When did radio emerge as a new electronic medium, and how did it become popular? What was the workers’ radio movement? How did radio evolve from an open DIY device with the utopian vision of a world receiver into a closed, authoritarian piece of living-room furniture? Why did Austria maintain a state radio monopoly until the late 1990s, and who were the radio pirates in Vienna? How was the community radio station ORANGE 94.0 founded—today the largest community radio broadcaster in the German-speaking world?
The history of radio is told in this newly published book from a civil society perspective. It expands the narrative of 100 years of radio and the official centennial celebrations by including pirate movements and the struggles for free frequencies and media pluralism.
The book is available at the station!