COPE, an acronym for Cadena de Ondas Populares Españolas ("People's Radiowaves of Spain Network") formerly called Radio Popular, is a Spanish language radio station.
Owned by the Spanish Episcopal Conference (Spanish Catholic Bishops' Conference) company "Radio Popular SA", it belongs to the "Group COPE" with music stations Cadena 100, Rock FM and Megastar FM, in addition to Spain's generalist TV channel Trece.
[1] It is available on FM, AM, DAB and as a radio station on TV, as well as via apps and streaming on its website.
[2] Created with the aim of offering religious services, since the 1980s its programming has evolved into the model of conventional general radio, while maintaining programmes with religious content, such as José Luís Restán's El Espejo and Irene Pozo's La linterna de la Iglesia.
Its editorial guideline is the promotion of the views of the hierarchy of the Spanish Catholic Church.