Julio Ariza Irigoyen, born in Carcastillo, Navarra, Spain in 1957 is a Spanish entrepreneur who currently chairs the Grupo Intereconomia. He was part of the Spanish People's Party in Catalonia with Alejo Vidal-Quadras and an MP in the regional parliament.[1]

Julio Ariza 2005

After his political career in Catalonia, he moved to Madrid where he acquired Radio Intereconomía in 1997, a radio formula based on financial information and classical music. In the following years, it became a reference far-right station in Spain.

Currently, the Group comprises several media like television channels (IntereconomíaTV and Business TV), radio (Radio and Radio Inter Intereconomía) and the newspaper La Gaceta, with a strong conservative and anti-abortion ideology.[2]

Nowadays, the chairman of Intereconomía usually comments the news in television programs with high audiences that consolidate him as one of the leaders of communication in Spain.

References edit

  1. ^ "Julio Ariza". Gaceta. Retrieved 29 April 2014.
  2. ^ "Father and Death". Elpais. Retrieved 29 April 2014.