publisher which prints school books with the appropriate bits of re-written history added.
Get 'em young, I always say.