Blue Danube Radio

Blue Danube Radio (BDR) was an English-language radio station broadcast by the Österreichischer Rundfunk ("Austrian Broadcasting", ORF).

Blue Danube Radio
Broadcast areaAT - National
FrequencyFM: 103.8 MHz
Programming
FormatNews, Music & Speech
Ownership
OwnerORF
History
First air date
23 August 1979
Last air date
31 January 2000

History of Blue Danube Radio

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 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 syndicated Casey Kasem's Top 40 (American hit parade), and a short programme called Passport encouraged the study of foreign languages.

Frequencies

Burgenland
Name Frequency
Rechnitz - Hirschenstein 97.4 MHz

Carinthia
Name Frequency
Klagenfurt 1 - Dobratsch / Vill. Alpe 102.9 MHz
Wolfsberg - Koralpe 102.3 MHz
Spittal/Drau 1 - Goldeck 103.6 MHz

Lower Austria
Name Frequency
St. Pölten - Jauerling 98.8 MHz
Semmering - Sonnwendstein 92.4 MHz
Weitra - Wachberg 101.4 MHz

Upper Austria
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

Salzburg
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

Styria
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

Tyrol
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

Vienna
Name Frequency
Wien 1 - Kahlenberg 103.8 MHz
Wien 2 - Himmelhof 91.0 MHz

Vorarlberg
Name Frequency
Bregenz - Pfänder 102.1 MHz
Feldkirch - Vorderälpele 102.8 MHz

References
  1. "Hole in the Wall - About Dale Winton". Archived from the original on 27 August 2009. Retrieved 9 September 2009.

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