Association of Free Radios Austria
| VFRÖ - Association of Independent Radios Austria (VFRÖ) |
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| legal form | society |
| founding | March 13, 1993
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Vienna , Austria
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| Board | Angelika Hödl (Chair), Ulli Weish (Deputy Chair), Alf Altendorf (Treasurer), Charlotte Trippolt (Secretary), Michaela Kramesch (Deputy Secretary), Hilde Unterberger (Deputy Treasurer) |
| Manager | Helga Black Forest |
| Members | 15th |
| Website | www.frei-radios.at |
The Association of Free Radios Austria (VFRÖ) is the association and the representation of interests of non-commercial free radios in Austria . The VFRÖ was founded in 1993 and currently has 15 members.
Members
Ordinary members include:
- Free Radio Agora ( Klagenfurt )
- Free radio B138 ( Kirchdorf an der Krems )
- Campus & City Radio 94.4 ( St. Pölten )
- Free radio Freequenns ( Ennstal )
- Free Radio Innsbruck (Freirad 105.9; Innsbruck )
- Free Radio Freistadt ( Freistadt )
- Free Broadcasting Upper Austria (FRO; Linz )
- Free Radio Salzkammergut (FRS; Bad Ischl )
- Radio Ypsilon ( Hollabrunn )
- Free Radio Helsinki ( Graz )
- Free Radio Orange ( Vienna )
- Free radio Proton ( Dornbirn )
- Radiofabrik - Freier Rundfunk Salzburg ( Salzburg )
- Radio OP ( Oberpullendorf )
Extraordinary members are:
- Aufdraht ( Langenlois ) (project radio)
aims
The goals are:
- Legal recognition in the Private Radio Act and the KommAustria Act as a separate category
- Establishment of a "free radio fund", which is fed from that part of the broadcasting fees that does not flow to the ORF ("fee splitting")
- Triales broadcasting system in public, private-commercial and non-profit independent broadcasters must be reflected in the structure of the media authority as well as in the licensing. Priority when issuing licenses if necessary.
- Journalistic equality of the employees of independent radio stations
- Co-determination and comments on the drafting of laws, legislative changes and international contracts that affect the media and telecommunications
CBA
The VFRÖ operates the media library CBA - Cultural Broadcast Archive . With around 100,000 audio contributions (as of July 2019), it is one of the largest audio archives for radio in the German-speaking area. Participants are stations from Austria, Germany ( Alex Berlin , PI Radio ) and independent projects.
See also
- Federal Association of Independent Radios (Germany)
- Association of Free Social Radio (Baden-Württemberg)
- Union of non-commercial local radio stations (Switzerland)
- Association of Community Television Austria (Austria)
- Association mondiale des radiodiffuseurs communautaires (Worldwide)
Individual evidence
- ↑ VFRÖ board , accessed on September 4, 2019.
- ↑ Charter of the Free Radios Austria , accessed on July 21, 2015.
- ↑ CBA, page VFRÖ , accessed on March 28, 2016.
- ↑ CBA homepage , accessed on March 28, 2016.
Web links
- official website
- CBA - Cultural Broadcast Archive