RDP Antena 3

Antena 3 is one of the three national radio channels produced by the Portuguese public broadcasting entity Rádio e Televisão de Portugal, the others being Antena 1 and Antena 2.

The channel specializes in contemporary and alternative music, featuring live concerts, news and chart countdown programmes.

History

Inaugurated on 26 April 1994, Antena 3 is distinguished by its promotion of new Portuguese music. The station has discovered and promoted some of the most important contemporary Portuguese bands. Its slogan is A Primeira Vez é Sempre na 3 (First time every time on 3).

Over the years, Antena 3 has been controlled by Jorge Alexandre Lopes, Luís Montez, and (currently) José Mariño.

The Team

Some of the house names are:

• Álvaro Costa (One of the Portuguese radio biggest names)
• Ana Galvão
• Ana Lamy
• António Freitas (Metal presenter of "Alta Tensão")
• Augusto Seabra
• Bubu (producer of "Bolas com Creme")
• Carlos Cardoso (producer of "Grande Sofá")
• Catarina Limão )
• DJ Vibe (weekend nights DJ)
• Família Fazuma (Reggae presenter "Música Enrolada")
• Fernando Alvim (Presenter of "Prova Oral" and "Nuno & Nando")
• Henrique Amaro (One of the biggest specialists in Portuguese music producer of programs like "100%" e "Portugália")
• José Paulo Alcobia (Cinema critic)
• Miguel Quintão (With Álvaro Costa presents "Bons Rapazes")
• Mónica Mendes (The voice of M and many TV advertisements)
• Nuno Calado (Disciple of António Sérgio, author of "Clandestino" and "Indigente")
• Nuno Reis (Author "Caixa de Ritmos")
• Paulo Castelo ("the traffic boy")
• Pedro Costa (author of "Coyote")
• Raquel Bulha (author of "Planeta 3", "Terra à Vista", "Borda d'água" and presenter of "Hora do Sexo" with the psychologist Quintino Aires and "Condutoras de Domingo" with Maria João cruz)
• Ricardo Sérgio (The news men of "info-3" and summer festivals, also music critic on the newspaper diary "DN" and magazine "Op")
• Rui Estevão (
• Rui Miguel Abreu (author of "Nação Hip-Hop" and founder of the record label Loop Recordings)
• Rui Vargas (Lux DJ, Friday nights on Antena 3)

Programming

On Thursdays Quinta dos Portugueses, which features exclusively Portuguese music, is the basis of a monthly mini-festival of new and not so new bands, coming from different cities each time. Antena 3 also covers a number of national and international film festivals, such as Venice, Cannes, Doc Lisboa, and Indie Lisboa.

External links

• Official homepage of Antena 3 (in Portuguese)