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Founded in 1969 with the name of the ORF-Symphonieorchester (ORF Symphony Orchestra), it is the only radio orchestra in the country. It acquired its current name in 2009. [1] The orchestra performs in a number of venues, including Radiokulturhaus (in Vienna), Konzerthaus, Vienna, Theater an der Wien and Musikverein.
The ORF's first corporate logo, called the 'ORF eye', was designed by the Austrian illustrator and cartoonist Erich Sokol in 1968, who also served as ORF's chief graphics artist and later as art director from 1967 until 1992. The 'ORF eye' logo is often compared to the 'CBS Eye' logo used by the American commercial broadcaster CBS.
Even though the ORF Center is located in Vienna, Vienna also has its own independent studio, which is located in the Funkhaus Wien. Every regional office has a regional director, and all regional studios and offices were built by the same architect, Gustav Peichl, so all buildings look similar. Logos of the ORF regional studios (2015)
Two years later, a legal regulation of a nonpartisan broadcasting was passed by the National Council parliament, entailing a relaunch of the ORF radio stations. Ö1 was designated to comply with the public educational mandate ( Bildungsauftrag ) and to offer a broadly cultural program for an artistically inclined audience.
The competition took place on 1 March 2002 at the ORF Center in Vienna, hosted by Andi Knoll and broadcast on ORF 1 as well as streamed online via ORF's official website. [ 8 ] [ 9 ] The first part of the national final was watched by 814,000 viewers in Austria with a market share of 31%, while the second part was watched by 913,000 viewers in ...
Since 1 February 2000 FM4 has broadcast its programmes 24/7, when the station was merged with Blue Danube Radio (resulting in the English programmes being broadcast today). At launch, FM4 was known as an underground radio station, but full-time broadcasting has increased its popularity and listening figures considerably.
ORF 2 began broadcasting three days a week as a "Technical Test Program" (Technisches Versuchsprogramm) on UHF frequencies on 11 September 1961.In 1967, the Versuchsprogramm was renamed as FS 2 (Fernsehprogramm 2; 'Television programme 2'), and its broadcasting days were increased to five days a week, which remained the case until 1 September 1970 when it began broadcasting daily.
ORF 1 (ORF eins) is an Austrian public television channel owned by ORF. It was the first television channel in Austria , started in 1955, with regular programming started in 1957 when it now operated six days a week, then began broadcasting every day in 1961.