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| Broadcast area | Portugal - NationalFM |
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| Frequencies | Several frequencies, change from geographical side to side See: Frequency |
| Programming | |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Format | News, entertainment, hit music |
| Ownership | |
| Owner | Bauer Media Group |
| Cidade FM M80 Radio Smooth FM Batida FM | |
| History | |
First air date | March 12, 1979 (1979-03-12) |
Former names | RDP Rádio Comercial (1979-1987) |
| Links | |
| Website | www |
Rádio Comercial is a commercialradio station inPortugal aimed at young people and adults. It has a broad format including contemporary, pop and rock music. It is among the most listened to radio stations in the country.
The station can trace its roots toRádio Clube Português (RCP), a very important and influential station founded in 1930. RCP existed until 1975, when it was nationalized as part of theCarnation Revolution and subsequently swallowed into RDP. The FM network became RDP Programa 3 and the AM network, RDP Programa 4.[1]Rádio Comercial was born on March 12, 1979, as a subsidiary ofRádiodifusão Portuguesa, replacing the former RDP networks. The name was chosen because it was the only RDP station to allowadverts at the time.[2]
In the 1980s, the former Programa 3 was Comercial Onda Média, while the former Programa 4 was Comercial FM Estéreo. Comercial was in constant growth until the consolidation of local stations in the sector at the end of the decade. It was already leading the radio ratings in some sectors, largely due to its urban characteristics. Unlike Antena 1, which focused more on football, Rádio Comercial covered other sports that were easily ignored, such as tennis. In 1986, it was the first Portuguese station to use a helicopter for its traffic service.[1]
Rádio Comercial was formally switched off from RDP's auspices in September 1992, six months ahead of its privatization.[1]
The station was later privatized on March 31, 1993, to theCorreio da Manhã newspaper, and later sold toMedia Capital andPRISA, in 1997. From that time until 2003, the station focused on rock music. In 2022, the Media Capital Rádio group, which includes Rádio Comercial, was sold toBauer Media Group.[3]
During a one-year period from late 1992 to late 1993, the Greek-Californian artistIthaka Darin Pappas, who lived in Lisbon for a six-year duration, hosted a small English-language segment on Rádio Comercial calledLounge Lizard Larry within the daily afternoon show, Quarto Bairro.[4][5]
Quarto Bairro was produced by Eduardo Guerra and recorded by Pedro Costa (currently a DJ atAntena 3), with news by Sílvia Souto Cunha (present day editor ofVisão Magazine). For the Lounge Lizard Larry sequences Ithaka would, for the most part, read his own poems, written specifically for the show, on top on B-side instrumental hip-hop tracks.[6][7][8][9]
On one day in late 1992 at a café outside of the Rádio Comercial studios in the neighborhood called Amoreiras, Ithaka wrote a poem called, The End Of The Earth Is Upon Us and some minutes after completion read it live on top of aNaughty By Nature instrumental. A couple of months later, he recorded a demo of the song in Manchester, England with original music. And about eight months after that, the electronic music group Underground Sound of Lisbon, who had been hearing him read his writings on-air, invited him to rerecordThe End Of The Earth Is Upon Us with their music for the B-side of a 12" vinyl single they were recording. Thru the decades the song, retitledSo Get Up, has achieved a wide range of releases and remixes by international artists, but the original recording of the vocal-poem took place at Rádio Comercial in Amoreiras.[10][11][12][4]
Presenters
Staff
From Monday until Friday
| Time | Show | Presenter |
|---|---|---|
| 05:00-07:00 | Ana Isabel Arroja/Wilson Honrado | |
| 07:00-10:00 | Manhãs da Comercial | Pedro Ribeiro, Vera Fernandes, Nuno Markl and Vasco Palmeirim |
| 10:00-13:00 | Renato Duarte and Filipa Galrão | |
| 13:00-16:00 | Pedro Andrade and Tecas | |
| 16:00-19:00 | Já se faz tarde | Diogo Beja and Joana Azevedo |
| 19:00-22:00 | Ana Isabel Arroja/Wilson Honrado | |
| 22:00-01:00 | Comercial By Night | Ana Delgado Martins |
| 01:00-05:00 | Without voiceover |
Saturday
| Time | Show | Presenter |
|---|---|---|
| 00:00-02:00 | The Weekend | Wilson Honrado |
| 08:00-10:00 | Enquanto houver estrada para andar | Pedro Ribeiro |
| 10:00-14:00 | Renato Duarte | |
| 14:00-18:00 | Tecas | |
| 18:00-22:00 | Wilson Honrado | |
| 22:00-01:00 | Ana Delgado Martins |
Sunday
| Time | Show | Presenter |
|---|---|---|
| 01:00-02:00 | The Weekend | Wilson Honrado |
| 07:00-10:00 | Pedro Andrade | |
| 10:00-11:00 | Fast Forward | Vasco Palmeirim |
| 11:00-14:00 | Vera Fernandes | |
| 14:00-18:00 | Filipa Galrão | |
| 18:00-20:00 | TNT - Todos no Top | Mariana Pinto and André Penim |
| 20:00-00:00 | Ana Isabel Arroja |
