Blue Danube Radio went live on 23 August 1979, created principally for the
United Nations community at
UNO-City in
Vienna. It was popular with many Austrian people too. The name "Blue Danube" was also previously used by the unrelated radio station operated by
American Forces Network (AFN) and the
5th United States Army in the
American-occupied zone of Austria between 1945 and 1955. From 1995, it shared airtime with
FM4, which eventually completely took over on 1 February 2000. Favourite programmes included Continental Breakfast, Soft Sound Café, Drive Time, Today@Six, and Sunday Brunch. Many of the people who worked for BDR moved to
FM4. Notables include David Halliwell, Paul Catty, Joe Remick, John Wilde, Joanna Bostock, Jill Zobel, Ellis Hill,
Paul Hollingdale, Chris Wisbey, Stuart Freeman,
Dale Winton,
Graham Knight, Paul Holmes, Steve Allen, John Brocks and
Katya Adler. It also aired syndicated
Casey Kasem's
Top 40 (American hit parade), and a short programme called Passport that encouraged the study of foreign languages. ==Frequencies==