What is everyone's favourite (favorite) Spain Radio Station ???

Mine is Top Radio Madrid...I love how they play only Spanish Language Music...and the female radio hosts on this radio station sound muy sexy (my 24 year old mind is getting the best of me... )

DOH! My secret's out! TopRadio (in Madrid) is mine too. They ONLY play Spanish-language music, pop, older stuff, flamenco-ish, from Spain and Latin America but most of it is from Spain.

And now that everyone knows, I probably won't be able to connect. I tend to set my computer's recorder to record the station as it plays from about 4am - 10am local time. In the morning, I burn the 2 3-hour MP3 files to a CD-RW and take it to work every morning and listen there during the workday. It's GREAT! It's ALMOST like listening LIVE in Madrid!

By the way, do YOU have the same experience I do when listening to Top Radio? For me, the transmission is received perfectly well, perfectly streaming and clearly for about 15 minutes. AFTER 15-minutes the transmission has frequent "breaks" or "spaces". Sometimes these frequent breaks, often coming only a few seconds apart, it gets so annoying I can' listen anymore but then, other times it will go 15-30 minutes between these "breaks". On RARE occasions I've recorded entire 6-hour stretches without a single "break" in transmission. The only way to get a short-term "cure" is to close the Media Player complete and re-click the radio link and RE-start/re-activate the Real Player and then the transmission, once again, is only smooth and without breaks for about 15 minutes. I'd love to hear your feedback about this.

I also like the very clear (and looped in 2-hour increments) Flamenco station on Emisión Digital.

Find TopRadio and just about EVERY OTHER Spanish Radio Station which also broadcasts on the internet on MadridMan\'s Spanish Radio, TV, Music, & Movies page .

I carry a small AM/FM/Shortwave radio with me when I travel. The two stations that are preset are KISS-FM, 89.0 and another which I forget the letters, 102.7.

They both mix it up a lot, with Spanish rock both vintage and modern, Flamenco and a few English language classics. It is interesting to hear Joaquin Sabina, M-Clan, Paco de Lucia, Ana y Victor and Van Morrison all mixed together.

It is a great antidote to being awake from jetlag at 4 in the morning.

I thought it was just my computer that caused the breaks in the transmission. I find the same thing happens to me, sometimes it can go on for a long time without "buffering" while other times it happens often. But i take what i can get, some is better than nothing at all!

Sometimes I like to listen to RNE (Radio Nacional de España) - which is mainly news and talk radio. Years ago I liked to listen to TeleMadrid Radio but it seems that nearly the majority of music THEY play is in English - and WHO wants to listen to English-language songs when listening to a Spanish radio station from abroad??? hehehehe...

Saludos, MadridMan

Love Top Radio simply because it is ALL music and simply because it is ALLL in Spanish! Now I must figure out how to recorde of this station so I can burn my own CD's. Oh well more time on the computer

I only listen to Cadena Ser (seems to be a very important radio station in Madrid), because they only have talk programs, no music. These talk shows or programs give me a better idea of what's going on in Spain and I love to hear discussions on different issues in Spanish. There’s a program on the air every day beginning at 9:00 am (central time North-America), that always on Wednesdays the host has 3 regulars guests, one from Peru (I think), one from Argentina and one from Venezuela (but living in Spain). It’s very entertaining and a lot of fun. The show is called “La Ventana”.

My favorite is FLAIXFM, thanks to this message board and Madridman! My friend that lives in Sevilla sent me techno music back in 1994 (on tape, it was that long ago) and so I really enjoy the dance music.
If anyone can help me, I would like to know some artists names and would like to either download or buy some CDs.
iMuchas Gracias!

Hey MadridMan,

how do you record Top Madrid onto your computer? (if you dont mind a quick explanation...)

To record audio to your hard drive from either a streaming source or by microphone I use the Total Recorder Standard Edition (version 5.1 now) by High Criteria (web: http://www.highcriteria.com/ ). It's a small program which COSTS $12 (well worth it, really, and you get lifetime UPGRADES to the next newer versions) and you can record in a variety of formats including MP3 - the one I use. It can be a little tricky to setup the first time but once you have it set you can then change some of the settings to your preferences.

Before going to bed I set the Total Recorder to record two time-periods while I'm sleeping. The first one I set the timer to record from, for example, 10pm until 1am, in MP3 format, saved as a particular file name which I designate. The second one I set to record from 1:01am to 4am and to be saved as a particular file name which I designate.

In the morning, I pop in a formatted CD-RW into my CD-RW drive and copy WRITE the previously saved MP3 files from my hard drive to that CD-RW. That copying takes about 15-20 minutes. Then, I take CD-RW and play it on my work computer through the Microsoft Media Player. Thing is, since the individual MP3 files are LARGE - about 124mb each depending on the quality of recording you designate - you cannot play these MP3 files on, say, a portable MP3 player or even on my DVD player which is supposed to play MP3 files - it can't read those files for some reason.

So that's it? Any other questions? I'm happy to answer then. NOW, I have to start the Top Radio stream and then set the Total Recorder.

UPDATE: ARGH!!!! I CAN'T CONNECT TO TOP RADIO!! ARGH!!!

Saludos, MadridMan

Ay Madridman, haven't you heard, no good deed goes unpunished!

I only listen to shortwave Radio Exterior de España. I have been a loyal member to that, to Radio Vaticano and to Radio Nederland since I was 18, you can imagine! Every year Radio Exterior sends me their program guide and their QSL card!

Booklady
DXer

Ok, so I've downloaded the Total Recorder and have it all set up...except i don't know where to start. I'd like to record Hoy por Hoy with Inaki Gabilondo but I have no idea how to use the Total Recorder. What do I do?!

Errr.... you could read the instructions, I suppose.

But seriously folks, start "playing around" with the RECORDING SOURCE AND PARAMETERS part, do some test recordings, choose your format, SAVE AS, etcetera. It was a little tricky for me too to use in the beginning but I caught on eventually.

Saludos, MadridMan

I enjoy listening to Cadena Ser (especially the soccer matches)for the news programs and talk. Back in the early 1980's, I loved the "40 Principales." I was saddened to hear that my favorite DJ Joaquin Luqui had passed away this week. He's the one that introduced me to Mecano, Luz Casal, Miguel Bose, Radio Futura and all of that wonderful pop and rock music from Spain.

marilisa

I used to like to listen to 40 Principales but finally quit because it seemed half of the songs played were in English.

Saludos, MadridMan
(happily listening to and recording Top Radio NOW!)

I was listening to a Madrid Radio Station, and found it interesting that the radio host was trying to "hook-Up" men and woman over the radio...first some a male and female in their 40's then another male and female in their late 40's early 50's...then another male and female in their 20's...is it common for radio station's in Spain to play "matchmaker" ???

I find the radio matching making on the Madrid Radio station to be muy cool...

AgenteMunicipal, you MUST be referring to Madrid's/TopRadio's "¿Estudias o Trabajas?" program airing Saturdays from 8pm to 10pm local Spain time. I actually like that program and try to catch it on Saturday afternoons (my time). It's quite interesting and kind of funny too at times.

Saludos, MadridMan

My preference is Canal Fiesta (a music station!) from Canal Sur in Sevilla. It plays a lot of Flamenco-based pop - its got "duende"! As well as this they also stream Radio Andalucia (news) and Canal Sur Radio (talk and soccer).
All these are available at the Canal Sur Website as well as on MM's radio links page.
Robbieroy

MadridMan...ya...I think it is called "¿Estudias o Trabajas?" as the radio hosts ask "¿Estudias o Trabajas?"

Anyone else having problems (poor reception, breaks mid-song)with TopRadio Madrid Today ?

I just can't get a good reception of Top Radio on the Windows Media Player.It keeps giving me "the buffering syndrome".Every 20 to 30 seconds the player keeps re-buffering thereby causing the sound to stop.The sound comes in loud and crisp but it keeps halting and coming back.

Madridman,I have tested all the stations on your list from Onda Madrid down to Emision Digital and they all sound fine except Top Radio.How frustrating, I like Top Radio very much also.I am going to have to listen to other similar stations like Cadena Dial,Emision Digital,etc.

Also,I found out that the dance-techno station that I like(Maxima FM)can be found on www.los40.com
On this website there are 4 cool music stations:

1.Los 40 Principales
2.Cadena Dial(similar to Top Radio)
3.M80(Pop and rock in English)
4.Maxima FM(DANCE-TECHNO)

Yup. I was having the SAME problem with TopRadio earlier but it seems to be working perfectly well now. Let's see for how long! Cross your fingers. I'm starting my nightly recording NOW!

Saludos, MadridMan

Woo Hoo!!! TopRadio is online once again! FINALLY! It was down for more than a month this time. Oh well. It's back and I'm happy once again.

Saludos, MadridMan

I am happy to that TOP RADIO is back on. Only station I will listen to if I want Spanish influence. Thanks, Mecky

I find Radio Castilla La Mancha is a good substitute when Top Radio Madrid is not working properly...