What

What is FREIRAD? - FREIRAD is a Free Radio with Open Access. We invite as many people as possible to bring their themes and content on air themselves. This appeal is directed particularly at individuals and groups that are largely ignored by established media. In this way we aim to counteract social marginalisation. - We offer a great variety of formats, cultures, generations and languages and see FREIRAD as a platform for information, music and experiments over the airwaves, via internet and cable. - FREIRAD is a medium for people and opinions. Critical and open. Socio-political and committed. Informative and varied. - FREIRAD provides studios and rooms for editorial work and production. We supply equipment and offer training and support. - More than 450 broadcasters regularly create over 100 programmes for FREIRAD. Their work ensures a great diversity of form and content for this station. Anyone can broadcast on FREIRAD, as long as they do not violate any laws or the principles. We give priority to people and themes that are medially and socially marginalised. - FREIRAD is opposed to discrimination, by which we mean unequal treatment according to gender or sexual orientation, origin, religious or political views, skills, languages or age. - FREIRAD is a non-profit, non-commercial and transparent project, organised as an association, funded by public subsidies, membership fees and donations and carried by the programme makers and other committed individuals. - FREIRAD is a radio without commercials, which means that the programme is created independently of the advertising industry’s priorities and without the need to pimp ratings. - FREIRAD is a member of the Verband der Freien Radios Österreich (VFRÖ). The pan-Austrian and international network of FREIRAD enriches the media landscape of Tyrol and enables all radio broadcasters to disseminate their themes far beyond Tyrol. Programmes - FREIRAD broadcasts 24/7 (366 days in leap years) and most of its programmes are produced via Open Access. It is characterised by an enormous diversity of formats, cultures, generations and languages. Such diversity is in contrast to large parts of the mainstream media landscape and comes about through you, your ideas and your commitment. This is where you can realise your idea of radio. Find your slot and the audiences for your themes: politics, education, art, culture, social issues, entertainment, generations, women, environment, health and many more! - In addition, FREIRAD’s own editorial team makes programmes on major events and for the culture and education channel KulturTon – der Kultur- und Bildungskanal as well as developing diverse innovative projects. FREIRAD sees itself as opinion-forming in cultural, social and socio-political contexts. Training FREIRAD offers a variety of media-specific seminars. There is the Foundation Seminar and the Introduction into Media and Copyright Law and an annual Trainee Editorship on radio journalism. FREIRAD complements these with numerous workshops for anyone interested in working in the radio or the media. In addition to elocution and journalistic practicalities.