Lánchíd Rádió (lit. "Chain Bridge Radio") was a privately owned radio station in Hungary.[1][2] It began broadcasting 15 March 2007 and offered news, reports, interviews, cultural programs and popular music.[3] It is Hungary's 10th most listened radio station.

Lánchíd Rádió
Broadcast areaHungary
Programming
Language(s)Hungarian
FormatDefunct
Ownership
Hír TV
History
First air date
15 March 2007 (2007-03-15)
Technical information
Power1,000 watts

On April 11, 2018, the radio was partially ceased because the owners did not want to continue funding it. Currently, only music is being played, because the radio has obligation to broadcast until the frequency license expiration.

The radio station was founded by a media group owned by Lajos Simicska which also operates Hír TV and Magyar Nemzet.[4][1][5]

The radio station's political views have been called conservative, right wing and national-populist.[6][7][8]

Program edit

The musical program is composed of contemporary to classic pop- and rock music both from Hungarian and international artists. Weekdays between 14:00 and 16:00 the show Dr. Boross rendel ("Dr. Boross orders") moderated by György Boross allows people to call and request music to be played.[9] His show used to be hosted on Sztár fM from 2007 on, but the radio station shut down in 2011.[10]

Weekdays between 16:30 and 18:30 Levente Bella moderates the show Lecsó (named after Lecsó). People are invited to call and give their opinions about current Hungarian and international topics.

Broadcasting edit

Lánchíd Rádió broadcasts from many cities in Hungary, and also offers an internet live-stream.

City Frequency
Budapest 100.3 MHz
Székesfehérvár 106.6 MHz
Balatonfüred 96.2 MHz
Győr 88.1 MHz
Zalaegerszeg 88.3 MHz
Keszthely 93.4 MHz
Dunaújváros 99.1 MHz
Pécs 94.6 MHz
Tatabánya 107.0 MHz
Szombathely 97.1 MHz
Kaposvár 97.5 MHz
Siklós 88.6 MHz
Szigetvár 98.9 MHz
Szeged 100.2 MHz

References edit

  1. ^ a b "Hungarian oligarch turns on his former ally PM Orban". Reuters. 2015-02-06. Retrieved 2017-10-06.
  2. ^ "End of "Total Media War"? - Simicska Sells Shares Of His Media Companies - Hungary Today". Hungary Today. Retrieved 2017-10-06.
  3. ^ "Médiaajánlat 2016" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2017-10-07.
  4. ^ "The Hungarian right-wing media: Magyar Nemzet, Inforádió, and Hír TV". Hungarian Spectrum. 2009-06-23. Retrieved 2017-10-06.
  5. ^ ""I will crush them if I have to" | The Budapest Times". budapesttimes-archiv.bzt.hu. Retrieved 2017-10-06.
  6. ^ Newton, Creede. "Hungary alternative media fear radio silence". www.aljazeera.com. Retrieved 2017-10-06.
  7. ^ Twenty-five sides of a post-communist mafia state. Magyar, Bálint,, Vásárhelyi, Júlia. Budapest. p. 410. ISBN 9786155513626. OCLC 959552378.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: others (link)
  8. ^ "Left-liberal media in Hungary". Hungarian Spectrum. 2009-06-25. Retrieved 2017-10-06.
  9. ^ "Lánchíd Rádió - Dr. Boross rendel". lanchidradio.hu (in Hungarian). Retrieved 2017-10-06.
  10. ^ "Dr. Boross megújítja a reggeli műsort". 2010-07-27. Archived from the original on 2010-07-27. Retrieved 2017-10-06.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)