Àngels Barceló leaves SER: end of an era in Hoy por Hoy

Àngels Barceló has announced her departure from Cadena SER after 21 years at the end of the season. The host of Hoy por Hoy, with 3.2 million listeners, thanked her team and the audience. Her departure closes a chapter and leaves a significant gap in Spanish radio, amid a context of internal tensions with the company.

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The digital transition of the most listened-to news program 🎙️

Barceló's departure forces SER to rethink its multiplatform strategy. Hoy por Hoy is not just a radio program; its daily production requires a technical ecosystem of writing, podcasting, and social media. The successor will need to manage this flow, where immediacy and integration with voice assistants and streaming platforms are key to maintaining the audience.

SER seeks broadcaster: resumes and offerings accepted 🤷

While the bosses look at Mara Torres, José Luis Sastre, or Aimar Bretos, listeners are already speculating about the future. Some suggest the new host should bring their own coffee and a manual for the mixing desk. SER has confirmed that the selection process includes a resistance test against talk show guests and a forced smile exam during commercials.