Rai Radio 3 Classica

Rai Radio 3 Classica is a radio channel, owned and produced by the Italian State broadcaster RAI, which broadcasts uninterrupted classical music without commercials.

Rai Radio 3 Classica

Broadcast area	Italy: DAB and FM in certain areas, DVB-T, Cable radio, Hotbird, Internet
Programming
Format	Classical music
Ownership
Owner	RAI
Sister stations	Rai Radio Tutta Italiana
History
First air date	1 December 1958 (1958-12-01)
Former names	V-VI Canale Filodiffusione RAI FD Auditorium Rai Radio FD 5 Rai Radio 5 Classica Rai Radio Classica
Links
Webcast	Real Media
Website	https://www.raiplayradio.it/radio3classica

Until August 2015 it was known as Rai Radio FD 5, and before that as FD Auditorium. From 2015 till 2017 the station was called Rai Radio 5 Classica. Until 31 December 2019 it was called Rai Radio Classica.

The channel is distributed via:

• the cable radio service Filodiffusione, which was launched in 1958 by RAI and SIP (now Telecom Italia)
• the Hot Bird satellite using DAB technology
• the digital terrestrial DVB-T network (available in Italy only)
• Internet Portal Rai Play Radio

Rai Radio 3 Classica, unlike its sister channel Rai Radio Tutta Italiana, can also be heard on FM in five Italian cities: Rome (on 100.3 MHz), Turin (101.8), Milan (102.2), Naples (103.9), and Ancona (106.0). It was until September 2017 also relayed overnight by Rai Radio 3 (generally between 2.00 and 6.00). Now Rai Radio 3 has its own night programming. Rai Radio TRST A also relays Rai Radio 3 Classica daily from 19:35 till 06:58 hrs on FM in the area of Trieste.