Radio 5 (Spanish radio station)

{{Infobox radio station

| name = Radio 5

| logo = Radio_5_RNE_2016.jpg

| logo_size = 200px

| network = RNE

| area = Spain

| airdate = {{start date and age|1 January 1989}}

| frequency = Spain (AM: various, FM: various, DAB, DVB-T)
Worldwide via Satellite

| format = All news

| owner = RTVE

| former_names = Radio 5 Todo Noticias (1994–99)
Radio 5 Información (2012–13)

| sister_stations = Radio Nacional
Radio Clásica
Radio 3
Ràdio 4
Radio Exterior

| website = [http://www.rtve.es/radio/radio5/ Radio 5]

}}

Radio 5 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 all-news radio station, and is known for its 24-hour rolling news service and its live coverage of breaking news.

It was launched in 1 January 1989 as the first 24-hour rolling radio news service in Spain. It was known as "Radio 5 Todo Noticias" (1994–99) and "Radio 5 Información" (2012–13). It is the only nationwide rolling news radio service in Spain.

Its headquarters and main production center is in Casa de la Radio at Prado del Rey in Pozuelo de Alarcón. Although almost all its programming is in Spanish and is the same for all of Spain, RNE has territorial centers in every autonomous community and produces and broadcasts some local news bulletins in regional variations in each of them in the corresponding co-official language.

History

It began broadcasting on 1 January 1989, following a reorganization of public radio services that took place after the dissolution of Radiocadena Española, and in its early years it included both conventional and local entertainment programming.{{Cite news|date=1994-04-18|title=Radio 5 emite sólo noticias las 24 horas|language=es|work=El País|url=https://elpais.com/diario/1994/04/19/radiotv/766706419_850215.html|access-date=2020-05-16|issn=1134-6582}} In 1994, when Jesús Vivanco was director of the station, it adopted the format of a news radio station specializing in public service and current affairs under the name Radio 5 Todo Noticias.{{Cite web|title=25 años de Radio 5 - El primer boletín de Radio 5 Todo Noticias|url=https://www.rtve.es/alacarta/audios/25-aniversario-de-radio-5/primer-boletin-radio-5-todo-noticias/5100923/|date=2019-03-28|website=RTVE.es|language=es|access-date=2020-05-16}}

From a June-2016 survey, Radio 5 received 289,000 listeners daily. According to EGM Radio 5, in June 2019 it had 238,000 daily listeners.{{Cite web|title=Segunda oleada del Estudio General de Medios (EGM) de 2019 - Neeo {{!}} Todo sobre medios de comunicación en España|url=https://www.neeo.es/2019/06/26/segunda-oleada-del-estudio-general-de-medios-egm-de-2019/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190630132341/https://www.neeo.es/2019/06/26/segunda-oleada-del-estudio-general-de-medios-egm-de-2019/|url-status=dead|archive-date=2019-06-30|date=2019-06-30|access-date=2020-05-16}}

Directors

Jesús Vivanco
Gabriel Sánchez Rodríguez
Juan Izquierdo
Juan Carlos Morales
Pedro Roncal
Remedios Villa
María Luisa Moreno de Viana Cárdenas
Pedro Carreño
José María Forte
Fernando Martín (current)

Selected frequencies

scope="col" \| City ! scope="col" \| AM (kHz) ! scope="col" \| FM (MHz)
class="wikitable sortable collapsible"
A Coruña	558	95.8
Alicante	936	103.6
Badajoz	1125	99.5
Barcelona	576	99.0
Bilbao	1305	96.3
Córdoba	531	99.8
Las Palmas	747	88.6
Logroño	1107	103.3
Madrid	657	90.3
Málaga	1152	92.5
Murcia	567	92.1
Oviedo	531	99.6
Palma de Mallorca	909	104.5
Pamplona	531	95.7
Santander	1107	105.0
Seville	603	90.0
Valencia	558	88.2
Valladolid	936	95.1
Vigo	1413	96.0
Vitoria-Gasteiz	1125	89.4
Zaragoza	936	100.0