Local media in Girona

Also see https://web.girona.cat/comunicacio/guiademitjans

TV stations in Girona

TV Girona

Logo of TV Girona

Girona has its own TV channel called TV Girona, which no one ever watches, and only exists so Girona can say it has its own TV channel. Notable programs include Té de Tot, a program consisting of interviews with local residents.

Info:

• Website: https://tvgirona.com/
• Instagram: @tvgirona
• Address: Av. de Sant Francesc, 6, 17001 Girona

TvSalt

Girona's neighbouring town of Salt has a YouTube channel called TvSalt. See https://www.youtube.com/user/televisioViladeSalt

Radio stations in Girona

Girona FM

Logo of Girona FM

Girona has a radio station called Girona FM at 92.7 FM. We doubt anyone listens to it. Girona FM shows include:

• L’Alternativa ("The Alternative"), Girona’s only English-speaking radio show. Presented by Ryan Martin (from New Zealand) and co-hosted by Abby Jones (from England). It’s a fortnightly English-speaking radio show about Girona, culture, books, and music. The name L’Alternativa comes from the alternative rock music that Ryan plays on the show. The show began in 2024 when Ryan presented the idea of an English-speaking radio show to Girona FM. Ryan and Abby record on Wednesdays, and the show is aired on the following Friday. You can find previous episodes at https://www.gironafm.cat/gironafm/programs/lalternativa. Guests are either notable people who live in Girona, or musicians Ryan met in McKiernans. Guests have included
  • Júlia Riera, founder of the Instagram account Daily Catalan)
  • Nastya Elikan, founder of Girona Conecta
  • Paul Jones, organiser of Girona Buddies
  • Anna Carreras Castañer (the first woman to join the Ferrari Formula 1 medical team)

Info

• Website: https://www.gironafm.cat/
• Address: Carrer de Jaume Balmes, 13, 17002 Girona

Radio Salt

The neighbouring town of Salt has a radio station called Radio Salt. Shows include:

• Ens Patina l’Embrague, a Catalan radio show about mental health, which started in 2004 and has over 900 episodes.

Carrer Major, 163, 17190 Salt | www.infosalt.cat/radio-salt-en-directe

Magazines in Girona

• Top Girona is a carefully curated magazine with professional photos and information about the Girona region. https://www.topgirona.com/
• Gidona is a magazine for women in the Comarques Gironines (Girona region) https://www.gidona.cat/
• Revista de Girona (RdG)
• El Foment
• Nafent is a bilingual cycling magazine (Catalan and English) that began in January 2022. It was founded by Sjors Beukeboom, who lives in Girona. The word "Nafent" is from the phrase "Anar fent", which is Catalan for "Keep going". The magazine is released four times a year. See https://nafentmagazine.com. Nafent also occasionally organizes cycling rides and group runs.
• Revista Empresarial Girona is a magazine for businesses in the Girona region. It is published by the Associació d'Empresaris i Emprenedors de Girona. It was launched in early 2007 due to the lack of a Catalan-language publication about Girona’s business community. All members of the association receive a free annual subscription. https://www.aeeg.cat/ca/la-revista-eg/
• Tot Oci is a free magazine covering Girona and the Costa Brava. You can usually find it lying on the counter of cafes and takeaway places. Almost every page of the magazine is adverts. Even the cover is usually an advert. It's like a fake magazine. Stay away from it. https://www.totoci.com
• Milfulls is a free magazine of the markets in the Girona region. It comes out every three months. Claims to be the only free magazine that publishes recipes in Catalan. All previous editions are available online at https://promoeco.ddgi.cat/revista-milfulls/

• 
  Gidona and Top Girona
• 
  Tot Oci (more like "Tot Anuncis")
• 
  El Foment magazine

Newspapers in Girona

• Diari de Girona
• El Punt Avui. All their articles are available online at www.elpuntavui.cat. You get 2 free articles every month, and after that, a subscription costs €48 per year.

Podcasts in Girona

• Girona-based marketing agency LaSecreta have a podcast called El Cinquè Riu ("the Fifth River"). See https://www.youtube.com/@GironaSecreta

Notable Instagram accounts in Girona

Notable Instagram accounts in Girona include:

• @gironasecreta –An Instagram account created by marketing agency LaSecreta (www.somlasecreta.com). The account consists of reels of young people showing things to do in Girona. As of July 2025, the account has 88.2 K followers and 1,010 posts. LaSecreta also have a podcast called El Cinquè Riu (https://www.youtube.com/@GironaSecreta) and a website at gironasecreta, which is a directory of restaurants, bars, cafes, and shops in Girona. See Services_in_Girona#Marketing_agencies.
• @girona_cat – The official Instagram of the Girona town council. As of July 2025, the account has around 39.2 K followers and 1,700 posts.
• @turisme_gi – The official Instagram of Girona Turisme. As of July 2025, the account has around 38 K followers and over 2,600 posts.
• @girona.conecta – An account created by Nastya Elikan in 2020 to connect locals and newcomers through tips and meetups. As of July 2025, the account has 6.5 K followers and over 800 posts.
• @coengirona - Colombianos in Girona is an Instagram account for Colombians living in Girona. They also have a WhatsApp community (created by Paolo Nicolas Carillo Peña on 6 April 2025) but the WhatsApp community has very few members.

Media in the rest of Catalonia and Spain

RTVE

RTVE (Radiotelevisión Española) is Spain’s public broadcaster. It includes TVE (TV channels), RNE (radio), and rtve.es (digital).

They have an office in Girona at Gran Via de Jaume I, 60, 17001.

Notable programs:

• One of RAC1's best-known programs is a comedy show called La Competència, created and hosted by Òscar Andreu and Òscar Dalmau Guió.

3Cat

3Cat is Catalonia's public media corporation, which includes:

• TV3, Catalonia's public TV station.
• Catalunya Ràdio, Catalonia's public radio station
• SX3, Catalonia's public TV programming for children
• 3/24

La Marató (often called La Marató de TV3 or La Marató de 3Cat) is one of Catalonia’s biggest annual charity events. It is a massive televised fundraising event that lasts all day, usually in mid-December. It combines live TV broadcasts, music, perfoamnces, donation campaigns across Catalonia, and thousands of local activities (runs, concerts, quines, community events) to raise money for medical research on one specific disease each year. Since 1992, La Marató has raised hundreds of millions of euros, funding major research projects in hospitals and universities across Catalonia.

Other radio and TV in Spain

• RAC1 is Catalonia's main radio station. It's a private station owned by Grupo Godó (the same group that owns La Vanguardia).

Newspapers

• El País is Spain's biggest newspaper. It's more Spain-wide than Catalonia-focused
• La Vanguardia is one of Spain's biggest newspapers. Its headquarters are in Barcelona. It is printed in Spanish and Catalan. It's Catalonia's leading newspaper.
• El Periódico is another major Spanish newspaper. It has different versions for different areas of Spain: El Periodico de Catalunya, El Periodico de Aragón, El Periódico Extremadura, and El Periódico Mediterraneo.