Extra radio
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| Radio transmitter ( private law ) | |
| reception | analog terrestrial , DAB , cable , internet |
| Reception area | High Franconia , northern Upper Palatinate , Vogtland |
| Start of transmission | 3rd October 1987 |
| executive Director | Irmgard & Gerhard Prokscha |
| Program director | Gerhard Prokscha |
| List of radio stations | |
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Extra-Radio (own spelling: extra-radio , licensed as extra-radio Rundfunkprogramm GmbH ) is a local radio from Hof in Bavaria . Core end zone is the region Hochfranken . The current sender claim is extra-radio - Mein Hochfranken-Radio .
program
The station preferably plays international and German hits from the past decades, mixed with current titles. Thus, the music format can be seen as oldie-based AC . A special feature here: artists from the region who are otherwise rarely represented on the radio can often be heard in the programs. B. the rock 'n' roll band "Gery & the Johnboys", whose front man is Gery Gerspitzer, or the Krautrock band Waldschrat . An automated music program can be heard during the night.
Another focus of the program is current reporting from the region. Up-to-date articles relating to regional topics that are produced in-house are broadcast daily. The same applies to the regional news, which is always broadcast every half hour, alongside weather and traffic reports.
At the weekend there is extensive coverage of sporting events in the region in the program. At home games of SpVgg Bayern Hof there are also live broadcasts to the Grüne Au stadium .
Start of broadcasting and expansion of the range
On October 3rd 1987 the local radio started broadcasting in Hof. Due to the fact that several program providers had applied to broadcast a program, but only one frequency was available, this was divided between extra-radio and the Neue Welle "Antenne Hof" ( Radio Euroherz ). Extra-radio was initially given only four hours of broadcasting time, which was distributed over the entire day (10 am–11 am, 1 pm– 2 pm and 7–9 pm). At that time it was broadcast on the frequency 98.1 MHz, with a power of 100 watts. The transmitter was at the Hof Theresienstein . Due to the border situation at the time with the GDR , the authorities there were not allowed to broadcast with a stronger output, since otherwise the program would have been heard in the border regions on the eastern side (which was still the case in practice).
An expansion of the transmission area was achieved for the first time on June 5, 1988. Here two new frequencies for the Selb (93.4 MHz) and Marktredwitz (93.6 MHz) area were put into operation. This was the first (and so far only) time that both local radio stations shared a daily program.
On November 12, 1988, the Ahornberg (Konradsreuth) transmitter , north of Münchberg, was officially put into operation (but the broadcasts could already be received two days beforehand). At the same time, when broadcasting began, the frequency was swapped: the Ahornberg transmitter took over the previous 98.1 MHz frequency from the Hof transmitter on Theresienstein. This in turn broadcast the local radio program on the new frequency 94.0 MHz from this point on. With this additional connection, the local radio reception in the southern and western parts of the district of Hof was considerably improved.
Another frequency change occurred on the 5th birthday of extra-radio. From October 3, 1992, the frequency 88.0 MHz was used, which covers the entire range of the previous individual frequencies. The transmitter is located on the Großer Waldstein . The old frequencies were taken over by the youth radio HO * T-FM, which later became part of Radio Galaxy .
With an output of 5 kW, extra-radio now broadcast its program into the northern Upper Palatinate and also into the western Czech Republic . The station thus technically reached an audience of 354,000. The other frequencies served as filling stations for the Fichtelgebirge and Franconian Forest regions and were supplied by the main station on the Großer Waldstein via ball reception .
Since June 2011 extra-radio has also had an internet live stream , and since August 2017 it has been part of the Upper Franconian digital radio bouquet.
In October 2012, a live stream was started 24 hours a day. On December 1, 2017, extra-radio extended its broadcasting times to a new frequency, also via FM.
The Federal Administrative Court ruled on May 31, 2017 that a redistribution of the FM frequencies is lawful. Since Radio Euroherz was able to keep the previously shared frequencies, according to the Bavarian State Center for New Media (BLM), there was another frequency change for extra-radio. The frequencies previously used by Radio Galaxy Hof were available for this, which now only broadcasts via DAB + .
Shutdown attempts
Despite the considerable success of extra-radio with the listeners, the BLM wanted to create a uniform local program from the two stations. However, since extra-radio did not want to become a minority shareholder of the Neue Welle "Antenne Hof" (Radio Euroherz) and the entrepreneurial views of the two broadcasters were fundamentally different, the BLM wanted to switch extra-radio off for the first time in June 1992. The Bavarian Administrative Court decided two days before the planned shutdown that extra-radio could continue to broadcast.
A constitutional complaint by the BLM at the Bavarian Administrative Court was later successful, so that another shutdown date on May 1, 1994 was targeted. The management of extra-radio moved to the Federal Constitutional Court in Karlsruhe. It complied with the urgent application from extra-radio, whose management relied on the principle of freedom of broadcasting. This led to the curious situation that Extra-Radio was no longer given a broadcasting license from the BLM - but was still allowed to continue broadcasting with judicial support due to the “extra-radio judgment”. A previously unique process in the German media landscape.
The extra radio also cleverly used this for marketing for itself; so was on advertising stickers z. B. to read “Hofs best pirate station”. It was not until 2001 - after a legal dispute lasting almost ten years - that extra-radio received a broadcast license again from BLM.
Prices
Just two years after the start of the broadcast, in 1989, extra-radio was awarded the “BLM Radio Prize” for the best radio commercial. The then author, presenter and speaker Thomas Oliver received the award in Munich, which extra-radio was the first local Bavarian broadcaster to ever receive. The award ceremony was also televised by Tele 5 .
Frequencies
- Hof (Labyrinthberg) : 94.0 MHz
- Same: 93.4 MHz
- Münchberg: 98.1 MHz
- Naila: 96.5 MHz
- Wunsiedel / Marktredwitz: 97.3 MHz
- Upper Franconia and the Nuremberg-Fürth-Erlangen triangle: Canal 10B.
A live stream is offered on the broadcaster's website.
Web links
- Website of extra-radio
- extra radio - profile page at BLM
Individual evidence
- ^ The “extra radio judgment” of the Federal Constitutional Court
- ↑ Prize for the best commercial in 1989 (with the commercial to listen to)
Coordinates: 50 ° 19 ′ 1.1 ″ N , 11 ° 54 ′ 53.5 ″ E