Radio 1 (Czech Republic)
Encyclopedia
Czech Radio 1 is an alternative radio
broadcasting
company based in Prague
, Czech Republic
. It can be tuned at 91.9 MHz in and around the city. Its musical style is unique for Czech radio stations.
It was the first private radio station in the country. Started out as a pirate station, now works as a regular FM station that is also favourited amongst Czechs living abroad who are listening to it online.
Radio 1 tends to focus on interesting music, culture and serious work (as the moderators see it), namely on alternative
and independent music of all genres (electronic
, rock
, jazz
, reggae
, ambient
, etc.) rather than pop
-style music.
They officially began broadcasting in the spring of 1991 as the first Czech privately owned commercial radio.
Radio 1 has about 30 specialist shows including Blue Train (jazz session), CD Nonstop (a whole CD recording is played every day), Film o páté ("five o'clock film" - current movies program), French Connection (news from the alternative French music
scene), Hard Music (heavy metal
and related music program), Hitparáda Radia 1 ("the hit parade of Radio 1" - foreign music top 40), Knižní servis ("the book service" - new books discussion), Reggae club (reggae
), Shadowbox (news from the d'n'b
scene), Velká sedma ("the great seven" - Czech music hit parade
), Všechny hudby světa ("all music of the world" - world music
program) or Zátiší ("the still life" - discussion program with invited guests). It is also one of the few Czech radios to have shows held by English speaking moderators.
The unique feature is that the Djs select their own music, so there is no pre-prepared playlist by someone.
Radio
Radio is the transmission of signals through free space by modulation of electromagnetic waves with frequencies below those of visible light. Electromagnetic radiation travels by means of oscillating electromagnetic fields that pass through the air and the vacuum of space...
broadcasting
Broadcasting
Broadcasting is the distribution of audio and video content to a dispersed audience via any audio visual medium. Receiving parties may include the general public or a relatively large subset of thereof...
company based in Prague
Prague
Prague is the capital and largest city of the Czech Republic. Situated in the north-west of the country on the Vltava river, the city is home to about 1.3 million people, while its metropolitan area is estimated to have a population of over 2.3 million...
, Czech Republic
Czech Republic
The Czech Republic is a landlocked country in Central Europe. The country is bordered by Poland to the northeast, Slovakia to the east, Austria to the south, and Germany to the west and northwest....
. It can be tuned at 91.9 MHz in and around the city. Its musical style is unique for Czech radio stations.
It was the first private radio station in the country. Started out as a pirate station, now works as a regular FM station that is also favourited amongst Czechs living abroad who are listening to it online.
Radio 1 tends to focus on interesting music, culture and serious work (as the moderators see it), namely on alternative
Alternative rock
Alternative rock is a genre of rock music and a term used to describe a diverse musical movement that emerged from the independent music underground of the 1980s and became widely popular by the 1990s...
and independent music of all genres (electronic
Electronic music
Electronic music is music that employs electronic musical instruments and electronic music technology in its production. In general a distinction can be made between sound produced using electromechanical means and that produced using electronic technology. Examples of electromechanical sound...
, rock
Rock music
Rock music is a genre of popular music that developed during and after the 1960s, particularly in the United Kingdom and the United States. It has its roots in 1940s and 1950s rock and roll, itself heavily influenced by rhythm and blues and country music...
, jazz
Jazz
Jazz is a musical style that originated at the beginning of the 20th century in African American communities in the Southern United States. It was born out of a mix of African and European music traditions. From its early development until the present, jazz has incorporated music from 19th and 20th...
, reggae
Reggae
Reggae is a music genre first developed in Jamaica in the late 1960s. While sometimes used in a broader sense to refer to most types of Jamaican music, the term reggae more properly denotes a particular music style that originated following on the development of ska and rocksteady.Reggae is based...
, ambient
Ambient music
Ambient music is a musical genre that focuses largely on the timbral characteristics of sounds, often organized or performed to evoke an "atmospheric", "visual" or "unobtrusive" quality.- History :...
, etc.) rather than pop
Pop music
Pop music is usually understood to be commercially recorded music, often oriented toward a youth market, usually consisting of relatively short, simple songs utilizing technological innovations to produce new variations on existing themes.- Definitions :David Hatch and Stephen Millward define pop...
-style music.
They officially began broadcasting in the spring of 1991 as the first Czech privately owned commercial radio.
Radio 1 has about 30 specialist shows including Blue Train (jazz session), CD Nonstop (a whole CD recording is played every day), Film o páté ("five o'clock film" - current movies program), French Connection (news from the alternative French music
Music of France
France has a wide variety of indigenous folk music, as well as styles played by immigrants from Africa, Latin America and Asia. In the field of classical music, France has produced a number of legendary composers, while modern pop music has seen the rise of popular French hip hop, techno/funk,...
scene), Hard Music (heavy metal
Heavy metal music
Heavy metal is a genre of rock music that developed in the late 1960s and early 1970s, largely in the Midlands of the United Kingdom and the United States...
and related music program), Hitparáda Radia 1 ("the hit parade of Radio 1" - foreign music top 40), Knižní servis ("the book service" - new books discussion), Reggae club (reggae
Reggae
Reggae is a music genre first developed in Jamaica in the late 1960s. While sometimes used in a broader sense to refer to most types of Jamaican music, the term reggae more properly denotes a particular music style that originated following on the development of ska and rocksteady.Reggae is based...
), Shadowbox (news from the d'n'b
Drum and bass
Drum and bass is a type of electronic music which emerged in the late 1980s. The genre is characterized by fast breakbeats , with heavy bass and sub-bass lines...
scene), Velká sedma ("the great seven" - Czech music hit parade
Hit parade
A hit parade is a ranked list of the most popular recordings at a given point in time, usually determined by sales and/or airplay. The term originated in the 1930s; Billboard magazine published its first music hit parade on January 4, 1936...
), Všechny hudby světa ("all music of the world" - world music
World music
World music is a term with widely varying definitions, often encompassing music which is primarily identified as another genre. This is evidenced by world music definitions such as "all of the music in the world" or "somebody else's local music"...
program) or Zátiší ("the still life" - discussion program with invited guests). It is also one of the few Czech radios to have shows held by English speaking moderators.
The unique feature is that the Djs select their own music, so there is no pre-prepared playlist by someone.