Cadena COPE

Spain's national radio station

Cadena COPE
Programming

Broadcast area	Spain
Branding	Cadena COPE
Language(s)	Spanish
Format	Full-service and religious
Ownership
Owner	Radio Popular S.A.
Sister stations	Cadena 100 Rock & Gol Megastar FM
History
First air date	January 1, 1979 (1979-01-01)
Links
Website	www.cope.es

COPE, an acronym for Cadena de Ondas Populares Españolas ("People's Radiowaves of Spain Network") formerly called Radio Popular, is a Spanish language radio station. It is the second most listened to in Spain's generalist radio. Owned by the Spanish Episcopal Conference company "Radio Popular SA", it belongs to the "Group COPE" with music stations Cadena 100, Rock FM and Megastar FM, in addition to Spain's generalist TV channel Trece. The station is associated with Spain's journal Diario ABC.

Created with the aim of offering religious services, since the 1980s its programming has evolved into the model of conventional general radio, while maintaining programs with religious content, such as El Espejo (The Mirror) of José Luis Restán and La linterna de la Iglesia (The Lantern of the Church) of Faustino Catalina, and, especially on Sundays and special dates marked on the liturgical calendar such as Christmas and Easter, Holy Mass and Iglesia noticia (Church message) are broadcast. Its editorial guideline is the promotion of the views of the hierarchy of the Spanish Catholic Church.

External links

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Official website (in Spanish)

Members of the European Broadcasting Union

Active
members

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members

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