Radio Ontinyent

Former broadcasting material, created by Salvador Miquel and currently curated by Museo de la Telecomunicación Vicente Miralles Segarra (UPV).

Radio Ontinyent is a Spanish radio station based in the city of Ontinyent, in the Land of Valencia. It was established in 1923 by Salvador Miquel, self-taught inventor who created a broadcasting device whose signal could be heard by a crystal radio.[1] It was the third station airing in Spain, and got an official license in 1931, being known since as EAJ30 Radio Onteniente,[1] thus making it the 30rd oldest officially licensed radio station in Spain.

In 1933 Miquel improved the broadcasting power, reaching its signal the whole of the Iberian Peninsula, the Balearic Islands and parts of France and Northern Africa.[1] It was sindicated to Radio Intercontinental and,[2] in 1987, it would be absorbed by the Sociedad Española de Radiodifusión.[1][3] It won an Ondas award in 2019.[4] In 2024, the Miquel family sold the company to a new owner.[5]

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 "EAJ30 Radio Onteniente – Museo ETSIT" (in Spanish). Retrieved 2025-09-19.
  2. ↑ Bas Portero, Juan José. Diccionario del Audiovisual Valenciano (PDF). Institut Valencià de Cultura.
  3. ↑ "Los 90 años de 'Radio Ontinyent' - El Periódico de Ontinyent - Noticias en Ontinyent" (in Spanish). 2021-11-29. Retrieved 2025-09-19.
  4. ↑ "La Historia de Radio Ontinyent – Museo ETSIT" (in Spanish). 2024-06-17. Retrieved 2025-09-19.
  5. ↑ "La familia Miquel se desvincula de Radio Ontinyent después de casi un siglo – Guia de la Radio" (in Spanish). Retrieved 2025-09-19.
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