Rai Radio 3 Classica

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; 66 years ago
Former names	V-VI Canale Filodiffusione RAI; FD Auditorium; Rai Radio FD 5; Rai Radio 5 Classica; Rai Radio Classica
Links
Webcast	RaiPlay Sound
Website	RaiPlay Sound

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

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 Sound

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 is also relayed overnight by Rai Radio 3, generally between 2 AM (1:30 on Saturday and Sunday) and 6. From September 2017 to August 2022 Rai Radio 3 had 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.