Blue Danube Radio

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Blue Danube Radio
Broadcast area Austria - National
Frequency FM: 103.8 MHz
Programming
Format News, Music and Speech
Ownership
Owner ORF
History
First air date
23 August 1979
Last air date
31 January 2000

Blue Danube Radio (BDR) was an English-language radio station broadcast by the Österreichischer Rundfunk (English: Austrian Broadcasting; a.k.a. ORF).

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History

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.

Frequencies

Burgenland

NameFrequency
Rechnitz - Hirschenstein97.4 MHz

Carinthia

NameFrequency
Klagenfurt 1 - Dobratsch / Vill. Alpe102.9 MHz
Wolfsberg - Koralpe102.3 MHz
Spittal/Drau 1 - Goldeck103.6 MHz

Lower Austria

NameFrequency
St. Pölten - Jauerling98.8 MHz
Semmering - Sonnwendstein92.4 MHz
Weitra - Wachberg101.4 MHz

Upper Austria

NameFrequency
Linz 1 - Lichtenberg104.0 MHz
Linz 2 - Freinberg102.0 MHz
Bad Ischl - Katrin105.1 MHz
Windischgarsten - Kleinerberg102.1 MHz

Salzburg

NameFrequency
Salzburg - Gaisberg104.6 MHz
Lend - Luxkogel97.7 MHz
Eben / Pongau98.6 MHz
Mauterndorf - Großeck98.5 MHz
St. Michael / Lungau - Bärenkogel96.9 MHz
Zell am See 1 - Lechnereck101.9 MHz

Styria

NameFrequency
Graz - Schöckl101.7 MHz
Schladming - Hauser Kaibling103.3 MHz
Bruck a.d. Mur 1 - Mugel102.1 MHz
Rottenmann - Sonnenberg100.0 MHz
Neumarkt - Kulmeralpe100.3 MHz

Tyrol

NameFrequency
Innsbruck 1 - Patscherkofel101.4 MHz
Innsbruck 2 - Seegrube102.5 MHz
Lienz - Rauchkofel101.0 MHz
Kufstein - Kitzbüheler Horn 99.9 MHz
Hopfgarten - Hohe Salve 100.3 MHz
Landeck - Grabberg98.4 MHz
Ehrwald 1 - Zugspitze 100.7 MHz
St. Anton - Galzig97.6 MHz

Vienna

NameFrequency
Wien 1 - Kahlenberg103.8 MHz
Wien 2 - Himmelhof91.0 MHz

Vorarlberg

NameFrequency
Bregenz - Pfänder102.1 MHz
Feldkirch - Vorderälpele102.8 MHz

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