{"id":45494,"date":"2020-09-21T06:42:05","date_gmt":"2020-09-21T10:42:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/?p=45494"},"modified":"2020-09-21T06:42:05","modified_gmt":"2020-09-21T10:42:05","slug":"guest-post-spanish-tv-series-el-ministerio-del-tiempo-prominently-features-arganda-del-rey-transmitter-site","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2020\/09\/guest-post-spanish-tv-series-el-ministerio-del-tiempo-prominently-features-arganda-del-rey-transmitter-site\/","title":{"rendered":"Guest Post: Spanish TV series “El Ministerio del Tiempo” prominently features Arganda del Rey transmitter site"},"content":{"rendered":"

Many thanks to SWLing Post contributor, Tracy Wood (K7OU), who shares the following guest post:<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

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Arganda del Rey Transmitter Building<\/p><\/div>\n

SWLing.com now takes \u201cSpot the shortwave radio set in the movie or show\u201d to new heights \u2013<\/p>\n

\u201cSpot the shortwave radio station in the TV series\u201d<\/h1>\n

The former Radio Exterior de Espa\u00f1a (REE) shortwave transmitter site at Arganda del Rey forms the backdrop for the fourth season of the hit Spanish TV series \u201cEl Ministerio del Tiempo<\/em>\u201d (the Ministry of Time).\u00a0 The show\u2019s premise – unlike today\u2019s superpowers with their high-tech kinetic weaponry, Spain\u2019s 21st century advantage lies in the nation\u2019s time-traveling skills.<\/p>\n

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Grand Entrance looking down on actor<\/p><\/div>\n

The show\u2019s producers tip their hat to the \u201cCentro Emisor de Onda Corta<\/em>\u201d facility as the Ministry of Time\u2019s \u201cheadquarters\u201d relocates this season to this historic broadcast complex.\u00a0 The large engineering library, old shortwave transmitters, electric rectification hardware and even antenna field form a ready-made stage.<\/p>\n

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Power rectification units<\/p><\/div>\n

Up into the early 1990\u2019s Arganda del Rey served as a shortwave and medium wave site.\u00a0 When all the shortwave services finally migrated over to Noblejas (40 km SE) the Arganda del Rey center continued as the long-standing medium wave location for Radio Nacional de Espa\u00f1a\u2019s Radio 1 (585 kHz 600kw) and Radio 5 (657 kHz 50kw).\u00a0 Arganda is now completely inactive with the last transmissions being DRM tests on 1359 kHz with 10 kilowatts. The facility was replaced by Madrid\u2019s Majadahonda site.<\/p>\n

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Ministerio de Tiempo<\/em> viewers first get a hint of the radio connection as the character \u201cAlonso de Entrerr\u00edos\u201c (played by Jos\u00e9 Ignacio \u201cNacho\u201d Fresneda Garc\u00eda) drives towards the new headquarters.\u00a0 In the background we see the old Radio 5 antenna array.\u00a0 \u00a0 As the character Alonso approaches the building he looks up and sees the historic \u201cRadio Nacional de Espa\u00f1a\u201d lettering above the building entrance thus confirming the \u201cHeadquarters\u201d original purpose.<\/p>\n

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Cross Dipole Antenna<\/p><\/div>\n

A DXer might mistake the Radio 5 array for a shortwave NVIS antenna but instead it is a rare medium-wave cross-dipole arrangement; it was also this antenna that RTVE used for the DRM tests.\u00a0 The only remaining shortwave antennae at Arganda del Rey are some abandoned log-periodics which support a growing stork colony.<\/p>\n

Satellite TVRO hobbyists also may recognize the \u201cArganda del Rey\u201d municipality. \u00a0 HISPASAT has established its main uplink facility in a nearby industrial park in this same Madrid suburb.<\/p>\n

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Radio textbooks and HF transmitter in background\u2026<\/p><\/div>\n

Many thanks to DXer Pedro Sedano, General Coordinator of the Asociaci\u00f3n Espa\u00f1ola de Radioescuchas<\/em> (aer.org.es<\/a>), for confirming the complete abandonment of Arganda del Rey from an RF-perspective.\u00a0 Also contributing is Ulis Fleming, K3LU, who several months earlier identified a NO-DO newsreel that helped tie the pieces together.<\/p>\n

Links<\/h2>\n

An English-language description of the facility is here:<\/strong><\/p>\n

https:\/\/www.esmadrid.com\/en\/tourist-information\/centro-emisor-onda-corta-rne-arganda-rey<\/a><\/p>\n

\u201c Located on the Chinch\u00f3n road, alongside the Arganda Bridge, this former\u00a0 Radio Nacional de Espa\u00f1a building, opened in 1954, is today popular for being the new headquarters of The Ministry of Time in its fourth season, the successful TVE series, as well as having appeared in other productions, such as a post office in Velvet Collection (Movistar +), and as the Medical Research Centre in La Valla (Antena 3).\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cThe building, now abandoned, forms part of a set of buildings located on both sides of the road\u00a0 in which RNE had the headquarters of the medium and short-wave radio stations, houses and warehouses, whereby the most representative is this monumental property that was home to the short-wave radio station. \u201c<\/p>\n

\u201cThe building was designed by the architect, Diego M\u00e9ndez, following the guidelines of classic architecture from the Franco era. Inside, the entrance hall stands out, a square room decorated with polychromatic marbles, presided by an impressive staircase with two flights of stairs, which is also in marble.\u00a0 On the first floor, there is all of the machinery for generating the necessary voltage and current for the short-wave transmitters, and the third floor has a library with important telecommunications books and articles.\u201d<\/p>\n

LAT-LON:\u00a0 \u00a0 40\u00b018’47.09″N \u00a0 \u00a0 3\u00b030’34.95″W<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Show Wikipedia URL (in English):<\/strong><\/p>\n

https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/El_ministerio_del_tiempo<\/a><\/p>\n

Additional URLs\u00a0 (all in Spanish)<\/h2>\n
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  1. Series Website:\u00a0 https:\/\/www.rtve.es\/television\/ministerio-del-tiempo\/<\/a><\/li>\n
  2. A \u201cNO-DO\u201d newsreel showing the 1954 inauguration of two 100-kw shortwave transmitters and the building interior in context. https:\/\/www.rtve.es\/filmoteca\/no-do\/not-604\/1481595\/<\/a><\/li>\n
  3. Site overview with links to a four-part video tour. https:\/\/historiatelefonia.com\/2019\/07\/12\/centro-emisor-de-onda-corta-radio-nacional-de-espana-en-arganda-del-rey\/<\/a><\/li>\n
  4. RTVE publicity photos showing building and interior set (with shortwave transmitter in background) https:\/\/www.panoramaaudiovisual.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/MdT_EdificioRNE_DavidHerranz.jpg<\/a> https:\/\/www.panoramaaudiovisual.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/MdT_RNE-archivo1_DavidHerranz.jpg<\/a><\/li>\n
  5. RTVE press release about the Centro Emisor https:\/\/www.rtve.es\/rtve\/20200401\/ministerio-del-tiempo-rueda-integramente-escenarios-naturales-su-cuarta-temporada\/2010843.shtml<\/a><\/li>\n
  6. Site Description (Historic) with Interior\/Exterior Views http:\/\/archivo.ayto-arganda.es\/patrimonio\/fp.aspx?id=23<\/a>
    \n    http:\/\/archivo.ayto-arganda.es\/patrimonio\/BusquedaPatrimonio.aspx?id=23#<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    — Tracy Wood (K7OU)<\/strong><\/p>\n

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    Thank you so much, Tracy, for putting this post together! <\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

    Now I wish my Spanish comprehension was better as I’d love to watch this show–sounds like a fascinating story line! And the transmitter site is pure radio eye candy! Brilliant!<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

    Many thanks to SWLing Post contributor, Tracy Wood (K7OU), who shares the following guest post: SWLing.com now takes \u201cSpot the shortwave radio set in the movie or show\u201d to new heights \u2013 \u201cSpot the shortwave radio station in the TV series\u201d The former Radio Exterior de Espa\u00f1a (REE) shortwave transmitter site at Arganda del Rey […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":15,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[3194,3,305,288,43],"tags":[8832,8833,8834,955,4703,5506,958,7394],"class_list":["post-45494","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-guest-posts","category-news","category-nostalgia","category-radio-history","category-shortwave-radio","tag-arganda-del-rey","tag-el-ministerio-del-tiempo","tag-ministry-of-time","tag-radio-exterior-de-espana","tag-radio-nacional-de-espana","tag-radios-in-movies","tag-ree","tag-tracy-wood-k7uo"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pn3uc-bPM","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":49632,"url":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2021\/07\/ree-noblejas-site-celebrates-50-years\/","url_meta":{"origin":45494,"position":0},"title":"REE Noblejas Site Celebrates 50 Years","author":"Thomas","date":"July 18, 2021","format":false,"excerpt":"Many thanks to SWLing Post contributor, Tracy Wood, who shares the following article and translation: REE Noblejas Site celebrates 50 years. 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Engliish is coming back to shortwave starting 29 October along with\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "International Broadcasting"","block_context":{"text":"International Broadcasting","link":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/category\/international-broadcasting\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/Kenwood-R-2000-Dial.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/Kenwood-R-2000-Dial.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/Kenwood-R-2000-Dial.jpg?resize=525%2C300&ssl=1 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/Kenwood-R-2000-Dial.jpg?resize=700%2C400&ssl=1 2x"},"classes":[]},{"id":10982,"url":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2014\/10\/radio-exterior-de-espana-to-end-shortwave-broadcasts-on-october-15-2014\/","url_meta":{"origin":45494,"position":3},"title":"Radio Exterior de Espa\u00f1a to end shortwave broadcasts on October 15, 2014","author":"Thomas","date":"October 4, 2014","format":false,"excerpt":"SWLing Post reader, David, writes: \"I just wanted to let you know that REE has published a communication in its webpage, regarding the end of their SW broadcasts. 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