An example of this can be seen in the first season of "El Pódcast de Don Bosco". A format conceived by former students of the Salesian work of Alcalá de Guadaíra who have opted for the educational-pastoral dissemination of Don Bosco's work through digital media and in audio format. This podcast has already presented special editions dedicated to St. John Bosco and Mary Help of Christians in their respective festive celebrations, broadcasting episodes that sought to spread their devotion to all listeners. They participated in that event, both nationally and internationally, and messages arrived from many corners of Spain, Colombia, and the Salesian youth center of Aleppo in Syria. With this new season, "El Pódcast de Don Bosco", will continue to highlight the realities, sectors, and groups of the Congregation to an ever-greater audience.

In other cases, it is the school, through the subject "Oratory and Debate," that aims to make students aware of the importance and scope of all media, as well as to develop among the students their mastery of language and verbal transmission. To do this, the students of the Salesian secondary school of Morón de la Frontera, in their radio studio, began to make the first broadcasts and recordings, accessible from the school's social pages and website. This initiative was received with great interest and enthusiasm by the students who adopted it, since its intention is clear: to continue learning in a meaningful way, telling through podcasts everything that happens in the Salesian school.

Again, the "Papeleta de Sitio" podcast from the Salesians of Triana recently and successfully completed its fourth season. The podcast, which can be listened to on the Spotify platform, analyzes the current reality of Salesian fraternities in Seville and is produced by students and alumni of the Triana Vocational Training Center. This year the team is composed of a group of 15 students, who have produced a total of 6 programs through which they have made people reflect on the different figures of the Passion, Death and Resurrection of Jesus Christ and initiated debates on the post-pandemic context.

For some years now, and thanks to technological progress, a multitude of initiatives have been emerging in Spain to "give voice" to the educational community. The doyen of the current Salesian radios in the country is "Don Bosco Radio", of the Salesian work of Ibi, near Alicante: for about 15 years in the region of Alcoià, it has been possible to tune into it at 88.4 FM.

One of the potentialities of the radio is its educational function. This is how they understand it at the "San Juan Bosco" school in Valencia, where "Radio Bosco" was established over three years ago.

And with the same idea of educational radio, in the academic year 2017/2018 emerged "Salesianos LAM", digital space of the school "Salesianos La Almunia", near Zaragoza. In this past year, other centers have been encouraged to launch their own school radio, such as centers "Salesianos Padre Aramburu" in Burgos, "Salesianos Lugo" and "Salesianos La Orotava". In addition to these initiatives, there are other more specific ones, such as the radio workshops organized by some centers like "Salesianos Los Boscos" in Logroño, "Salesianos Cruces" in Barakaldo (Vizcaya), "Salesianos Monzón" (Huesca) and "Salesianos Santander". And other projects have already been completed, such as Radio Familia of the "Salesianos Antequera", in Malaga, and Radio Bosco of the "Jesús Obrero" parish in Seville.

In any case, radio is making its way into Salesian homes as a medium with enormous educational potential and for transmitting values, and which gives a voice to children and young people from other realities as well.

A recent example is #DameLibros, the podcast channel with which the Salesian publisher "Edebé" wants to approach teachers, booksellers, and readers, to consolidate a community that promotes literature for children and young people. There, students from centers such as Rota or Córdoba were able to share their advice in an episode dedicated to Book Day.

Salesian Social Platforms, instead, recently joined the radio initiative with the project "Déjameque te cuente" (Let me tell you about it) to recover the concept of fraternal love and use it to generate communication that breaks down barriers and walls, unites people, values diversity and encounters with other cultures, and makes joy a tool for spreading love.

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