First air date 1 May 2000 Owner Grup Godó | Format News & Speech Website rac1.cat | |
Broadcast area Catalonia - National FM & DAB Frequency FM: 87.7 FM in the Barcelona area.
Other frequencies: http://www.rac1.org/index.php?page_id=6
DAB: Not available yet
Digital Terrestrial TV: Under EDC's mux Online: www.rac1.cat | ||
RAC 1 is the main Catalan language private radio station. It is mainly owned by media group Godó and is based in Barcelona. It has a sister radio station, RAC 105, dedicated to chart music.
RAC 1 is a spoken-word radio station, and focuses on news and current affairs, politics, sports and culture. It started broadcasting in 2000 and has been steadily rising in audience ratings to its current 1st position amongst Catalan-language stations.
Its most successful programme Minoria Absoluta, a lunchtime humorous round-up of politics and news is, nowadays, Catalonia's most listened-to radio show. Its most listened-to programme is El món a RAC 1. It is the morning magazine of reference in Catalonia. Presented by Jordi Basté, it treats today's news, policy, humor and entertainment. In addition it is the most listened-to radio program in Catalonia.