RDP Antena 3
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| Broadcast area |
 Portugal - National FM, DAB |
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| Frequency |
92.3 – 107.9 MHz (mainland Portugal) |
| First air date | 26 April 1994 |
| Format | talk, contemporary music |
| Audience share | 3.7% (4th quarter of 2011), ) |
| Owner | Rádio e Televisão de Portugal |
| Website | 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, José Mariño, and (currently) Rui Pêgo.
The Team
Some of the house names are:
- Álvaro Costa (One of the Portuguese radio biggest names)
- Ana Galvão
- António Freitas (Metal presenter of "Alta Tensão")
- Augusto Seabra
- Catarina Limão
- Diogo Beja
- 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)
- Luís Oliveira
- 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)
- Ricardo Sérgio (The news men of "info-3" and summer festivals, also music critic on the newspaper diary "DN" and magazine "Op")
- Rui Estêvão
- 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)
See also
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