Radio queertunes

The event Radio Radio queer tunes (until 2007 CSD Radio ) is held annually in the month before the Christopher Street Day (CSD) for its promotion in Zurich by a non-profit organization produces. It is distributed on VHF , cable and the Internet . The gay and lesbian radio station has the potential to reach almost a million Swiss people. The program is consistently implemented by people working on a voluntary basis and financed through advertising and donations .

Radio queertunes is one of the few gay and lesbian German-speaking radio stations that are broadcast via VHF. The Radio Streetparade is broadcast on the same, temporarily usable frequency (104.1 MHz) in July / August . There are no other event radios due to the scarcity of frequencies in Switzerland.

history

The radio station was heard for the first time in 2002 and 2003. In 2004, the complex operation could not be started for financial reasons. In 2005 the program had around 20,000 listeners every day. The radio was broadcast from Café Mo in District 4.

In 2006, from May 13th to June 11th, the CSD Radio broadcast on the VHF frequency 90.1 MHz (City of Zurich and the surrounding area) as well as via various cable networks and on the Internet. From the foundry hall in Puls 5, the transfer took place from a caravan; The program could be followed live in a lounge area.

In 2007, from May 15 to June 3, CSD Radio went on air from its broadcasting car at the Pearl Bar in Zurich. He could be reached via VHF, the cable networks in Switzerland and also via the Internet. The number of listeners has increased steadily since the beginning of CSD Radio. For the first time this year, the team managed to broadcast live from the moving broadcast vehicle during the move. The speeches at the beginning of the parade also had a premiere, such as B. by Klaus Wowereit , which could also be broadcast live.

From May 17 to June 1, 2008, the event radio broadcast again, under the new name Radio queertunes and with a new appearance. The radio could be received via the VHF frequency 96.9 MHz, via the Internet and the Swiss cable network. A permanent broadcasting studio was located in the Daniel H. Bar in Zurich, not far from Helvetiaplatz , where the opening event of Christopher Street Day took place. It was the year of gay and lesbian sports, on the occasion of the Summer Olympics in Beijing , which helped shape the program.