FM4
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FM4 is an austrian national radio station, powered by the Austrian Broadcasting Corporation ORF. Its main target audience are the youth and those who just don't want to grow old.
The programme of FM4 is characterized by a high quota of spoken word and - even more important - by getting produced in English language for the biggest part.
There are also news in French twice a day.
FM4 was first aired on January 16th 1995 and was first sharing its frequencies with the fully English producing radio station Blue Danube Radio which was also powered by the ORF. From its foundation in 1995 until January 31st 2000 FM4 was only broadcasting in the evening and night time from 7pm til 6am, since February 1st 2000 FM4 is broadcasting its programme 24 hours per day, 7 days per week.
In its first years FM4 was sort of an underground radio station and an insiders' tip, but since its ever growing popularity and quotas, not at least based on the full-time programme, it more and more became a very well-known radio station which is using the term alternative mainstream for its self description.
The website is an essential part of the FM4 concept. Selected web hosts (e.g. Boris Jordan, Johannes Grenzfurthner, Hans Wu) post reports, articles or essays about various topics.
Since 2001, FM4 is the promotional partner of Musicnet for the biggest Austrian alternative music festival, the FM4 Frequency Festival, which to a great extent features bands that also receive a lot of airplay on FM4 and a lot of attention from their audience.
On October 26th 2001 the FM4 Soundpark was launched, which is a platform where young musicians can publish their work for free to reach a bigger audience and maybe to start a bigger career that way.
FM4 has released 11 compilations called FM4 Sound Selection numbered from 1 to 11
- FM4 Sound Selection 1
- FM4 Sound Selection 2
- FM4 Sound Selection 3
- FM4 Sound Selection 4
- FM4 Sound Selection 5
- FM4 Sound Selection 6
- FM4 Sound Selection 7
- FM4 Sound Selection 8
- FM4 Sound Selection 9 (2003)
- FM4 Sound Selection 10 (2004)
- FM4 Sound Selection 11 (2004)
Other releases:
- Sunny Side Up 1
- Sunny Side Up 2
- Sunny Side Up 3
- Sunny Side Up 4 (2004)
- FM4 - The Early Years (2005) [1] (http://fm4.orf.at/connected/196032/main)
Receiving
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FM4 can be received worldwide by Livestreams as Internet radio:
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In Europe FM4 can be received digitaly over the satellite ASTRA:
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External links
- FM4 (http://fm4.orf.at) official homepage
- FM4 Soundpark (http://fm4.orf.at/soundpark)
- FM4 Stream (http://fm4.orf.at/static/stream/index.html) (Windows Media Player)
- Unofficial FM4 Stream (http://fm4.amd.co.at/) (Ogg Vorbis)