Community radio enables citizen participation, since it aims to influence the decision-making of institutional actors, contributing to the improvement of management and the quality of life of local residents, as well as favouring the improvement processes of the locality, in this sense, the objective of this research is to analyse how community radio plays a role in improving citizen participation, based on the collection of information through surveys applied to community communicators, The result is that it is a powerful tool that supports local government governance and citizen participation, generating a link between the population and the institution, developing a personal interest in prioritising local issues, addressing problems and providing dialogue and proposals for solutions.