Czech Radio 1 is an

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broadcasting company based in

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, at 91.9

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in and around the city. Having started out as a pirate station, Radio 1 began broadcasting as a regular FM station in the spring of 1991, as the first privately owned Czech commercial radio station. It is also popular amongst Czechs living abroad who listen to it online. It is a freeform format.

Content

Radio 1 mostly to focuses on

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and independent music and culture of genres including

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jazz Jazz is a music genre that originated in the African-American communities of New Orleans, Louisiana, in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. Its roots are in blues, ragtime, European harmony, African rhythmic rituals, spirituals, h ...

reggae Reggae () is a music genre that originated in Jamaica during the late 1960s. The term also denotes the modern popular music of Jamaica and its Jamaican diaspora, diaspora. A 1968 single by Toots and the Maytals, "Do the Reggay", was the first ...

, and

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, rather than

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. The station has about 30 specialist shows including ''Blue Train'' (jazz session), ''CD Nonstop'' (a whole CD recording is played every day), ''Film o páté'' ("Film at Five" - a program about current movies), ''French Connection'' (news from the alternative

French music ''French music'' may refer to: *Music of France, music of the French people in France ''French music'' may also refer to the music of French-speaking countries: * Music of Quebec, music of the French-Canadians in Canada, most often Québécois or ...

scene), Hard Music ( heavy metal and related music program), ''Hitparáda Radia 1'' ("the hit parade of Radio 1" - foreign music top 40), ''Knižní servis'' ("the book service" - a discussion of new books), ''Reggae club'' (

), ''Shadowbox'' (news from the

Drum and bass Drum and bass (commonly abbreviated as DnB, D&B, or D'n'B) is a genre of electronic dance music characterised by fast Break (music)#Breakbeat (element of music), breakbeats (typically 165–185 Tempo, beats per minute) with heavy Bass (music) ...

scene), ''Velká sedma'' ("the great seven" - Czech music hit parade), ''Všechny hudby světa'' ("all music of the world" -

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program) or ''Zátiší'' ("the still life" - discussion program with invited guests). It is one of few Czech radio stations to have shows with English speaking presenters.

References

External links

Czech Radio 1
Radio stations in the Czech Republic Radio stations established in 1991 {{Europe-radio-station-stub