Alzira Ràdio broadcasts at 107.9 FM from a municipal building in Alzira, a city in Spain's Valencian Community, mixing daily news bulletins with sports commentary, cultural coverage and a music schedule that swings from reggae and rock to Valencian pop. The station shares its home with the city's exhibition hall, library and youth information center, run as public service broadcasting rather than a commercial outlet.
A City Named After Its Own River
Alzira takes its name from the Arabic "Jazīrah Shukr," meaning island along the Xúquer, the river known in Spanish as the Júcar, according to Wikipedia's history of the city. The name is not decorative. Alzira sits directly on the river's left bank, and that relationship has defined the place for centuries, through prosperity as an Andalusian trading hub and through repeated flooding that forced the city to build walls serving double duty as both fortification and flood defense.
From Conquest to City Status
James I of Aragon conquered Alzira in 1242, folding it into the Christian kingdom after its years as a center for Andalusian writers and legal scholars. The settlement did not formally become a "Ciudad" until 1876, when Alfonso XII granted it the title, by which point Alzira had already grown into a judicial and administrative hub for the surrounding region.
Local Voices, Local Teams
That same civic identity carries through to what the station covers today. Alzira Ràdio's sports segments regularly track Unión Deportiva Alzira, the local football club founded in 1946 and still playing out of Estadio Luis Suñer Picó, alongside municipal initiatives, agricultural news, and the Valencian cultural events that give the station's "L'Informatiu d'Alzira" news bulletin its local flavor.
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Alzira Ràdio gives a city still defined by its river a daily soundtrack of its own news, sport and music. Stream it free on Radio Shuffle, no sign-up needed.