Ràdio Cornellà 104.6 FM

What Ràdio Cornellà 104.6 FM does

Ràdio Cornellà 104.6 FM is a municipal public radio station founded in 1982 and operated by the Ajuntament de Cornellà (Cornellà de Llobregat Town Council) in the Barcelona metropolitan area of Catalonia, Spain. It serves the residents of Cornellà de Llobregat and the surrounding Baix Llobregat region with hyper-local content including daily news bulletins, municipal affairs coverage, local sports (notably Unió Esportiva Cornellà), cultural programming, and music. The station broadcasts on 104.6 FM, complementary live streaming via its website, and maintains an on-demand podcast archive ('A la Carta') with more than 4,300 archived episodes across four named programs: 'Bon dia!' (morning show), 'Cornellà Notícies' (midday local news), 'Les Tardes a Ràdio Cornellà' (afternoon music and news), and 'Era Vinil' (70s–90s music).

The station operates on the EnaCast platform (enacast.fm), which provides hosting, live streaming, and podcast publishing. The supporting web infrastructure is hosted on Vercel and uses Plausible Analytics and a self-hosted Matomo instance for cookie-free audience measurement, with Sentry for error monitoring. The technology stack is GDPR-compliant and certified under the EU-US Data Privacy Framework via its vendors. The station also runs an educational initiative, 'Les Escoles a la Ràdio', which involves local schools in radio production.

Ràdio Cornellà is funded primarily through municipal government budgets as a public service broadcaster, with a secondary revenue stream from local advertising on the A la Carta platform. The operating model is community-led, with no privately raised funding, no equity structure, and no commercial growth mandate. The station has 18 employees, was recognized with a special mention at the 2022 Ràdio Associació Awards for its sports program, and celebrated its 40th anniversary in June 2022.

Name

Ràdio Cornellà 104.6 FM

Legal name

Ràdio Cornellà

Website

https://radiocornella.cat

Company type

Private

Founded year

1982

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Ràdio Cornellà 104.6 FM is a municipal public radio station in Cornellà de Llobregat, Spain, operated by the local government since 1982 and serving residents with hyper-local news, sports, music, and cultural programming via FM, live streaming, and podcast distribution.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Community Radio Broadcasting

NAICS

Radio Broadcasting Stations (51611)

SIC

Radio Broadcasting Stations (4832)

akta.pro primary industry

Public/Community Local Stations (PBS Member Stations, Community Radio, LPFM) (MPABACAG)

akta.pro secondary industries

Independent Local Radio Stations (MPABACAD), News Talk Radio & Current Affairs Stations (MPABAIAI)

Keywords

• Community radio broadcasting
• Local news programming
• Podcast distribution services
• FM radio streaming
• Municipal public broadcasting

Headquarters

HQ city

Cornellà de Llobregat

HQ country

Spain

HQ region

Europe

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Technology or R&D, Infrastructure, Marketing or Sales, Others

Revenue model

1. Public Broadcasting Funding: As a municipal radio station operated by the Ajuntament de Cornellà (Cornellà de Llobregat Town Council), Ràdio Cornellà operates as a public service broadcaster. The station offers advertising opportunities (as indicated by the '/cp/publicitat/' page on their website) as a secondary revenue stream.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels3 records

Core offering

Ràdio Cornellà 104.6 FM is a municipal public radio station that broadcasts local news, music, sports, and cultural programming over the 104.6 FM frequency to the Cornellà de Llobregat community and the wider Baix Llobregat region. Its core offering combines a live FM signal with a website live stream and an on-demand podcast catalogue (A la Carta) covering daily programs such as Bon dia!, Cornellà Notícies, Les Tardes a Ràdio Cornellà, and Era Vinil. The station is operated by the Ajuntament de Cornellà as a community public service and supplements municipal funding with local advertising sales.

Product overview

Ràdio Cornellà 104.6 FM is a local community radio station operated by the Cornellà de Llobregat municipal government. The station operates on a platform-plus-programs architecture: the core offering is live FM broadcast at 104.6 FM with real-time web streaming, complemented by an on-demand podcast platform (A la Carta) for archived episodes. The program portfolio includes four named shows: Bon dia! (morning show, 09:00–13:00 with hits and local news), Cornellà Notícies (midday local news bulletin, 30 minutes at 13:00), Les Tardes a Ràdio Cornellà (afternoon music and news program, 17:00–21:00), and Era Vinil (70s-90s music program). The station's web platform is powered by EnaCast (enacast.fm), which handles hosting and publication.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Live Radio Broadcast (Directe) Live FM radio streaming at 104.6 MHz with a real-time web player on radiocornella.cat, giving listeners access to the current program as it airs. The service is free and serves the general public of Cornellà de Llobregat and the broader Baix Llobregat region.
• Bon dia! Daily morning radio program airing Monday to Friday from 09:00 to 13:00, featuring current hits, classic music, and local news bulletins on the hour. Over 2,100 archived episodes are available on demand. Targeted at general local listeners.
• Cornellà Notícies Daily local news program providing 30 minutes of local current affairs coverage, Monday to Friday at 13:00. The station's newsroom (redacció) covers municipal politics, sports, culture, society, and local entities. Over 2,200 episodes with 1,301 hours of total archived content.
• Les Tardes a Ràdio Cornellà Afternoon radio program airing Monday to Friday from 17:00 to 21:00, reviewing national and international music news with local proximity news bulletins. Targeted at general local listeners.
• Era Vinil Specialty music program featuring complete tracks from the 1970s, 1980s, and 1990s, presenting a curated journey through recent musical history. Targeted at adult listeners nostalgic for those decades.
• Podcast On-Demand (A la Carta) On-demand podcast archive (A la Carta) providing access to previous episodes of all station programs, distributed via Apple Podcasts, Overcast, Pocket Casts, and RSS feeds. Free to access for individual listeners.

Segments1 record

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Integration9 records

Feature3 records

Partnerships

Three partnerships are on record, tiered core.

• EnaCast (enacast.fm)coreTechnology or IntegrationEnaCast provides the hosting and publishing platform for Ràdio Cornellà's website, live streaming, and podcast distribution. The platform manages the technical infrastructure enabling broadcast and on-demand content delivery.
• Vercel Inc.coreTechnology or IntegrationVercel Inc. provides web hosting services for the radiocornella.cat website, with EU-US Privacy Shield certification ensuring compliant data handling.
• Ajuntament de CornellàcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerThe Cornellà de Llobregat Town Council is the parent organization operating Ràdio Cornellà as a municipal public service radio station. The station is headquartered at and funded through the municipal government.

Scale indicators3 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Broad incumbents

• COPE: Spain's second-largest national radio network with significant news/talk programming across the country. Comparable in operating terrestrial FM radio in Spain but at national scale with a commercial funding model.
• RNE Radio 4: Public national broadcaster RTVE's Catalan-language radio channel. Comparable as a public-service radio operation serving Catalonia, but operated nationally rather than municipally.
• Cadena SER: Spain's largest national commercial radio network, with extensive local affiliate presence across Catalonia. Comparable as a local/regional radio broadcaster but operates within a national network model with vastly greater resources and reach.
• RAC1: Leading commercial radio broadcaster in Catalonia, owned by Godó Group. Comparable in terms of Catalan-language news and talk programming targeting the same geographic region, but operates commercially and at a much larger scale.
• Catalunya Ràdio: Regional public radio broadcaster owned by the Corporació Catalana de Mitjans Audiovisuals. Comparable as a public-service radio operation in Catalonia but operates at a regional rather than municipal scale with significantly broader reach.

Direct peers

• Betevé: Betevé is the municipal broadcaster of Barcelona (owned by the Ajuntament de Barcelona), operating television, radio, and digital channels serving the local Barcelona community. It is the closest direct peer given the identical municipal-public-service broadcasting model applied to a neighboring municipality in the same metropolitan area.
• Ràdio l'Hospitalet: Municipal radio of L'Hospitalet de Llobregat, a neighboring municipality also in the Baix Llobregat region. Operates under the same municipal-public-service broadcasting model serving a local community audience.
• Ràdio Sant Cugat: Municipal radio station serving Sant Cugat del Vallès, also in the Barcelona metropolitan area. Directly comparable as a community/municipal FM broadcaster with similar programming mix (news, music, sports) and municipal funding structure.

Others

• EnaCast: Hosting and publishing technology platform that powers Ràdio Cornellà's web, streaming, and podcast distribution. An enabling technology provider serving multiple community/municipal radio stations across Catalonia and Spain.
• Ràdio Associació: Catalan association of free, community, and municipal radio stations that awarded Ràdio Cornellà its 2022 special mention. Comparable as the trade and representative body for the community-radio segment in which the company operates, though not a direct competitor.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/radio-cornella

Compliance4 records

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Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

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