List of radio stations in Austria

List of abbreviations

The abbreviations after the stations in brackets are the respective distribution channels of the stations. They are as follows: VHF = ultra-short wave MW = medium wave KW = short wave DAB , DAB + = ( digital radio ) DRM = Digital Radio Mondiale DVB-S (Digital Video Broadcasting - Satellite)

The list of radio stations in Austria includes current and former radio stations that are or have been broadcast on Austrian territory.

The broadcasting and telecommunications regulatory GmbH (both radio and TV) lead must by law a frequency point that divides for each transmission range of a transmission system, the distribution of broadcast frequencies to radio stations. Almost all channels are also available on the Internet as a live stream.

Current radio stations

Public broadcasters of the Austrian Broadcasting Corporation (ORF)

Station name	Station logo	Distribution channels	Categories / program type
Ö1		FM, DVB-S	Information, culture
Ö1 International		KW	70 to 80-minute block of the domestic program Ö1
Radio Burgenland		FM, DVB-S	Ö2 state program for Burgenland
Radio Carinthia		FM, DVB-S	Ö2 state program for Carinthia
Radio Lower Austria		FM, DVB-S	Ö2 state program for Lower Austria
Radio Upper Austria		FM, DVB-S	Ö2 state program for Upper Austria
Radio Salzburg		FM, DVB-S	Ö2 state program for Salzburg
Radio Styria		FM, DVB-S	Ö2 state program for Styria
Radio Tirol		FM, DVB-S	Ö2 state program for Tyrol
Radio Vorarlberg		FM, DVB-S	Ö2 state program for Vorarlberg
Radio Vienna		FM, DVB-S	Ö2 state program for Vienna
Ö3		FM, DVB-S	Pop wave
FM4		FM, DVB-S	Youth culture radio

Private, commercial radio stations

Supraregional

Station name	Station logo	Distribution channels	Categories / program type
Arabella Relax		DAB +	Soft pop
Energy Austria		DAB +	Youth and pop wave
ERF Plus Austria		DAB +	christian radio
jö.live		DAB +	pop music
Classic radio		DAB +, DVB-S, FM in parts of Tyrol and Salzburg	classical music
Krone Hit		VHF	R'n'B, pop music & dance
My children's radio		DAB +	Radio for preschool children
LoungeFM		VHF in several urban areas	Adult pop, chillout, lounge, smooth jazz and easy listening
Technical Center One		DAB +	Science, education, information, pop and rock music
Radio 88.6		DAB +, FM in Vienna, Lower Austria and Burgenland	Supporting program, pop music, rock music
Radio Austria		VHF	pop music
Rock antenna Austria		DAB +	Rock music

Carinthia

Station name	Station logo	Distribution channels	Categories / program type
Aerial Carinthia		VHF	Accompanying program, pop music
Wave 1 Carinthia		VHF	pop music

Lower Austria

Station name	Station logo	Distribution channels	Categories / program type
Radio Arabella Lower Austria		VHF	Regional radio, pop and rock music

Upper Austria

Station name	Station logo	Distribution channels	Categories / program type
Life radio		VHF	Accompanying program, pop music
Radio Arabella Upper Austria		VHF	Regional radio, pop and rock music
Wave 1 Upper Austria		VHF	pop music

Salzburg

Station name	Station logo	Distribution channels	Categories / program type
Aerial Salzburg		VHF	Accompanying program, pop music
Energy Salzburg		VHF	Youth and pop wave
Wave 1 Salzburg		VHF	pop music

Styria

Station name	Station logo	Distribution channels	Categories / program type
Antenna Styria		VHF	Accompanying program, pop music
Njoy radio		VHF	Training radio; Pop, Rock and Dance
Radio green and white		VHF	Local radio for Upper Styria, hits, older music
Radio sound portal		VHF	Youth station with alternative music
Wave 1 Graz		VHF	pop music

Tyrol

Station name	Station logo	Distribution channels	Categories / program type
Antenna Tyrol		VHF	Regional program, pop music
Energy Innsbruck		VHF	Youth and pop wave
Life Radio Tirol		VHF	Accompanying program, pop music
Radio East Tyrol		VHF	Regional radio for East Tyrol; Schlager, folk music
Radio U1 Tirol		FM, DVB-S	Regional radio; Schlager, folk music

Vorarlberg

Station name	Station logo	Distribution channels	Categories / program type
Antenna Vorarlberg		VHF	Supporting program, pop and rock music

Vienna

Station name	Station logo	Distribution channels	Categories / program type
98.3 superfly		VHF	Black music and soul
ARBÖ traffic radio		DAB +	Traffic information
City23		DAB +	Pop, Chill Out, Nu-Disco, Lounge, House, Soul and R'n'B
Energy Vienna		VHF	Youth and pop wave
HighLive radio		DAB +	Focus on entertainment and music from the Balkans; Serbian; Romanian; Turkish;
Hood Music		DAB +	HipHop, Rap and Entertainment
Mega radio		DAB +	Information, pop music
My children's radio		FM, DAB +	Radio for preschool children
Njoy Radio Vienna		VHF	Educational radio
NOW radio		DAB +	christian pop music
Radio Arabella		FM, DAB +	Regional radio, pop and rock music
Radio fantasy		DAB +	Hit mix
Radio classic St. Stephen's Cathedral		VHF	classical music
Sout Al Khaleej		DAB +	Information and entertainment in Arabic, oriental music
City technical center		DAB +	Jazz, lounge

Private, non-commercial broadcasters

See also : Association of Free Radios Austria (VFRÖ)

• Supraregional
  • Radio Maria Austria (FM in several urban areas, DAB +, DVB-T in Vienna and DVB-T2 nationwide, DVB-S)
  • Museum radio 1476 (MW Bad Ischl)

• Burgenland
  • Radio OP , Oberpullendorf (VHF)

• Carinthia
  • Radio AGORA , Klagenfurt (VHF)
  • Radio Real , Spittal an der Drau , (VHF)

• Lower Austria
  • Radio Ypsilon , Hollabrunn (VHF)
  • Campus & City Radio St. Pölten , St. Pölten (VHF)
  • Radio SOL Bad Vöslau, Südl. Vienna basin to Wr. Neustadt (VHF)

• Upper Austria
  • Free Broadcasting Upper Austria - FRO , Linz (UKW)
  • Free Radio Freistadt , Freistadt (VHF)
  • Free radio Salzkammergut , Bad Ischl (VHF)
  • Free radio B138 , Kirchdorf (VHF)

• Salzburg
  • Freer Rundfunk Radiofabrik 107.5 , Salzburg (UKW)

• Styria
  • Free radio Freequenns , Styrian Ennstal (VHF)
  • Free Radio Helsinki , Graz (VHF)

• Tyrol
  • Free Radio Freirad 105.9 , Innsbruck (VHF)

• Vorarlberg
  • Free radio Radio Proton , Dornbirn (VHF)

• Vienna
  • Free Radio Orange , Vienna (VHF)

College radio station

• Campus Radio , FH St. Pölten , St. Pölten (VHF)

School radio station

• Radius 106.6 , Freistadt grammar school , Freistadt (UKW)

Former broadcasters

Logo of the former transmitter Rpn on a drainpipe of the Danube bridge in Krems an der Donau (2018)

• International
  • Radio Austria International (1955–2003, now Radio Ö1 International , distribution only on the Internet)
• Austria-wide
  • Blue Danube Radio (1979–2000), initially only in Vienna, from 1992 throughout Austria
• Supraregional
  • Radio Vienna I (MW, 1945–1953, Soviet occupation zone, afterwards 1st program of Austrian radio)
  • Radio Vienna II (MW, 1945–1953, Soviet occupation zone, then 2nd program of Austrian radio)
  • Red-White-Red (MW, 1945–1955, US zone of occupation, then takeover of Austrian Broadcasting)
  • Alpenland (MW, 1945–1954, British zone of occupation, then takeover of Austrian Broadcasting)
  • Sendegruppe West , (MW, 1945–1954 French zone of occupation, then takeover of Austrian broadcasting company)
  • Blue Danube Network (MW, 1945–1955, American military broadcaster)
  • British Forces Network (MW, 1945–1955 British military broadcaster)
• Vienna , Lower Austria , Burgenland
  • Radio RPN (1998-2001, now KroneHit )
  • Hit FM (2001–2012, now Radio 88.6 )
• Carinthia , Styria
  • Radio Villach , later Carinthian Schlager radio , now KroneHit
  • Radio Wörthersee or Radio GTI, later Radio Harmonie
  • Truckradio (only license lost to Radio Maria Austria in 2008 )
  • Grazer Stadtradio (from the start of broadcasting on April 1, 1998 to 2000, it was also known under the name 107.5 Das Grazer Radio or from 1999 under the name Graz Live 107.5)
  • 107.5 The music station (Graz)
  • A1 radio (105.1 MHz / Aichfeld Murboden)
  • MM89,6 Das Musikradio (Bruck an der Mur)
  • Radio Graz (UKW) (Greater Graz, Styria) - most recently a subsidiary of the Energy Group, discontinued on July 1, 2013 after the license was withdrawn
    • VHF frequency taken from Radio Nostalgie (after the operator's death)
• Tyrol
  • Radio Grizzly now Radio Osttirol
• Upper Austria
  • Our wave in Steyr and Kirchdorf, start 1998, from 2001 on Krone Hit Radio, from 2003 wave 1

See also

• Media in Austria
• History of radio in Austria
• List of radio stations

Web links

• www.rtr.at - RTR frequency book for all Austrian transmission systems
• radio.orf.at - An overview of all ORF radio stations with livestream
• www.adxb-oe.org - An overview of all FM radio stations in Austria with live stream

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Radio Plattenkiste starts on Easter Sunday on medium wave 1476 kHz. In: www.radioszene.de. Retrieved May 12, 2020 .