ORANGE 94.0

Pink banner with gray illustrations of a radio, microphone and emergency booklet and the inscription ORANGE 94.0 - Free Radio of the Republic

For five weeks, from May 16 to June 22, 2025, the Free Radio of the Republic will be broadcasting live on ORANGE 94.0. Directly from the festival headquarters at Funkhaus, we will take over the airwaves, bringing events and discussions from the House of the Republic and across Vienna on air. Expect a diverse program: Conversations with artists and activists, fascinating segments from the Revolutionary Love series, weekly recaps of the Caravan of LUV, workshop productions from Funkhaus, and regular updates on the Free Republic presented by Milo Rau. Live on ORANGE 94.0 and available online after the broadcast. Tune in, think along, feel along!

Radiomacher:innenwahl 02.-08.06.2025

From 02. to 08.06.2025 the radio maker election will take place at ORANGE 94.0. 9 radio makers will be elected: 3 for the team in the Orange Committee 4 for the team in the Program Committee 2 as radio maker representatives.

Who votes and who is elected?
Anyone who makes radio can vote and stand for election.

Why vote?
So that radio producers can actively participate in the development process at Radio Orange.

Further infos for the Radiomacher:innenwahl
Einladung zu der Studienpräsentation "Musik im Freien Radio", ein verzerrtes Foto einer Künstlerin in grüner Farbe

Radio remains an important medium for bringing music to the people. The music programming on community radios is characterized by the search for new sounds, diversity, and the goal of making niches more audible. Community radios aim to provide a platform for music and musicians who receive little or no airplay on commercial and public broadcasters.

A radio station's music database is a powerful tool for implementing these objectives. Its design plays a key role in determining what is ultimately heard on the radio. The study provides an overview of who decides which tracks are added to a radio's music archive, who is involved in the selection process, and how radio producers gain access to it. This is the first time these perspectives have been presented in an overview. The situation at the Vienna-based community radio ORANGE 94.0 was analyzed in comparison with other examples in Austria and abroad.

Die Studie gibt es  zum Download auf Deutsch / The study can be downloaded here in English

About us

ORANGE 94.0 is Vienna's only Community Radio station und and has been contributing to media diversity in Austria since 1998. It is politically independent and does not broadcast any kind of advertisement. With 500 contributors and 200 shows ORANGE 94.0 is the biggest Community Radio station in the German speaking countries.

ORANGE 94.0 invites people of different backgrounds to broadcast their own shows. Currently volunteers produce their shows in 17 languages.

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