ColoRadio
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coloRadio is a non-commercial
self-managed
Community radio
in Dresden
(Germany
) made by the registered association "Radio-Initiative Dresden e.V.". coloRadio transmits since 8 July 1993. Since March 1st 2007 it can be heard over 2 weak frequencies, 50 and 100 watt
s, or over the internet-livestream Monday to Friday 6 to 11 p.m. CET
as well as Saturday and Sunday from noon to midnight, 49 hours a week, on 98.4 and 99.3 MHz. The time of program is parted in the 4 groups of editorial departments: magazine, music, politics as well as art and culture, which again are parted in several editorial departments. Most broadcasts are made monthly and in german language
, but some broadcasts are also made in other languages like English
, Czech
, Spanish
and Chinese
. Decisions are made by the responsible plenum, which are parted by the broadcasters and association members. There is nothing like a chief editor. The broadcasters works voluntary and are not paid, because the broadcasters shall stay editorial independent. coloRadio is emancipatory
radio. coloRadio is member of the "Bundesverbandes Freier Radios" in Germany. The monthly paper of program is called "Transmitter". Like the other saxony Community radios "Radio Blau" in Leipzig
and "Radio T" in Chemnitz
coloRadio was deactivated of FM by the Media Broadcast from April 17th to May 13th 2010 because of a dispute for the costs of transmiting and cables.
Non-commercial
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self-managed
Workers' self-management
Worker self-management is a form of workplace decision-making in which the workers themselves agree on choices instead of an owner or traditional supervisor telling workers what to do, how to do it and where to do it...
Community radio
Community radio
Community radio is a type of radio service, that offers a third model of radio broadcasting beyond commercial broadcasting and public broadcasting. Community stations can serve geographic communities and communities of interest...
in Dresden
Dresden
Dresden is the capital city of the Free State of Saxony in Germany. It is situated in a valley on the River Elbe, near the Czech border. The Dresden conurbation is part of the Saxon Triangle metropolitan area....
(Germany
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...
) made by the registered association "Radio-Initiative Dresden e.V.". coloRadio transmits since 8 July 1993. Since March 1st 2007 it can be heard over 2 weak frequencies, 50 and 100 watt
Watt
The watt is a derived unit of power in the International System of Units , named after the Scottish engineer James Watt . The unit, defined as one joule per second, measures the rate of energy conversion.-Definition:...
s, or over the internet-livestream Monday to Friday 6 to 11 p.m. CET
Central European Time
Central European Time , used in most parts of the European Union, is a standard time that is 1 hour ahead of Coordinated Universal Time . The time offset from UTC can be written as +01:00...
as well as Saturday and Sunday from noon to midnight, 49 hours a week, on 98.4 and 99.3 MHz. The time of program is parted in the 4 groups of editorial departments: magazine, music, politics as well as art and culture, which again are parted in several editorial departments. Most broadcasts are made monthly and in german language
German language
German is a West Germanic language, related to and classified alongside English and Dutch. With an estimated 90 – 98 million native speakers, German is one of the world's major languages and is the most widely-spoken first language in the European Union....
, but some broadcasts are also made in other languages like English
English language
English is a West Germanic language that arose in the Anglo-Saxon kingdoms of England and spread into what was to become south-east Scotland under the influence of the Anglian medieval kingdom of Northumbria...
, Czech
Czech language
Czech is a West Slavic language with about 12 million native speakers; it is the majority language in the Czech Republic and spoken by Czechs worldwide. The language was known as Bohemian in English until the late 19th century...
, Spanish
Spanish language
Spanish , also known as Castilian , is a Romance language in the Ibero-Romance group that evolved from several languages and dialects in central-northern Iberia around the 9th century and gradually spread with the expansion of the Kingdom of Castile into central and southern Iberia during the...
and Chinese
Chinese language
The Chinese language is a language or language family consisting of varieties which are mutually intelligible to varying degrees. Originally the indigenous languages spoken by the Han Chinese in China, it forms one of the branches of Sino-Tibetan family of languages...
. Decisions are made by the responsible plenum, which are parted by the broadcasters and association members. There is nothing like a chief editor. The broadcasters works voluntary and are not paid, because the broadcasters shall stay editorial independent. coloRadio is emancipatory
Emancipation
Emancipation means the act of setting an individual or social group free or making equal to citizens in a political society.Emancipation may also refer to:* Emancipation , a champion Australian thoroughbred racehorse foaled in 1979...
radio. coloRadio is member of the "Bundesverbandes Freier Radios" in Germany. The monthly paper of program is called "Transmitter". Like the other saxony Community radios "Radio Blau" in Leipzig
Leipzig
Leipzig Leipzig has always been a trade city, situated during the time of the Holy Roman Empire at the intersection of the Via Regia and Via Imperii, two important trade routes. At one time, Leipzig was one of the major European centres of learning and culture in fields such as music and publishing...
and "Radio T" in Chemnitz
Chemnitz
Chemnitz is the third-largest city of the Free State of Saxony, Germany. Chemnitz is an independent city which is not part of any county and seat of the government region Direktionsbezirk Chemnitz. Located in the northern foothills of the Ore Mountains, it is a part of the Saxon triangle...
coloRadio was deactivated of FM by the Media Broadcast from April 17th to May 13th 2010 because of a dispute for the costs of transmiting and cables.