Blue Danube Radio

Infobox Radio Station
name = Blue Danube Radio
area = flagicon|Austria AT - National
airdate = 1979
frequency = FM: 103.8 MHz
format = News, Music & Speech
owner = ORF

History of Blue Danube Radio

BDR was an English language service of ORF (Austrian state radio), created in 1979, principally for the United Nations community at UNO-City in Vienna. It was popular with many Austrian people too. From 1995, it shared airtime with FM4, which eventually completely took over on February 1 2000. Favourite programmes included Continental Breakfast, Soft Sound Café, Drive Time, Today@Six, and Sunday Brunch. Many of the people who worked for BDR moved to FM4. Notables include Paul Catty, Joe Remick, John Wilde, Joanna Bostock, Jill Zobel, Stuart Freeman and Katya Adler. It also syndicated Casey Kasem's Top 40 (American hit parade), and a short programme called Passport encouraged the study of foreign languages.

Frequencies

VIENNA Wien 1 - Kahlenberg 103.8 Wien 2 - Himmelhof 91.0

LOWER AUSTRIA St. Pölten - Jauerling 98.8 Semmering - Sonnwendstein 92.4 Weitra - Wachberg 101.4

UPPER AUSTRIA Linz 1 - Lichtenberg 104.0 Linz 2 - Freinberg 102.0 Bad Ischl - Katrin 105.1 Windischgarsten - Kleinerberg 102.1

SALZBURG Salzburg - Gaisberg 104.6 Lend - Luxkogel 97.7 Eben / Pongau 98.6 Mauterndorf - Großeck 98.5 St. Michael / Lungau - Bärenkogel 96.9 Zell/See 1 - Lechnereck 101.9

TYROL Innsbruck 1 - Patscherkofel 101.4 Innsbruck 2 - Seegrube 102.5 Lienz - Rauchkofel 101.0 Kufstein - Kitzbüheler Horn 99.9 Hopfgarten - Hohe Salve 100.3 Landeck - Grabberg 98.4 Ehrwald 1 - Zugspitze 100.7 St. Anton - Galzig 97.6

VORARLBERG Bregenz - Pfänder 102.1 Feldkirch - Vorderälpele 102.8

STYRIA Graz - Schöckl 101.7 Schladming - Hauser Kaibling 103.3 Bruck a.d. Mur 1 - Mugel 102.1 Rottenmann - Sonnenberg 100.0 Neumarkt - Kulmeralpe 100.3

CARINTHIA Klagenfurt 1 - Dobratsch / Vill. Alpe 102.9 Wolfsberg - Koralpe 102.3 Spittal/Drau 1 - Goldeck 103.6

BURGENLAND Rechnitz - Hirschenstein 97.4

External links

* [http://www.via.at/fobdr Friends of BDR]
* [http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blue_Danube_Radio German Wikipedia page]