Radio Exterior

Broadcast area	Europe, Africa, Americas, Asia and Oceania
Frequency	Shortwave, satellite and Internet
Programming
Language(s)	Spanish French Arabic Ladino Portuguese Russian English
Network	RNE
Ownership
Owner	RTVE
Sister stations	Radio Nacional Radio Clásica Radio 3 Ràdio 4 Radio 5
History
First air date	15 March 1942; 81 years ago (15 March 1942)
Former names	La Voz de España; RNE para América/RNE para Europa (1942–1978)
Links
Website	Radio Exterior

Radio Exterior de España (REE) or simply Radio Exterior is a Spanish free-to-air radio station owned and operated by Radio Nacional de España (RNE), the radio division of state-owned public broadcaster Radiotelevisión Española (RTVE). It is the corporation's international radio service, it was launched on 15 March 1942, and is considered to be Spain's equivalent to the BBC World Service, Deutsche Welle and Radio Canada International.

History

While the first shortwave broadcasts to Europe (La Voz de España) were brought forward by RNE already in 1942,^[1] its current branding (Radio Exterior de España) was adopted on 2 January 1978.^[2]

Broadcasting

The station is primarily intended for Spaniards living abroad. It broadcasts 24-hours a day on satellite and the internet but for limited hours on shortwave. Transmissions are in Spanish, French, Arabic, Ladino, Portuguese, Russian and English.

REE ceased shortwave broadcasts on 15 October 2014; however, two months later it was announced they would resume shortwave broadcasts in Spanish for four hours a day, as well as coverage of sporting events, in order to serve the country's fishing industry whose ships had no other viable means to access REE broadcasts while at sea.

REE transmission originate from the Noblejas transmission site.^[3][4]

Programs

• 24 hours, evening information and entertainment program, with news on politics, culture, economy and sport.
• Radiogaceta de los deportes, sports information program, commentary and commentary on the matches of the Spanish championship of football, basketball and other sports such as Formula 1 and MotoGP.
• Españoles en la mar, program aimed mainly at sailors.
• Amigos de la onda corta, program aimed at radio amateurs and dxers.^[5]

Former logos

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  Former logo, used from 1978 until 1988
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  Former logo, used from 1988 until 2008
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  Previous logo from 2008 until 2016