Radio Nacional de España

Radio Nacional de España
TypeRadio broadcasting
Country
Spain
Availability
  • Spain
  • Andorra
  • Worldwide (international station and online)
Radio stations
HeadquartersPrado del Rey, Pozuelo de Alarcón (Madrid)
ParentRadiotelevisión Española (RTVE)
Launch date
19 January 1937 (1937-01-19)
Radio Exterior
Official website
rtve.es/radio

Radio Nacional de España (acronym RNE, branded rne, lit. transl. "National Radio of Spain") is the national state-owned public service radio broadcaster in Spain.

RNE is the radio division and Televisión Española (TVE) is the television division of Radiotelevisión Española (RTVE), the public corporation which has the overall responsibility for the national broadcasting public services under a Parliament-appointed president who, in addition to being answerable to a board of directors, reports to an all-party committee of the national parliament, as provided for in the Public Radio and Television Law of 2006.

RNE launched its first station on 19 January 1937. It is currently headquartered at Casa de la Radio at Prado del Rey in Pozuelo de Alarcón.