Francesc Cano replaces Eulàlia Carbonell at the head of RAC1

BarcelonaJournalist Francesc Cano will be the new director of RAC1 after it was officially communicated to the staff today that Eulàlia Carbonell, until now managing director of the Grupo Godó stations, is leaving the position. Carbonell was appointed in May 2023, shortly after Grupo Godó dismissed Jaume Peral as director of the stations. At that time, the group stated that the change at the helm of the most listened-to radio station in Catalonia was due to the need to incorporate a profile more focused on management and less on editorial content.

Carbonell's departure comes two months after the staff of RAC1 and RAC105 mobilized to hold a strike that, finally, was called off in extremis. In the statement issued by the workers, they criticized "the drift of the company's management", while also demanding "a change in the management model". The mobilization was the response, according to them, to "months of unrest caused by a management style that the staff considers based on pressure, a lack of trust, and inadequate treatment of the workers". Finally, a last-minute agreement led the workers to call off the strike.

Francesc Cano holds a degree in journalism from Ramon Llull University and for the last year and a half had been the director of La Manchester, Ricard Ustrell's production company. Previously, he had worked at Catalunya Ràdio, where he joined in 2000 and remained until 2025. Within the group of public radio stations, he held various positions: he produced programs for Catalunya Música, was content coordinator for Catalunya Cultura, was part of Catalunya Informació, and was coordinator of Catalunya vespre. From 2012 to 2021, he was the head of news at Catalunya Ràdio. From Grupo Godó, they highlight that Cano has "a consolidated track record in the Catalan audiovisual sector".