English Language Media

Radio

The BBC World Service is available on short wave in Madrid, while the main BBC stations and other English-language radio can be received via many satellite TV installations. 

• For the short wave Europe schedule: Click here

• To find the schedule and frequencies for Madrid: Click here 

• For a list of BBC World Service frequencies: Click here  

• for information about the frequency charts of south-west Europe: Click here   

Voice of America is available in English in Spain. 

• For the frequency chart for the region: Click here  can be found here, http://www.voanews.com/english/about/frequenciesAtoZ_s.cfm and the
• For a programme guide: Click here

Radio on the Internet

Many international radio stations are available streamed live on the Internet. It typically requires RealPlayer or Windows Media player which can be downloaded, free. 

• For a fairly comprehensive list of the many stations who provide this service: Click here
• Directory of over 13,000 radio stations: Streema Online Radio Stations

Alternatively, select one of the stations below for (relatively) instant access to live radio!

• To reach links to any of the BBC Radio stations: Click here
• The BBC World Service (RealPlayer) (Windows Media)
• Voice of America on VOA NewsNow
• CNN (RealPlayer) (Windows Media)

Spanish Radio Stations with some English-language broadcasting

Radio 80 (89 FM): broadcasts news in English Monday to Saturday from 07:00-08:00. An English-language program, called Buenos Días, gives hints for visitors Monday to Friday from 06:00 to 08:00 on 657 MegaHertz.

Madrid Live (100.4 FM): broadcast Tuesdays at 18:30 and repeated on Wednesdays at 09:30. Programming focuses on the arts, entertainment and social scene in Madrid and features exclusive interviews with celebrities, in English. Madrid Live is broadcast on Radio Círculo, a culture radio station located in the Círculo de Bellas Artes centre. 

• See the website CirculoBelleasArtes (in Spanish)
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Radio Exterior de Espana is available in English and other languages on RTVE.es (see the Foreign Language section on the left-hand side of the page and select a language)

• For information on the English edition: Click here
• programmes and frequencies: Click here

The first half-hour of Radio Exterior's weekday broadcasts deals with Spanish and international news, with particular emphasis on the areas to which the broadcast is directed (in this case, Europe.)

The second half features Spanish pop music, a review of the Spanish press and the day's general interest program, including "Radio Waves"; Euro-American "Chronicles", focusing on Spain's relations with the EU and the US; "Entemeses", specialised in food and travel; "Africa Today" and the mailbag program "Radio Club".

The weekday broadcasts include "Visitors' Book", which concentrates on foreign personalities who have been in Spain recently; "Window on Spain",  highlighting the cultural scene; more news about Spain and rebroadcasts of weekday programs which the listeners might have missed.

Television

For a good (if not entirely comprehensive) list of what's on TV across Europe, check out this site.

Spanish Cable TV Services

The main cable operators are:

• Aunacable 
• Euskaltel 
• ONO 

UK Terrestrial Channels

It is possible to access UK-based free-to-air (FTA) programming on the same satellite that broadcasts Sky Digital. 

Note: there is no legal way to access encrypted programming on that satellite service while in Spain (such as Sky Digital's premium channels accessible only through a Sky subscription package, or those channels that may only be watched in the UK using a satellite receiver with a free-to-view (FTV) card installed).

Print Publications

Newspapers

• The weekly Madrid newspaper Guidepost, founded in 1958, is aimed principally at the American Community in Madrid. 
  • Guidepost
    Tel: 915 480 107 
    Fax: 915 426 046 
    e-mail 
• The Broadsheet (TBS), founded in Madrid in 1983, is a monthly newspaper dealing with art, music, people and more, covering all Spain
• El País is a The Spanish newspaper with an English PDF edition, available only to subscribers. It is published in association with the International Herald Tribune
  • For online subscription information: Click here (in Spanish)

Magazines

• InMadrid: free monthly magazine with information on culture, entertainment, medical issues in Spain and more
• Go and Connect Madrid: free magazine in English (also available on the Internet) 
• What's On in Madrid: a free monthly magazine in English, distributed in Plaza Mayor, Madrid
• The Hot English Magazine: mostly used by students of the English language, is 50 pages long and features colloquial vocabulary, real dialogue, idioms, songs and Hollywood-related articles. It is available at many bookshops and news kiosks across Madrid. Subscribers can get reports, e-mail newsletters, and information about websites and products to help them live abroad

Spanish news in English (online only)

• El País Internacional provides information in English and Spanish about subjects such as economics and finance, leisure and entertainment and more. The El País Internacional website also offers the Independent News Service, a Monday to Sunday news service with information on business, comment, opinion, foreign affairs, science and technology, sports and UK news. The information is sourced from The Independent and The Independent on Sunday newspapers and delivered through the web. A password and login are necessary to read the news
  • El País Internacional
    At: Ribera del Sena s/n, 28042 Madrid
    Tel: 913 537 900
    Website
• Spain Daily News: a website about Spain, delivered in English. It gives news on sports, general information, travel, transport and city weather forecasts
• Madrid News: provides online international news in English, dealing with politics, general subjects, sports, business, entertainment, society, languages and science
• The Entertainer Online: offers national Spanish news in English
• Expatica: news, articles and interactive area, in English
• Freelance Spain: web-based magazine which aims to assist editors and journalists seeking information about Spain
• Typically Spanish: news from Madrid and the rest of Spain
• Spain Post: news from Spain and the rest of the world.
• Soccer Spain: news on Spanish football

International News Links

AngloINFO delivers an extensive English-language news service, drawn from sources around the world.

• Visit the AngloINFO Newsroom!

Many newspapers from around the world are available online:

UK

• The Belfast Telegraph
• The Daily Express
• The Daily/Sunday Telegraph
• The Financial Times
• The Guardian
• The Independent
• The Mirror
• The Sun
• The Scotsman
• The Times
• And many more, listed here.

Ireland

• The Irish Independent
• The Irish News
• The Irish Times
• And many more, listed here.

USA

• The Chicago Sun-Times
• The Los Angeles Times
• The New York Times
• The New York Post
• The San Fransisco Chronicle
• The San Fransisco Examiner
• The Seattle Times
• USA Today
• The Wall Street Journal
• The Washington Post
• And many more, listed here.

Canada

• The Montreal Gazette
• The Toronto Star
• The Vancouver Sun
• The Globe and Mail
• And more, listed here.

Australia

• The Sydney Morning Herald
• The Melbourne Age
• And many more, listed here.

New Zealand

• The New Zealand Herald
• And many more, listed here.

South Africa

• Business Day
• Die Burger (in Afrikaans)
• Independent Newspapers (The Star, The Cape Argus, etc.)
• The Sunday Times
• The Weekly Mail & Guardian