Klassik Radio

Radio station in Hamburg, Germany

Hamburg, Germany

Broadcast areaGermany, AustriaProgrammingLanguage(s)GermanFormatClassical music, Film music, Lounge musicOwnershipOwnerKlassik Radio AGHistory

First air date

28 October 1990; 33 years ago (1990-10-28)LinksWebsitewww.klassikradio.de

Klassik Radio is a radio station in Germany. It specialises in classical music, Film music and Lounge music. The channel is receivable in over 300 German cities via FM, throughout Germany via cable, and in Europe via satellite. It is also worldwide streamed on the internet. At the start of the new national DAB standard DAB+ on 1 August 2011 Klassik Radio gained an additional technical range of 53.5 million households in the whole country. Klassik Radio is a subsidiary company of Klassik Radio Inc. located in Augsburg. The broadcasting centre is based in Hamburg.

The music Klassik Radio is broadcasting can be described as relaxation music which consists mainly of very light pieces of the repertoire of the classical music and, increasingly, film music that is suitable for conscious listening. Complete works of classical music are not played, but rather selected movements, which can be enjoyed individually.

1.7 million people listen to Klassik Radio every day and 204.000 in an average hour (according to Media Analysis 2012 Radio I).^[1] These listeners are the premium target group in Germany because they have a high income, a high education above-average, a wide range of interests and they are very interested in culture.

History

1990

Klassik Radio is first aired on 28 October.

1999

After long negotiations Ulrich R. J. Kubak (CEO of Klassik Radio) succeeds in taking over the majority of the shares in Klassik Radio from Burda, Spiegel, RTL, Universal, BMG and Christoph Gottschalk. Afterwards the program, the station and the marketing were completely relaunched.

2002

The number of listeners of Klassik Radio has more than doubled since the acquisition by Ulrich R. J. Kubak. Relocation of the headquarters in Augsburg in the Media Tower.

2004

The Klassik Radio Inc. goes public on the Frankfurt Stock Exchange and is listed at the regulated market.

Frequencies

FM

Baden-Württemberg

90,4 Karlsruhe
103,0 Göppingen
103,9 Stuttgart

Bavaria

91,1 Regensburg
92,1 Würzburg
92,2 Augsburg
105,1 Nuremberg
107,2 Munich

Berlin

101,3 Berlin (Alexanderplatz)

Brandenburg

87,6 Brandenburg an der Havel
91,0 Frankfurt (Oder)
101,3 Potsdam

Hamburg

98,1 Hamburg (Heinrich-Hertz-Turm)

Hesse

88,0 Gießen
93,8 Bad Hersfeld
96,0 Butzbach
100,5 Wetzlar / Aßlar
102,0 Limburg an der Lahn
102,8 Fulda
104,9 Marburg
103,4 Bingen am Rhein
104,1 Kassel
107,5 Frankfurt am Main

Mecklenburg-Vorpommern

90,1 Schwerin
97,0 Wismar
98,9 Stralsund

Lower Saxony

107,4 Hanover

Schleswig-Holstein

89,8 Heligoland
89,8 Sylt / Westerland
91,7 Garding
92,7 Itzehoe
92,9 Rendsburg
93,6 Lübeck / Berkenthin
93,9 Güby
94,7 Niebüll
97,2 Bungsberg / Eutin
97,4 Kiel
100,8 Schleswig
106,5 Flensburg

Thuringia

88,7 Weimar
90,9 Eisenach
99,3 Gotha
104,5 Gera
107,5 Altenburg

Tyrol (Austria)

88,0 Wattens
95,1 Inzing
95,5 Innsbruck

Salzburg (Austria)

99,8 Salzburg
102,5 Salzburg

DAB+

Klassik Radio is transmitted in digital radio in all over Germany and Austria. In Germany it is a program of block DR Deutschland and can be found in channel 5C which is in frequency 178.352 MHz. In Austria Klassik Radio is part of the DAB+ Austria block and can be found in channels 5B, 5D, 6A, 6D and 8A (depending on the region).