In the winter of 1980-1981, a group of founding parents from La Bressola split off to create a school that would teach in Catalan and French from kindergarten to age 6. While we were preparing to open an Arrels school in Perpignan, the opportunity to create this radio station arose. Nothing was planned, and we launched into the adventure of creating this radio station before the school opened. We were preparing for the arrival of a child and found ourselves in the arms of a collaborator of La Bressola for four years. The opportunity Manzanares mentions came through a state law of May 1981 that allowed the creation of associative radio stations in France. They founded Radio Arrels, which began broadcasting on the 28th of that same month of May.