Media in Austria
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German
Germany
Germany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a federal parliamentary republic in Europe. The country consists of 16 states while the capital and largest city is Berlin. Germany covers an area of 357,021 km2 and has a largely temperate seasonal climate...

 magazines and (private) TV stations have affected the development of Austria since their foundation. Because German TV stations broadcast by satellite, it is possible to receive them throughout Austria as well.

Broadsheet

  • Die Presse
    Die Presse
    Die Presse is an Austrian daily newspaper based in Vienna. It was founded in 1946 by World War II resistance fighter Ernst Molden and stands in tradition of the Viennese newspapers "Die Presse" and "Neue Freie Presse" . The paper covers general news topics...

     centre-right, classical liberal
  • Der Standard
    Der Standard
    Der Standard is an Austrian national daily newspaper which is published in Vienna . It was founded by Oscar Bronner as a financial newspaper and the first edition was published on 1988-10-19...

     centre-left, social liberal
  • Salzburger Nachrichten centre-right, Christian liberal
  • Wiener Zeitung
    Wiener Zeitung
    Wiener Zeitung is an Austrian newspaper. It is one of the most famous newspapers in Europe and one of the oldest, still published newspapers in the world. It is the official publication used by the Government of the Republic of Austria for its formal announcements. It was founded in 1703 under the...

     organ of the Republic of Austria

Intermediate

  • Kurier
    Kurier
    The Kurier is an Austrian newspaper based in Vienna....

    , centre, social liberal
  • Neues Volksblatt
  • Oberösterreichische Nachrichten
  • Tiroler Tageszeitung
  • Rundschau
  • Vorarlberger Nachrichten

Tabloid

  • Kronen Zeitung
    Kronen Zeitung
    The Kronen Zeitung, commonly known as the Krone, is Austria's largest newspaper. According to a Österreichische Media-Analyse study, the average daily readership is 2,970,000 , which corresponds to 43,7% of all newspaper readers...

     populist
  • Kleine Zeitung
    Kleine Zeitung
    Kleine Zeitung is an Austrian newspaper based in Graz, Styria. It was founded in 1904 by the Katholischen Pressverein. The first issue was published on Tuesday, November 22, 1904. It was designed from the start as a paper to be read by the masses, covering general news topics and being very cheap...

     moderate, Catholic-liberal
  • Österreich
    Österreich (newspaper)
    Österreich is a national daily Austrian newspaper....

     populist

High brow

  • profil
    Profil (magazine)
    profil is an Austrian news magazine. It was founded in 1970 by Oscar Bronner, who also founded the magazine Trend and the daily newspaper Der Standard....

     current events, moderate
  • Datum
    Datum (magazine)
    Datum is an Austrian monthly magazine.Founded in 2004 by journalist Klaus Stimeder and businessman Hannes Weyringer, Datum is published by the Association to Promote Quality Journalism eleven times a year. The circulation is 10.000 copies...

     current events, liberal
  • Gewinn finance and economics

TV

  • ORF
    ORF
    ORF may refer to:* ORF , the Austrian public service broadcaster.* Open reading frame, a portion of the genome.* The IATA airport code for Norfolk International Airport in Norfolk, Virginia.* ORF format , Olympus raw image file format....

     1, 2, Sport Plus and TW1, the Austrian nation-wide television channels by public broadcaster ORF
  • ATV
    ATV (Austria)
    ATV is currently the largest commercial television station in Austria and was originally the first commercial station to be aired via transmitters after a long time when commercial broadcasts in Austria were only possible via satellite or cable and the national public broadcaster ORF held a...

    , private TV channel in Austria
  • Puls 4
    Puls 4
    Puls 4 is a terrestrial television channel in Austria. As its name implies, it is the fourth Austrian-wide full-service television channel, behind ORF eins, ORF 2, and ATV.-History:...

    , private TV channel in Austria
  • Austria 9, private TV channel


Austria
Austria
Austria , officially the Republic of Austria , is a landlocked country of roughly 8.4 million people in Central Europe. It is bordered by the Czech Republic and Germany to the north, Slovakia and Hungary to the east, Slovenia and Italy to the south, and Switzerland and Liechtenstein to the...

 was the second last European country (Albania
Albania
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 was the last one) when it officially allowed other TV stations in 2003.

Radio

  • ORF OE1 News and documentaries
  • ORF OE2 Regional Radioprogramm, featuring mostly folk- and folkish music
  • ORF OE3 Pop / Rock music
  • ORF FM4
    FM4
    FM4 is an Austrian national radio station, operated by the ORF. Its main target is the youth audience, and much of the music output is characterised by an alternative rock and electronic music slant....

     Cutting edge music channel, youth oriented
  • Kronehit Private radio, Pop / Rock music
  • Antenne
    Antenne
    The Antenne is a 48.3 km long river in the Charente-Maritime département, in southwestern France. Its source is in the commune of Fontaine-Chalendray.- External links :...

     Private radio, 70's, 80's and 90's music
  • Radiofabrik
    Radiofabrik
    Radiofabrik is Salzburg’s community radio. It is an independent, non-commercial, non-profit radio station in Salzburg, Austria.- History :Some of the founders, for example Wolfgang Hirner of Radiofabrik were broadcasting illegal pirate radio already in 1992...

     Community radio


Austria
Austria
Austria , officially the Republic of Austria , is a landlocked country of roughly 8.4 million people in Central Europe. It is bordered by the Czech Republic and Germany to the north, Slovakia and Hungary to the east, Slovenia and Italy to the south, and Switzerland and Liechtenstein to the...

 was the last European country where radio broadcasting was a state monopoly
Monopoly
A monopoly exists when a specific person or enterprise is the only supplier of a particular commodity...

until 1998, when private radio stations were officially allowed.
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