LoungeFM
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| Radio station ( private ) | |
| Program type | Music channels |
| reception | analog terrestrial , internet |
| Reception area | VHF: Vienna, Linz,
Wels, Steyr, Gmunden, Freistadt |
| Start of transmission | June 2005, VHF: May 29, 2008 |
| owner | Entspannungsfunk Gesellschaft mbH |
| executive Director | Florian Novak |
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LoungeFM is a private radio station . The music selection is based on the genres of Adult Pop, Chillout, Lounge, Smooth Jazz and Easy Listening. The slogan of the station is: "Simply good music" and "Listen & Relax".
history
In June 2005 LoungeFM was launched as the world's first radio that can only be received via UMTS in the network of the mobile provider ONE (today Hutchison Drei Austria ). Shortly afterwards, LoungeFM went online as web radio. From 2008 to 2010 LoungeFM was the official radio for the internet presence of the newspaper Der Standard . The hourly news for the program also comes from the newsroom at www.derStandard.at. Since May 29, 2008 LoungeFM can be heard on FM in Upper Austria in Linz, Wels, Freistadt and Steyr. In 2010 the transmission area was expanded to include Gmunden. The station also started in Klagenfurt in 2011, followed in 2014 in Salzburg and Innsbruck ( Schlotthof station ), and Inzing in 2015. In Vienna, the station can be received as part of a time-limited "event frequency".
LoungeFM went the opposite way to most other radio stations. Started as digital radio, the path to analogue reception via VHF followed later.
Music format
The LoungeFM radio program broadcasts a mixture of adult pop, downtempo, lounge, chillout, easy listening and smooth jazz, combined with local and national news, under the motto “Simply good music”.
reception
Austria
LoungeFM can be received on VHF in Vienna on 102.1 MHz, in Upper Austria on 102.0 ( Linz ), 95.8 ( Wels ), 99.4 ( Steyr ), 90.6 ( Gmunden ), 90.6 ( Freistadt ), on the Internet at www.lounge.fm and via digital cable networks such as UPC Austria (97.6), UPC Tirol, kabelsignal, A1 TV , UPC Switzerland and Liwest . LoungeFM has been broadcasting a program on UKW since June 2014 with a focus on adult pop, while the original LoungeFM format continues to be on the web under the name “LoungeFM Digital”. VHF broadcasting was extended to Tyrol and Styria in the second half of 2014. In 2016, LoungeFM planned an expansion of the transmission area in Salzburg's Pongau, Lungau and Pinzgau on the frequency 106.50 MHz. DAB + distribution is still open.
Germany
On August 1, 2011, the station launched a specially designed program nationwide in Germany via DAB +. At the beginning of 2013, an application for bankruptcy was filed against the German subsidiary of LoungeFM. On June 12, 2013, the program could no longer be received via DAB + for a few hours after midday, but only via the respective streams on the Internet. A program called LoungeFM, which was hosted by the broadcaster Media Broadcast, continued to run on DAB +. In the late afternoon the Lounge FM program was switched on again. According to the information from Media Broadcast, all those involved are now interested in "[...] looking for solutions together with the insolvency administrator to put the company on a solid, economic basis with a comparable offer".
In April 2015, an hourly repeated announcement announced the end of radio broadcasts via DAB + in Germany. The broadcaster stated on its website that the decision was made in agreement with Media Broadcast. One wants to concentrate on the Austrian home market in the future. In the future, the program should only be available in Germany via the Internet. The broadcast via DAB + ended on April 30, 2015.
Web offer
A separate offer with several channels can be received via the Internet.
Information about the program, the current music titles and ongoing editorial contributions are presented on lounge.fm. The departments of the self-propagated wellness medium are as follows:
- So easy
- Relax
- Enjoy
- to travel
- pleasure
- Music lounge
- Guest book
- Track service
- The standard messages
There is also the option of identifying and downloading the music you have heard . LoungeFM uses blog technology based on Wordpress for ongoing editorial information .
In addition to the choice of 3 different radio channels, the website also offers a range of content that is geared towards topics relating to music, relaxation, wellbeing, enjoyment and lifestyle.
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ Radio LoungeFM ›In Vienna we are switching to the new FM frequency 102.1. Retrieved January 5, 2016 .
- ↑ infosat.de
- ↑ radio-wird-digital.de ( Memento of the original from May 5, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ lounge.fm (PDF)
