Hoy por hoy

It is the most listened-to radio program in Spain with an average of about three and a half million listeners a day and is considered[by whom?]

The program, on news and current affairs, spends the first 4 hours reviewing Spanish and international general information, especially political matters.

The last two hours and nineteen minutes of the program are more relaxed with sections on different themes, and humour.

During its first years on the air it was rivalled by Protagonistas, which was then the leading morning program on Spanish radio.

[citation needed] On 30 August 2005 Gabilondo left the program to take charge of the evening news program of the new television network Cuatro, belonging to the same media group as Cadena SER, the Grupo Prisa.