Cadena COPE

Luis del Olmo initiates in COPE the renewal of the radio in Spain and, thus, a new radio model is born that will be assumed by all the channels. The impulse of a daring Dominican, José Luis Gago, will transform some stations without means, or future, into a competitive chain. This book reveals the intrahistory of radio stars. Your hiring, your demands or your power; profit and tolls for the company. What was the key to the social impact of Luis del Olmo, the communication skills of Encarna Sánchez, the power of José María García, the power of influence of Carlos Herrera, the personality of Antonio Herrero or Federico Jiménez Losantos and the narrative strength by Paco González, Manolo Lama or Pepe Domingo Castaño? These radio figures marked the recent history of our society through a channel that helped consolidate freedoms and democracy. A free voice of the Church, with its lights and shadows. These pages recount that successful, and at the same time tortuous, path of COPE through anecdotes, unknown data and the version of the protagonists. Nothing was the same again since the chain of the Episcopal Conference broke into commercial radio, until renewing radio broadcasting. Surrounding himself with the best stars of the airwaves gave the definitive turnaround to the information society.