Radio Calella

Radio Calella is a local station in the honest sense of the word. It serves a beach town on the Maresme coast north of Barcelona, and the programming sounds like the place: unhurried, sun-baked, tuned to whatever the season is doing. Summer brings holidaymakers and the playlist opens up. Winter belongs to the people who actually live there. That's the real appeal. You won't find much experimentation here. The mix stays close to Spanish and Catalan pop and the mellow adult-contemporary that suits a car radio on the N-II. There are worse fates. Estopa, Serrat, a bit of flamenco-pop, the occasion…