Blue Danube Radio (BDR) was an English-language radio station broadcast by the

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(; ORF).

History

Blue Danube Radio went live on 23 August 1979, created principally for the

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. It was popular with many Austrian people too. The name "Blue Danube" was also previously used by the unrelated radio station operated by

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(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,

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, Graham Knight, Paul Holmes, Steve Allen, John Brocks and

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. It also aired syndicated

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(American hit parade), and a short programme called Passport that encouraged the study of foreign languages.

Frequencies

Burgenland

Carinthia

Lower Austria

Upper Austria

Salzburg

Styria

Tyrol

Vienna

Vorarlberg

References

External links

ORF Website

Archive of Friends of BDR
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