Mojacar was nearly a ghost town in the 1950s, its whitewashed houses standing empty as residents left for work elsewhere. A new mayor's solution was almost absurdly simple: give the empty houses away to anyone willing to fix them up. Artists and bohemians took the offer first, and decades later the same hillside town became one of the anchors of the Costa Almeria's English-speaking community, the audience Spectrum FM Costa Almeria has served on 92.6 FM ever since.
Nearly Thirty Years of English-Language Radio in Spain
Spectrum FM launched in 1997 and has spent the years since building into Spain's largest English-speaking radio network, now reaching the Costa del Sol, Costa Blanca, Costa Almeria, Costa Calida, Tenerife, Mallorca, and the Canary Islands (Wikipedia). Over the years the network has employed a run of recognizable British radio names, including Mark Goodier, Ed Stewart, Dave Lee Travis, John Morgan, Graham Torrington, and Mark Dennison, bringing UK-radio polish to an audience that had relocated a thousand miles from home (Wikipedia).
A Coast Built by the People Who Moved There
Almeria province is home to more than 17,000 British citizens spread across 84 municipalities, and in towns like Arboleas and Partaloa that population can make up as much as 80 percent of local residents (Euro Weekly News). Mojacar itself now counts British residents as a majority of its foreign population, a legacy of that same free-houses offer decades ago, which slowly turned an abandoned hillside town into a bohemian, then international, community.
- 80s, 90s, and current chart hits, the core playlist built for an English-speaking audience abroad.
- Local, national, and international news, helping residents follow both Spanish current affairs and stories from home.
- Cultural and integration content, aimed specifically at foreign residents settling into Spanish life.
- 92.6 FM coverage, reaching listeners across Almeria city and the Mojacar area.
More Than a Soundtrack
For a community built almost entirely by people who left one country to live in another, a familiar voice on the radio does something more than entertain. Spectrum FM's mix of home-country chart music and practical local news functions as a genuine bridge, letting residents keep one foot in British culture while staying informed about the region they now call home.
Why It's Worth a Spot in Your Rotation
Spectrum FM Costa Almeria is a station shaped entirely by the community it serves, a coastline of towns that were reborn through waves of newcomers. Whether you are an expat missing the sound of British radio or just curious what soundtracks daily life on this stretch of Spanish coast, this station delivers it straight.
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