Radio Tirol is the regional radio for

Tyrol Tyrol ( ; historically the Tyrole; ; ) is a historical region in the Alps of Northern Italy and western Austria. The area was historically the core of the County of Tyrol, part of the Holy Roman Empire, Austrian Empire and Austria-Hungary, f ...

and the German-speaking population of

South Tyrol South Tyrol ( , ; ; ), officially the Autonomous Province of Bolzano – South Tyrol, is an autonomous administrative division, autonomous provinces of Italy, province in northern Italy. Together with Trentino, South Tyrol forms the autonomo ...

, and is part of the Österreich 2 group. It is broadcast by the ORF, and the programmes from Radio Tirol are made in the ORF Tirol Studio.

History

The first radio broadcasting tryouts in Tyrol started in 1926 in

Aldrans Aldrans is a municipality in the Innsbruck-Land District, Tyrol (Austria) at an altitude of , which had an area of and 2,496 inhabitants as January 2015. Geography The village is on a highlands terrace southeast of Innsbruck, crossed by numerou ...

close to

Innsbruck Innsbruck (; ) is the capital of Tyrol (federal state), Tyrol and the List of cities and towns in Austria, fifth-largest city in Austria. On the Inn (river), River Inn, at its junction with the Wipptal, Wipp Valley, which provides access to the ...

. The history of the ORF Tirol Studio reaches back to the 1945 built "''Sendergruppe West''. This group had 2 studios, one in Tyrol and one in

Vorarlberg Vorarlberg ( ; ; , , or ) is the westernmost States of Austria, state () of Austria. It has the second-smallest geographical area after Vienna and, although it also has the second-smallest population, it is the state with the second-highest popu ...

. In 1952 the transmitters were handed over to the state government of Tyrol. The program was mixed, from news and information shows to classical music, radio dramas and other features.
In the literature department of Radio Tirol, talents like Axel Corti, Otto Grünmandl or Bert Breit were found. During 1954 and 1956 the ''Sendergruppe West'' was integrated into the ORF. Radio Tirol officially started its program on 1 October 1967 as the ''ÖR-Radio Tirol''. In 1972 the ORF Tirol Studio was opened in the Saggen of Innsbruck. ORF Tirol did not only produce Radio Tirol, but also TV shows for ''Österreich Bild'', from 1988 also the regional news "Tirol heute". In 1992 the old marketing name ''ÖR'', which stood for ''Österreich Regional'', was discontinued and ''Ö2'' was used from then on. After the introduction of nationwide private radios, ''Ö2'' was pushed further back and all regional radios got names following the scheme "Radio (State)", in the case of Tyrol "Radio Tirol".

Coverage

Radio Tirol broadcasts mainly in Tyrol. The music line-up consists mostly of oldies and folk music. Radio Tirol is produced and broadcast from the ORF Tirol Studio. From time to time Radio Tirol also produces special programs in connection with ski-ing events.

Other radio stations

There is a private radio station in South Tyrol, which also calls itself ''Radio Tirol'', because of the village close by which is also called Tirol, South Tyrol, Tirol. This radio station also used to broadcast its program in the area around

, but this frequency was taken over by ''Radio Südtirol 1''.

References

External links

* {{coord missing, Austria Radio stations in Austria ORF (broadcaster) Radio stations established in 1967 1967 establishments in Austria