Radio Q is an online radio station serving Romania's

Romania

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 LGBT

LGBT

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 and queer

Queer

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 community. The radio station was established under the name 2G Radio on December 18, 2005. It is affiliaed to the gay portal GayOne.ro, which was previously named 2G. Radio Q is the first LGBT radio station in Romania.

Radio Q broadcasts non-stop through its Internet streaming service, the bulk of its broadcasts consisting of music of varying genres (with a focus on electronic music

Electronic music

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 and trance

Trance music

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). There are also a variety of programmes that discuss LGBT culture

LGBT culture

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 and rights in Romania, and these are archived on the website so that they can be downloaded after they have initially been broadcast. In the future, Radio Q intends to develop into an FM

FM broadcasting

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radio station so that its broadcasts can be received without using the Internet.