Winners announced for the Cadena Dial Awards -- 25th Anniversary special edition

The premier awards for music in Spanish

Cadena Dial and Tenerife's Tourist Board today announced at a press conference the winners of the Cadena Dial Awards -- 25th Anniversary Special Edition. To celebrate this anniversary, Cadena Dial aims to pay tribute to all those artists and performers who, for two and a half decades, have wowed  listeners with their talent. Thanks to them, Cadena Dial is the second-most-listened-to music station in the country, ensuring that songs in Spanish are heard on both sides of the Atlantic. El Barrio, Hombres G, Melendi, Manolo García, Miguel Bosé, Laura Pausini, Merche, Alejandro Sanz, Malu, Revolver, Antonio Orozco, David de María, Sergio Dalma, David Bisbal and Manuel Carrasco, are among the honorees at this Cadena Dial Awards 25th Anniversary.

Camila, Amaia Montero, Dani Martín, Bustamante, Vanesa Martin, Dvicio and Axel were the winners of  the 2014 Cadena Dial Awards for their huge success last year. The Special Dial Award for Arts, Culture and Sport, meanwhile, has been awarded this year to the actor Imanol Arias.

The gala ceremony for the Cadena Dial Awards -- 25th Anniversary Special Edition will be presented by Carmen Ramirez and Jaime Cantizano, the director of the Cadena Dial radio show Atrévete, and will be held at the Congress Center (Recinto Ferial) in Tenerife on March 5. The spectacular music-filled gala will feature performances by Hombres G, Melendi, Manolo García, Miguel Bosé, Laura Pausini, Merche, Alejandro Sanz, Malu, Revolver, Antonio Orozco, David de María, David Bisbal, Camila, Amaia Montero, Bustamante, Vanesa Martin, Dvicio, Axel, Ha * Ash, Tiziano Ferro and Roko.

The press conference was attended by Sandra Rotondo, general manager for Music at PRISA Radio; Carlos Enrique Alonso Rodríguez, president of the Tenerife regional authority, and Juan Carlos Chaves, director of Music Channels at PRISA Radio Spain.

Sandra Rotondo highlighted the international impact of these awards thanks to the presence of PRISA Radio in Latin America and the US. "PRISA Radio is present not only in Spain, but in a total of 12 countries, with 28 million listeners, 1,250 stations and more than 8 million users. Cadena Dial stands out as the only station that focuses on music in Spanish".

Carlos Enrique Alonso expressed his satisfaction that the gala is to take place in Tenerife. "We will welcome, with open arms, 4,500 music fans to our island's Auditorium; it's going to be the hottest ticket in town and we'll be honoring Spanish-language music in the best place in the world."

Finally, Juan Carlos Chaves spoke of the buoyant performance of Cadena Dial. "Spanish-language music radio has overcome its growing pains to emerge both mature and confident, with its own personality and a clear vision for the future. Cadena Dial has witnessed the constant emergence of new music genres over the years and we've successfully kept up with them all".

Part of the proceeds from the gala will go to the Lares Foundation and its Hogar Santa Rita project.

Cadena Dial, owned by PRISA Radio, is the leading station for Spanish-language music -- with 2,391,000 listeners and more than 310,000 unique users on the Internet, according to comScore data. In 2015, Cadena Dial celebrates its 25th anniversary, having consolidated its reputation as the radio station of choice of a generation of singers and musicians, and as the benchmark for fans of music in Spanish.

PRISA Radio is the world’s largest Spanish-language radio group with almost 28 million listeners, 8 million online users (according to comScore) and more than 1,250 stations, either directly owned or associates, in 12 countries: Argentina, Colombia, Costa Rica, Chile, the US, Spain, Mexico, Panama, Ecuador, Guatemala, the Dominican Republic and Paraguay. It has a notable presence in the most important radio markets thanks to its prestigious radio brands such as Caracol Radio, W Radio, Cadena SER, ADN Radio Chile, Radio Continental, Radio Panamá, 40 Principales and Bésame.