Rai Radio 3 Classica

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Rai Radio 3 Classica
Broadcast area Italy: DAB and FM in certain areas, DVB-T, Cable radio, Hotbird, Internet
Programming
Format Classical music
Ownership
Owner RAI
Rai Radio Tutta Italiana
History
First air date
1 December 1958;66 years ago (1958-12-01)
Former names
V-VI Canale Filodiffusione RAI
FD Auditorium
Rai Radio FD 5
Rai Radio 5 Classica
Rai Radio Classica
Links
Webcast RaiPlay Sound
Website RaiPlay Sound

Rai Radio 3 Classica is a radio channel, owned and produced by the Italian State broadcaster RAI, which broadcasts uninterrupted classical music without commercials.

Contents

Until August 2015 it was known as Rai Radio FD 5, and before that as FD Auditorium. From 2015 till 2017 the station was called Rai Radio 5 Classica. Until 31 December 2019 it was called Rai Radio Classica. [1]

The channel is distributed via:

Rai Radio 3 Classica, unlike its sister channel Rai Radio Tutta Italiana, can also be heard on FM in five Italian cities: Rome (on 100.3 MHz), Turin (101.8), Milan (102.2), Naples (103.9), and Ancona (106.0). It is also relayed overnight by Rai Radio 3, generally between 2 AM (1:30 on Saturday and Sunday) and 6. From September 2017 to August 2022 Rai Radio 3 had its own night programming. Rai Radio TRST A also relays Rai Radio 3 Classica daily from 19:35 till 06:58 hrs on FM in the area of Trieste.

Earlier logos

Fd5 filodiffusione auditorium.jpg Rai Radio FD5 logo (2010).svg Rai Radio 5 Classica.svg Rai Radio Classica logo.svg Rai Radio 3 Classica logo.svg
2000–20102010–20152015–20172017–20192020–present

References

  1. "Rai Radio Classica diventa Rai Radio3 Classica". FM-world (in Italian). 2020-01-01. Retrieved 2020-04-22.