Back in 2010, a first FolkWorld article on this topic compiled a long list of main Spanish radio and TV stations, that broadcast on-line folk music programs.[43] This one in 2013 is intended to update and extend that list, also adding some new on-line independent radio stations.
RNE (National Radio from Spain)
The Good News: Spain’s main broadcasting corporation keeps running most of the radio programs that were reviewed in 2010,[43] most of them through the channel RNE/RADIO-3 (www.rtve.es/radio/radio3). Let’s just mention a couple of novelties taking place since 2010.
RADIO PROGRAM : *LA TARATAÑA* - PRESENTER : Fernando IÑIGUEZ - INSTITUTION / COUNTRY : RNE (Radio Nacional de España) / SPAIN - CHANNEL : RADIO 3 (www.rtve.es/radio/radio3) - PROGRAM URL : www.rtve.es/alacarta/audios/radio-3/taratana
LA TARATAÑA is a program mostly dedicated to the folk and traditional music from Spain and a bit of our peninsular neighbor, Portugal, and other countries. NOTE: After the retirement of its initial conductor, the singer-songwriter Manuel LUNA, for the last three years the program is now directed by the journalist Fernando IÑIGUEZ. Thanks to Fernando, LA TARATAÑA still remains as the leading program specialized on folk music from all parts of Spain.
RADIO PROGRAM : *EL ESTE* - PRESENTER : Maja VASILJEVIC - INSTITUTION / COUNTRY : RNE (Radio Nacional de España) / SPAIN - CHANNEL : RADIO 3 (www.rtve.es/radio/radio3) - PROGRAM URL : www.rtve.es/alacarta/audios/el-este
EL ESTE (The East) is a radio program that started in October 2010, and it is dedicated to the music of the peninsula of the Balkan mountains, and other surrounding countries: Slovenia, Croatia, Bosnia & Herzegovina, Serbia and Montenegro, Macedonia, Albania, Greece, Bulgaria, Kosovo, Romania, Moldova, Turkey, …and more. The kind of music presented in EL ESTE is in great part traditional and folk, but there is also classical, jazz, pop, rock, ...
Other two interesting world music programs in RNE, this time through the channel RADIO CLASICA:
RADIO PROGRAM : *AMÉRICA MÁGICA* - PRESENTER : Mikaela VERGARA - INSTITUTION / COUNTRY : RNE (Radio Nacional de España) / SPAIN - CHANNEL : RADIO CLASICA (www.rtve.es/radio/radioclasica) - PROGRAM URL : www.rtve.es/alacarta/audios/america-magica
AMÉRICA MÁGICA is a radio program specialized on the classical music of South America, its evolution since the days of the European colonization (Spanish, Portuguese,…), and its connections with the popular and traditional music in the different countries of that continent.
RADIO PROGRAM : *OTROS CLÁSICOS* - PRESENTER : Ana VEGA - TOSCANO - INSTITUTION / COUNTRY : RNE (Radio Nacional de España) / SPAIN - CHANNEL : RADIO CLASICA (www.rtve.es/radio/radioclasica) - PROGRAM URL : www.rtve.es/alacarta/audios/otros-clasicosOTROS CLÁSICOS provides a view of the music from distant places, different cultures and traditions, from the perspective of classical music.
The Less Good News: Several RNE programs on folk music had an unfortunate end in the latest years, following whatever decisions were taken by the management of Spain’s RNE corporation. At least for the moment in early 2013, the podcasts of these past programs are still accessible in the RNE web pages.
RADIO PROGRAM : *MUNDOFONÍAS* - PRESENTERS : Juan Antonio VÁZQUEZ & Araceli TZIGANE - INSTITUTION / COUNTRY : RNE (Radio Nacional de España) / SPAIN - CHANNEL : RADIO EXTERIOR (www.rtve.es/radio/radio-exterior) - PROGRAM URL : www.rtve.es/alacarta/audios/mundofoniasTheir program is focused on world music from all parts of the planet. Songs and interviews of musicians from many places. NOTE: Since November 2012, this radio program is no longer produced by RNE, but their conductors (Araceli & Juan Antonio) still broadcast it on their own thru: www.mundofonias.com/joomla.
RADIO PROGRAM : *LA HUELLA ROMANÍ* - PRESENTER : Javier PÉREZ - SÁEZ - INSTITUTION / COUNTRY : RNE (Radio Nacional de España) / SPAIN - CHANNEL : RADIO CLASICA (www.rtve.es/radio/radioclasica) - PROGRAM URL : www.rtve.es/alacarta/audios/la-huella-romaniProgram specialized on the influence that the Roma people (the Gypsies) had on the European classical music.
RADIO PROGRAM : *TODO LO CRIA LA TIERRA* - PRESENTERS : Gonzalo PÉREZ-TRASCASA & Ramón MARIJUÁN - INSTITUTION / COUNTRY : RNE (Radio Nacional de España) / SPAIN - CHANNEL : RADIO CLASICA (www.rtve.es/radio/radioclasica) - PROGRAM URL : www.rtve.es/alacarta/audios/todo-lo-cria-la-tierraThis program is focused on traditions, on the purest roots of the popular music from all parts of Spain. The presenters use as documentary resources the compilations of recordings done on the 20th century, by record companies, and musicologists such as Manuel GARCIA – MATOS or Alan LOMAX.
RADIO PROGRAM : *SALUDO AL SOL* - PRESENTER : Aarón ABAD - INSTITUTION / COUNTRY : RNE (Radio Nacional de España) / SPAIN - CHANNEL : RADIO 3 (www.rtve.es/radio/radio3) - PROGRAM URL : www.rtve.es/alacarta/audios/saludo-al-solProgram focused on the ‘raga’ music from India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Nepal, but also to Flamenco, Irish trad, jazz, medieval, ‘new age’, spiritual music, from Africa, Middle East, China, Japan, North America, ...
Radio & TV Galega
The main broadcasting corporation in the autonomous community of Galicia (NW Spain) keeps running most of the radio programs that were reviewed before.[43]
One change to highlight in the RTVG (a.k.a. ‘A Galega’) web page is the way to access its radio and TV program podcasts. Let’s just follow some basic rules:
FOR RADIO PROGRAMS:
- Access the Galician broadcasting corporation front page: www.crtvg.es - Click on the buttons named ‘RG’ or ‘Radio Galega’ - Click either on:
FOR TV PROGRAMS:
- Access the Galician broadcasting corp front page: www.crtvg.es
- Click on the button named ‘TVG’ (Televisión Galega)
- Click on the buttons named ‘Programas’ or ‘Musicais’, and then search the
name of the desired one thru the alphabetically ordered lists, such as:
In such TV program lists you may eventually find special programs/concerts entirely dedicated to well know Galician folk artists, such as: the gaita bagpiper Carlos Núñez, or the folk bands Luar Na Lubre and Milladoiro.
Other Broadcasting Corporations
Since Spain’s constitutional law was established in 1976, the country is divided in 17 Autonomous Communities. Several of them developed their own radio and TV broadcasting corporations under the founding and directives of their local governments. As seen above, Galicia is one that has put great effort on promoting its local traditional and folk music with a diversity of specialised radio and TV programs. Due to the deep economical crisis that Spain has entered since 2008, it is unsure for how long such diversity of broadcasting companies (and their many times questionable finances) will remain viable in the 2010’s. There are also some local radio stations that do not depend from any of those local governments, but they belong to public or private cultural centres, such as Madrid’s CÍRCULO DE BELLAS ARTES. Let’s review a few of those broadcasting institutions in three of Spain’s Autonomous Communities.
Andalucía
Flamenco is Spain’s most iconic music style. The autonomous community of Andalusia (South of Spain) is the mayor stronghold of this tradition. Therefore, its local radio and TV broadcasting corporation (RTVA, ‘Canal Sur’) has a radio channel entirely dedicated to this style of traditional music:
RADIO CHANNEL : *FLAMENCO RADIO*
- INSTITUTION / COUNTRY : RTVA-Canal Sur / ANDALUSIA, SPAIN
- CHANNEL : www.rtva.es
- PROGRAM URLs : www.rtva.es/portal_rtva/web/pagina/seccion/1106/radio/flamencoradio and
www.canalsuralacarta.es/directo/ver/flamenco-radio
Non-stop Flamenco and Andalusian traditional music.
The main radio channel of RTVA has also a program dedicated to flamenco:
RADIO PROGRAM : *PORTAL FLAMENCO* - PRESENTER : Manuel CURAO - INSTITUTION / COUNTRY : RTVA-Canal Sur / ANDALUSIA, SPAIN - CHANNEL : www.rtva.es - PROGRAM URL : www.canalsuralacarta.es/radio/programa/portal-flamenco/142Program specialized on flamenco music.
Asturias
Galicia’s neighbour region in the east is the autonomous community of Asturias (N Spain). Its main broadcasting corporation is the RTPA (Radio-Televisión del Principado de Asturias) has the web page: www.rtpa.es. Although Asturias folk music is comparable to the one in Galicia (bagpipes,‘Celtic’ tendencies, etc...), the offer of traditional music programs sensibly more limited.
TELEVISION PROGRAM : *CAMÍN DE CANTARES* - PRESENTER : Xosé Antón FERNÁNDEZ (AMBÁS) - INSTITUTION / COUNTRY : RTPA / ASTURIAS, SPAIN - CHANNEL : www.rtpa.es - PROGRAM URL : www.rtpa.es/tpa-programa:Camín%20de%20cantares_1307018283.htmlProgram on Asturian traditional and folk music that was broadcasted from 2006 until 2010. The videos of the 78 recorded programs can be found in the www with the words CAMIN DE CANTARES.
TELEVISION PROGRAM : *SONES* - INSTITUTION / COUNTRY : RTPA / ASTURIAS, SPAIN - CHANNEL : www.rtpa.es - PROGRAM URL : www.rtpa.es/programa:Sones_1274865975.htmlProgram specialized on Asturian traditional and folk music.
Madrid
The cultural centre in Spain’s capital city and autonomous community (Madrid) CÍRCULO DE BELLAS ARTES (www.circulobellasartes.com), has a radio station called RADIO CÍRCULO that broadcasts at least four programs specialised on world and traditional music.
RADIO PROGRAM : *AFRICAPACHANGA*
- PRESENTER : Jesús HERRANZ
- INSTITUTION / COUNTRY : RADIO CÍRCULO / MADRID, SPAIN
- CHANNEL : www.circulobellasartes.com
- PROGRAM URL : www.circulobellasartes.com/radio_programacion.php?id=66,
africapachanga.podomatic.com
Program specialized on the traditional music from all the countries in the African continent.
RADIO PROGRAM : *CÍRCULO FLAMENCO* - PRESENTER : Alejandro ESCRIBANO & Carmen GARCÍA-BERMEJO - INSTITUTION / COUNTRY : RADIO CÍRCULO / MADRID, SPAIN - CHANNEL : www.circulobellasartes.com - PROGRAM URL : www.circulobellasartes.com/radio_programacion.php?id=26Program specialized on Flamenco music.
RADIO PROGRAM : *ENTRELARES* - PRESENTER : Sonia FRÍAS - INSTITUTION / COUNTRY : RADIO CÍRCULO / MADRID, SPAIN - CHANNEL : www.circulobellasartes.com - PROGRAM URL : www.circulobellasartes.com/radio_programacion.php?page=3&id=7Program specialized on traditional and folk music.
RADIO PROGRAM : *TRÁFICO DE TARAREOS*
- PRESENTER : Fernando MARTÍNEZ
- INSTITUTION / COUNTRY : RADIO CÍRCULO / MADRID, SPAIN
- CHANNEL : www.circulobellasartes.com
- PROGRAM URL : www.circulobellasartes.com/radio_programacion.php?page=6&id=122,
traficodetarareos.blogspot.com.es
Program specialized on folk, jazz and rock music.
Independent On-line Radio Stations
Besides the programs in formal radio broadcasting corporations like all the above ones, there are radio programs made in several parts of Spain produced by small groups of folk music fans. They can be easily accessible in the internet. Many of them are mostly dedicated to Celtic music. It is right to say that today’s digital communications via internet, are absolutely diluting traditional concepts such as: record company, radio station, TV program, magazine, ... Anybody with an adequate level of information compiled in a collection of digital files (text, sound, images), can establish its own space for broadcasting whatever. The key factor is on the added value. The following programs are in many cases adding very valuable interviews with interesting opinions from relevant folk music artists (in most cases only presented in Spanish language). There are quite a few others, but for now let’s start with the following four programs. The first two of them are edited through the folk music portal RADIO CRÓNICA FOLK MUSICAL (www.rcfm.es) created by Antonio MARTÍNEZ – CORZO in the city of Merida (Badajoz, Extremadura, Central South Spain).
RADIO PROGRAM : *TRADICIÓN SONORA* - PRESENTERS : Antonio MARTÍNEZ - CORZO - INSTITUTION / COUNTRY : Independent on-line radio station / SPAIN - CHANNEL : RCFM (Radio Crónica Folk Musical), www.rcfm.es, rcfm-tradicional.blogspot.com - PROGRAM URL : www.tradicionsonora.podomatic.com, www.tradicionsonora.info
TRADICION SONORA is a program dedicated to the traditional and folk music mostly from Spain and Portugal. They broadcast a good number of songs, and also some interviews with folk music artists from Spain and other places.
RADIO PROGRAM : *CELTISMOS* - PRESENTERS : Antonio MARTÍNEZ - CORZO - INSTITUTION / COUNTRY : Independent on-line radio station / SPAIN - CHANNEL : RCFM (Radio Crónica Folk Musical), rcfm-tradicional.blogspot.com - PROGRAM URL : www.celtismos.podomatic.com, www.celtismos.infoCELTISMOS is a program dedicated to folk and ‘Celtic’ music from everywhere, with some special focus on Spain and Portugal. They broadcast a good number of songs, and also some interviews with folk music artists from Spain and other places.
RADIO PROGRAM : *AIRES CELTAS* - PRESENTERS : Federico SALVADOR / Lola SÁNCHEZ / Juan-Armando SALVADOR / Javier GONZÁLEZ - INSTITUTION / COUNTRY : Independent on-line radio station / SPAIN - CHANNEL : www.airesceltas.com - PROGRAM URL : www.airesceltas.comAIRES CELTAS (Celtic Airs) started in 2000. It is a program made in the southern Spanish city of Granada (Andalusia). Nevertheless, the style of music that they broadcast is mostly coming from the north. It is folk and ‘Celtic’ music from northern Spain (Galicia, Asturias, Cantabria,…), but also from Ireland, Scotland, French Brittany, Canada, etc.... The program web pages are in written in Spanish, English, Norwegian, Portuguese, French, Italian and German. You can hear a lot of songs and a few interviews with Spanish Celtic and folk bands. Since 2005, the crew from AIRES CELTAS also supports the organization in of a yearly meet of Celtic musicians in Granada: ‘Encuentro de Músicos con Aires Celtas’ (www.6encuentromusicos.supervivientesmusic.com).
RADIO PROGRAM : *PARADISO FOLK* - PRESENTERS : - - INSTITUTION / COUNTRY : Independent on-line music program / SPAIN - CHANNEL : www.paradisofolk.blogspot.com - PROGRAM URL : www.paradisofolk.blogspot.comTraditional and folk music Spain and many other countries.
Photo Credits:
(1) Radio scale (unknown); (2) RNE logo (by RNE);
(3) Sérgio Tannus,
(5) Berrogüetto,
(6) Rebeca Mateos-Morante, (7) Ana Alcaide
(unknown/from websites);
(4) CRTVG logo (by CRTVG);
(8) RCFMlogo, (9) Tradicion Sonora
(by RCFM).
