Pi radio

Pi radio
Radio station ( non-commercial )
reception	analog terrestrial & web radio
Reception area	Berlin , Brandenburg
Start of transmission	May 22, 2010
owner	Pi radio e. V.
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Website

Pi Radio is a non-commercial free radio from Berlin . The terrestrial radio program in Berlin and Potsdam can be received on the VHF frequencies 88.4 MHz and 90.7 MHz and on the Internet also via live stream.

history

The story of Pi Radio begins in the early 1990s. Some of the broadcasters who are still active at Pi Radio today started with pirate radio.

In 1995, on the initiative of the regional association of independent radios Berlin-Brandenburg, the association Pi-Radio e. V. founded - an association of various free radio groups, cultural initiatives and interested individuals. Founding groups were u. a. Radio Kabelbrand, Radio P, Radio 100,000, Klangwerk and former employees of Radio 100 and DT64 .

Until the end of 1995, Pi-Radio broadcast a weekly four-hour block on the Berlin Open Canal . In October 1995 the association organized the Berlin Independent Radio Nights (BURN), a 48-hour model program on the event frequency 94.8 MHz, combined with concerts in 11 Berlin clubs. In 1996 and in the spring of 1997 Pi-Radio organized radio events in public places where the program content and working methods of free radios were presented. In the new millennium, Pi-Radio took part in the campaign for a free radio, held cultural events, panel discussions, signature collections and parties.

Since the Medienanstalt Berlin-Brandenburg (MABB) will not be granting an independent broadcast license to a free radio in Berlin-Brandenburg in the foreseeable future, several event licenses have been obtained from the Piradio e. V. and the initiative Radiopiloten initiated, applied for and carried out.

• May 31 to June 4, 2001: HipHop summer school - an event frequency in the Berlin area on the FM frequency 104.1 MHz in cooperation with the Volksbühne Berlin.
• June 1 to June 5, 2003: Spare radio - an event frequency in the Berlin area on the FM frequency 104.1 MHz MHz for the Prater .
• December 19, 2003 to January 10, 2004: Radioriff on tour - an event frequency in the Berlin area on the FM 104.1 MHz frequency for the Berlin radio campaign
• June 10-12, 2005: Say What! - A cinema radio frequency in the Berlin-Wuhlheide area on the FM 95.2 MHz frequency in the FEZ Wuhlheide as part of Project P
• 9th to 11th December 2005: Radioherbst FM - A radio frequency for cinema in Berlin-Mitte on the FM 88.4 MHz frequency for the former Theaterhaus Mitte on Koppenplatz
• July 21, 2008 to August 17, 2008: Funkwelle FM - An event radio in the Berlin city center area on the FM 95.2 MHz frequency for the Pro Artis Summer Academy
• September 1, 2009 to November 22, 2009: Autumn radio - an event radio in the Berlin city center on the FM 99.1 MHz frequency with the radio pilots from Lottumstrasse and the club radio from the House of World Cultures as part of Rewind2020 and the project "Berlin makes radio"
• February 1 to 28, 2010: Autumn Radio Kinofunk - an event radio in the Berlin city center on the FM 99.1 MHz frequency with the radio pilots, Klubradio, and Resonance FM as part of the Berlinale and club transmediale .
• May 22, 2010 to May 20, 2011: Pi Radio - First own non-commercial radio broadcasting license on the broadcasting network 88vier with the bread factory
• September 6 to October 3, 2010: Radio Unity - An event radio in the Berlin city center on the FM 99.1 MHz frequency with the Brotfabrik, Radio F-Hain and reboot.fm as part of "20 Years of German Unity"
• from May 23, 2011: Pi Radio - extension of the non-commercial radio broadcasting license on the broadcasting network 88vier with the bread factory.

Programs (selection)

• Ahnes Liedermagazin - a songwriter magazine , with ancestors
• Dipole antenna - a “schizonational” radio show by the Club of Polish Failures , with Adam Gusowski and Piotr Mordel
• Radio Hochsee - A “sounding deep sea puzzle”, with Falko Hennig
• Moon calf - "Cripple out of the sack", with Matthias Vernaldi and Karsten Krampitz
• Talkradio - a magazine of the party for work, rule of law, animal welfare, elite promotion and grassroots initiative
• Berlin Beatet Beste - a show about senseless products, with Andreas Michalke
• Funkhaus Cordoba - “miracles and shame” from the regional and national music world, with Christoph Theußl and Jürgen Beer
• Radia Obscura - A joint magazine from Radio Corax , the free broadcaster Kombinat and Pi Radio.
• SmükTV - All about nothing - Current magazine about politics, culture and society
• It's All in a Technicolor Dream - 60s Psychedelic , broadcast by and with Stefan Rebohm and Martin Kersten
• SubCult - Sounds beyond the mainstream - magazine for out-of-the-way and rarely heard music with interviews and subcultural event information, with Niki Matita and Gary Flanell

Partnerships or memberships

• October 2010: Federal Association of Independent Radios (BFR)
• December 2010: Community Media Forum Europe ( CMFE )
• World Association of Community Radio Broadcasters (AMARC)
• CBA - Cultural Broadcast Archive (International Audio Archive)

reception

The program can be received nationwide in Berlin and parts of Brandenburg via VHF . The following regional frequencies are used:

• Berlin : 88.4 MHz (radiated by the telecommunications office Winterfeldtstrasse ) with 2 kW,
• Potsdam : 90.7 MHz (radiated from Schäferberg ) with 100 W.

At the same time, the program can be received worldwide via the Internet.

literature

• Ralf Hutter: The main thing is on the air . In: taz . July 2, 2010 ( online ).
• Ralf Hutter: Crowd in the ether . In: New Germany . March 10, 2011 ( online ).
• Ralf Hutter: Free radios remain constantly unpredictable . In: taz . March 29, 2011 ( online ).

Web links

• Pi radio
• The radio pilots

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Till Schröder: hide and seek over roofs . In: Berliner Zeitung . May 2000 ( online ). online ( Memento of the original dated December 1, 2008 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.  
2. ↑ Mirko Seeling: An emergency is when the cops come . In: Spiegel Online . April 30, 1999 ( online ). online ( Memento of the original from March 28, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.  
3. ↑ Viola Prüschenk: The air belongs to the government . In: taz . April 17, 1998, p. 23 (Interview with Jens Groeger from Pi-Radio).
4. ↑ Martin Busche: Only commerce on megahertz . In: Jungle World . July 22, 1998 ( online ). online ( Memento of the original from February 25, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.  
5. ↑ List of organizers. The radio pilots, accessed on January 17, 2012 . 
6. ↑ Sender photos: Berlin-Schöneberg , accessed on May 23, 2016.
7. ↑ Medienanstalt Berlin-Brandenburg: Non-commercial radio for Berlin - Medienrat decides on the concept for the use of the radio frequencies 88.4 MHz and 90.7 MHz ( Memento of the original from May 14, 2010 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. , accessed May 21, 2010.