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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; 65 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 Real Media
Website https://www.raiplayradio.it/radio3classica

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

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.

The channel is distributed via:

  • the cable radio service Filodiffusione, which was launched in 1958 by RAI and SIP (now Telecom Italia)
  • the Hot Bird satellite using DAB technology
  • the digital terrestrial DVB-T network (available in Italy only)
  • Internet Portal Rai Play Radio

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

2000–2010 2010–2015 2015–2017 2017–2019 2020–present

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