Saturday, November 25, 2023

The Six Public Radio FM Stations of Hessen (My State)

 Public radio is financed by the public TV-media tax.  Basically, they get a 'cut' of the revenue....use some commercials to augment the station and deliver a product.

The six?

HR-Info.  Next year will be the 20th year of operation.  It's pure news....covering the whole spectrum.  

You-FM.  Well...it's geared toward the club scene in the state....at least originally, and I'd say it appeals to mostly the 16-to-25 year old youth group.  There's some occasional interviews/talk-shows....but it fits their format.  

HR-1.  It started in the late 1940s, and was geared for several decades as the prime news network for the whole state.  In 2004....they revamped HR-1 to be the 'oldies' network for the senior generation (mostly 1960s to 1980s music).  If you asked me today....I'd say it's gear for the 1970s to 1990s folks.  

HR-2.  The culture FM station, from readings of books to poetry.....from plays to classical concerts. 

HR-3.  Pop-music from the past twenty years.

HR-4.  Music from the 1960 to 1990s.  

Getting these?  You can load them on your laptop or Tab with the App functions.

Or you can get them via DVB-S, DVB-C, internet, FM or DAB-Plus.  

On my recommendation....I run HR-3 probably two hours a day for background music in the house.  

2 comments:

Gus said...

AFN radio is much better today than it was 30yrs ago.

Schnitzel_Republic said...

Having experienced AFN radio in 78-79, 84-85, and from 1993 on....I'll just say that late 70s to late 80s were the better era. But AFN was tied to a problem having various different formats throughout the day, in that era.

Germans in the Frankfurt era...from the 1950s to the 1980s...were listening to AFN-radio and preferred it for music.

With streaming audio...several thousand radio stations now available....it's hard to say if anyone is ahead.

I probably should write a blog over AFN-TV, the old Gasthaus show, Randy the weather guy, and the stupid commercials that used to be on AFN-TV. I haven't watched an hour of that since 1994.