Although Austria is a quite small country, the offer of media of any kind is surprisingly complex and manifold. Especially in terms of print press. There are 6 national distributed daily newspapers and many small magazines and papers. As far as TV and radio broadcast is concerned, Austria was dominated by the public service broadcast organisation ORF. But since a change of laws in 1998 the media situation became far more diverse. New privately financed radio and TV stations have appeared and started to build up a serious concurrence to the stately financed ORF.
TV
ORF (only in German)
Financed by fees, the ORF is the public service organisation broadcasting two channels: ORF1 and ORF2.
ATV+ (only in German)
This is the first and most successful private TV station in Austria.
GOTV (Only in German, but not much content anyway)
GOTV is the first and only music television station made in Austria. Since it can also be received via Astra, it expanded its audience to other parts of Europe, too.
Radio
Ö3 (only in German)
This radio station initiated by the ORF is the most popular one in Austria.
FM4 (mainly in German, few stories are in English)
As Ö3 only plays popular music, there is also a need for an alternative program. You might be satisfied by FM4 (“the only alternative!”) then which contains manifold shows in English as well as in German.
Radio Orange (only in German)
Radio Orange has been the first and only free and non-commercial radio station in Vienna. It’s run by an unsalaried association and provides the opportunity to give minorities a mouthpiece.
Campus Radio (only in German)
This radio station was initiated by students of the Fachhochschule St.Pölten. They broadcast via Internet as well as locally terrestrial in St.Pölten.
Der Standard (only in German)
A quality paper among the biggest daily newspapers.
Presse (only in German)
Another quality paper among the biggest daily newspapers.
Krone (only in German)
The most read daily newspaper of Austria although it focuses more on gossip than on quality journalistic work.
News (only in German)
News is a very popular magazine with reports of average to low quality about all popular subjects. It’s distributed by Austria’s biggest publishing group.
Helmut (only in German)
Helmut is a youth magazine written and published by youngsters subsidised by the city of Krems. It is distributed in good quality colour print few times per year.
