ORANGE 94.0, your Free Community Radio turns 27! On Thursday, August 28, 2025 we celebrate with rough-and-smooth sounds for hot summer days. Starting at 5pm, the street turns into a festival ground – with fresh drinks, delicious cakes, games, discussions, concerts, and even a garden hose for cooling off and summer fun on the asphalt. Come hang out and enjoy!
Where: Gaußplatz 9–10, 1200 Vienna When: August 28th, 17:00 – 22:00 And from 18:00 live on o94
Timetable
17:00 Soft Opening
18:00 Live Panel: “The Role of Free Media in Democracy” with migrazine, Voice of Mendy (ORANGE 94.0) and VORLAUT – moderated by Louis Hofbauer (Radio Grille - ORANGE 94.0)
19:45 Live Acts: TJ Tall & XING – curated by O-Sounds
There will be refreshing drinks for voluntary donations, delicious cakes, and plenty of good vibes.
Listen, discuss, celebrate, and connect – ORANGE 94.0, your Free Community Radio that makes summer audible. Come by, we’re excited to see you! About the participants:
migrazine is an online magazine by migrants for everyone. It is multilingual and brings critical migrant voices into the media public without clichés. Published by maiz (Autonomous Center by and for Migrant Women) in Linz.
Voice of Mendy/ ORANGE 94.0 is a Radio ORANGE 94.0 show aimed at amplifying the voice of Sudan, particularly of a generation born and raised in Austria, some of whom form the core of the program.
VORLAUT is a feminist collective for young online journalism. Their focus is on issues of social justice, such as right-wing extremism and racism, feminism and gender equality, and climate justice.
TJ Tall makes Soca and Dancehall music that breaks with norms and frees waistlines – spiritually and unapologetically. Their music is liberation in action: breaking the chains of heteronormativity and respectability, embracing love, community, and freedom.
XING’s stylistic spectrum ranges from melancholic melodies and hip-hop elements to influences from R&B and a generous dose of soul. Their soundscape is full of captivating beats and intimate lyrics with socially critical substance.
Supported by “Grätzelmarie” – the ideas fund of WieNeu+.
Auch dieses Jahr rufen wieder alle dazu auf, im Juni loud & proud zu sein! Mit vollem Klang, der Queerness in ganzer Bandbreite feiert und Widersprüche zulässt. Feier mit uns! Aber lasst die Regenbogenflagge danach nicht verstauben. Louder & Prouder on air - das ganze Jahr und auch zum Pride Month 2025. Radio an - Patriarchat aus!
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Once again this year, everyone’s calling on us to be loud and proud in June! But queerness isn’t something that only exists for one month. Queerness is identity — it’s diverse, it’s complex, and it can be a way of living that challenges the norms and expectations of our society. Join the celebration! But don’t let the rainbow flag gather dust once June is over. Louder and prouder on air – all year long, and for Pride Month 2025 too. Radio on - Patriarchy off!
For five weeks, from May 16 to June 22, 2025, the Free Radio of the Republic will be broadcasting live on ORANGE 94.0. Directly from the festival headquarters at Funkhaus, we will take over the airwaves, bringing events and discussions from the House of the Republic and across Vienna on air. Expect a diverse program: Conversations with artists and activists, fascinating segments from the Revolutionary Love series, weekly recaps of the Caravan of LUV, workshop productions from Funkhaus, and regular updates on the Free Republic presented by Milo Rau. Live on ORANGE 94.0 and available online after the broadcast. Tune in, think along, feel along!
Radio remains an important medium for bringing music to the people. The music programming on community radios is characterized by the search for new sounds, diversity, and the goal of making niches more audible. Community radios aim to provide a platform for music and musicians who receive little or no airplay on commercial and public broadcasters.
A radio station's music database is a powerful tool for implementing these objectives. Its design plays a key role in determining what is ultimately heard on the radio. The study provides an overview of who decides which tracks are added to a radio's music archive, who is involved in the selection process, and how radio producers gain access to it. This is the first time these perspectives have been presented in an overview. The situation at the Vienna-based community radio ORANGE 94.0 was analyzed in comparison with other examples in Austria and abroad.
Die Studie gibt es zum Download auf Deutsch / The study can be downloaded here in English