Ara in English - Toni Clapés

Toni Clapés returns to television with a comedy program on La 2 Cat

Núria Juanico Llumà — Tue, 13 Jan 2026 08:01:41 +0000

Toni Clapés is returning to television after eleven years. The journalist and radio host will present a new weekly comedy program on La 2 Cat. He announced it himself this Monday afternoon on the RAC1 version, which he has managed for twenty years and which He has been recognized with the Ondas award"It's an idea that a few of us came up with. I feel it's mine, I'm excited about it," said Clapés. The new program will be broadcast from El Molino in Barcelona, an idea that came to her during the radio special celebrating its 25th anniversary.Barça plays on RAC1, made from this very room. At the moment, neither the presenter nor the network has specified when this new program will premiere, nor the team and collaborators who will be part of it.

From an emotional Clapés to a Wyoming who doesn't want to retire: this is how the Ondas Awards were received

Jordi Feijoo — Wed, 26 Nov 2025 16:42:41 +0000

Before the winners of the 72nd Ondas Awards took to the stage to collect their prizes at the Gran Teatre del Liceu, they attended the traditional reception held this afternoon at the Palauet Albéniz. Amidst beers, wine, cava, and even some with glasses of water, the award winners chatted casually with friends and gave interviews to the media in attendance. Among the award recipients was Toni Clapés, from the program RAC1 version, awarded for being the best radio program; José Miguel Monzón, better known as The Great Wyoming, who has received the award for best communicator; Leticia Dolera, for the series Puberty; the artistic team of Rage, headed by Carmen Machi; Isaías Lafuente for his career in radio, and Secun de la Rosa for his performance in Superstar.

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Toni Sala — Wed, 05 Nov 2025 09:27:11 +0000

I play it in the car, while doing manual labor, or on nights when I have trouble sleeping. More than a voice, it's a tone that accompanies me through these years in a country so in need of shelter and refuge, of spaces where, because there are so few, intelligence can find a home. Success comes when the host—an editor, a theater director, a program producer—has the authority to raise the level of those who take refuge in him. On Toni Clapés's program, the interviewees, contributors, and impersonators become more brilliant. It's instructive to hear the same voices that participate in the program on other shows.RAC1 versionto see how a contributor's performance rises in one place and falls in others. I'm not interested in current films or celebrity gossip, but inRAC1 versionIt's different. And vice versa, I'm interested in literature and politics, but I find many programs dedicated to them unbearable; they pretend to talk about literature or politics but in reality they talk about current films and celebrity gossip.

Toni Clapés' 'RAC1 Version' wins Ondas Award

Alejandra Palés — Tue, 28 Oct 2025 16:36:44 +0000

The veteran RAC1 version, presented by Toni Clapés, has been recognized with the Ondas Award for best radio program. The jury, which announced the verdict on Tuesday, highlighted that it is one of the leading radio programs in Catalonia and that it has been "for twenty uninterrupted years changing the traditional codes of radio." Another of the Catalan award winners is Gemma Nierga, who will receive the award for best local program for the Ideas Cafe from Radio 4. For the jury, the journalist has turned her political interviews into "a news reference." The Ondas Awards are awarded annually by Radio Barcelona.