Radio station
Blue Danube Radio (BDR) was an English-language radio station broadcast by the Österreichischer Rundfunk (English: Austrian Broadcasting ; a.k.a. ORF).
Blue Danube Radio went live on 23 August 1979, created principally for the United Nations community at UNO-City in Vienna . It was popular with many Austrian people too. The name "Blue Danube" was also previously used by the unrelated Blue Danube Network [de ] radio station operated by American Forces Network (AFN) and the 5th United States Army in the American-occupied zone of Austria between 1945 and 1955. From 1995, it shared airtime with FM4 , which eventually completely took over on 1 February 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 David Halliwell, Paul Catty, Joe Remick, John Wilde, Joanna Bostock, Jill Zobel, Ellis Hill, Paul Hollingdale , Chris Wisbey, Stuart Freeman, Dale Winton ,[ 1] Graham Knight , Paul Holmes, Steve Allen, John Brocks and Katya Adler . It also aired syndicated Casey Kasem 's Top 40 (American hit parade), and a short programme called Passport that encouraged the study of foreign languages.
Name Frequency Rechnitz - Hirschenstein 97.4 MHz
Name Frequency Klagenfurt 1 - Dobratsch / Vill. Alpe 102.9 MHz Wolfsberg - Koralpe 102.3 MHz Spittal/Drau 1 - Goldeck 103.6 MHz
Name Frequency St. Pölten - Jauerling 98.8 MHz Semmering - Sonnwendstein 92.4 MHz Weitra - Wachberg 101.4 MHz
Name Frequency Linz 1 - Lichtenberg 104.0 MHz Linz 2 - Freinberg 102.0 MHz Bad Ischl - Katrin 105.1 MHz Windischgarsten - Kleinerberg 102.1 MHz
Name Frequency Salzburg - Gaisberg 104.6 MHz Lend - Luxkogel 97.7 MHz Eben / Pongau 98.6 MHz Mauterndorf - Großeck 98.5 MHz St. Michael / Lungau - Bärenkogel 96.9 MHz Zell am See 1 - Lechnereck 101.9 MHz
Name Frequency Graz - Schöckl 101.7 MHz Schladming - Hauser Kaibling 103.3 MHz Bruck a.d. Mur 1 - Mugel 102.1 MHz Rottenmann - Sonnenberg 100.0 MHz Neumarkt - Kulmeralpe 100.3 MHz
Name Frequency Innsbruck 1 - Patscherkofel 101.4 MHz Innsbruck 2 - Seegrube 102.5 MHz Lienz - Rauchkofel 101.0 MHz Kufstein - Kitzbüheler Horn 99.9 MHz Hopfgarten - Hohe Salve 100.3 MHz Landeck - Grabberg 98.4 MHz Ehrwald 1 - Zugspitze 100.7 MHz St. Anton - Galzig 97.6 MHz
Name Frequency Wien 1 - Kahlenberg 103.8 MHz Wien 2 - Himmelhof 91.0 MHz
Name Frequency Bregenz - Pfänder 102.1 MHz Feldkirch - Vorderälpele 102.8 MHz
Television Radio
National stations Regional stations (Ö2 )
Co-operations Discontinued
