Radio Hekaphon was the first radio broadcasting station in

Austria Austria, formally the Republic of Austria, is a landlocked country in Central Europe, lying in the Eastern Alps. It is a federation of nine Federal states of Austria, states, of which the capital Vienna is the List of largest cities in Aust ...

. It transmitted as

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station from April 1, 1923, and ceased broadcasting in 1924, after the first license was granted to RAVAG.

Sources

* Haimo Godler: ''Vom Dampfradio zur Klangtapete: Beiträge zu 80 Jahren Hörfunk in Österreich.'' Böhlau Verlag, Wien 2004. * Peter Knezu: ''Radio HEKAPHONE - The first pirate broadcast transmitter in Austria.'' In: Second IEEE Region 8 Conference on the History of Telecommunications (HISTELCON). Defunct radio stations in Austria Radio stations established in 1923 Radio stations disestablished in 1924 1923 establishments in Austria 1924 disestablishments in Austria {{Europe-radio-station-stub