| multicult.fm | |
| Type: | non commercial radio |
| Location City: | Berlin |
| Location Country: | Germany |
| Area Served: | Berlin, Worldwide |
| Industry: | Broadcasting |
| Services: | Radio, Internet Radio |
| Owner: | multicult Radio und Medien- produktionen gUG, Berlin |
| Homepage: | http://www.multicult.fm |
multicult.fm is a non commercial radio station from Berlin, Germany, which broadcasts partially on air and 24/7 on the Internet. The station was born in Autumn 2008 as an Internet Radio called Radio multicult2.0 as a result of the closing of radiomultikulti, which was part of the public radio station from the Land of Berlin-Brandenburg RBB. Radiomultikulti was a radiostation, which was destinated to all communities, expatriates and foreigners who lived in Berlin. Multicult.fm wants to keep this orientation. The first show was broadcast on 31 December 22h05, simultaneously when radiomultikulti was shut down. Since 24 March, multicult.fm broadcasts from its own studio, located in a market house in Berlin-Kreuzberg
Since January 2009, the station broadcasts 24/7 on the Internet. 34 shows are produced by several journalists (December 2011), music content is mainly based on worldmusic.
Multicult.fm cooperates with other local radiostations from Berlin on the 88.4 MHz FM frequency http://www.88vier.net, which can also be listened in Potsdam on the 90.7 MHz.
Following hours are allowed to multicult.fm for this frequency:
Mondays to Fridays from 6am to 10am and from 6pm to 7pm.Weekends from 6am to 12pm and exceptional live shows from 12pm to 4pm.
Das Morgen:Magazin (morning show) is a show which relates on current political and cultural subjects, with guest interviews.
Since December 2011, 10 new shows are added to the programm, among them Şimdi, a German-Turkish show about what happens politically, culturally and musically in Turkey, and relations between German and Turkish people, especially in Berlin. Then Bogheboxi, another bilingual show in Italian and German about Sardinia.
Its musical playlists are mostly based on world music, in its large definition, every style we can find around the world, from Tango to Salsa, from Cajun to Balkan music, with also not avoiding local bands from Berlin or Germany.
Examples of shows:
multicult.fm produces several shows in foreign languages, sometimes bilingual for example:
Furthermore, some shows are originally produced by other radiostations around the world, which used to work with former radiomultikulti and are still integrated in multicult.fms programm, for example:
Thanks to its location in the house market of Marheineke in Berlin-Kreuzberg, it offers the possibility for every people to observe real speakers, technicians and journalists, whom you also can directly talk to.Main themes are about multiculturality, immigration, and some journalists, speakers have migration backgrounds.
On 25 November was open the MulticulTea Bubble Bar. The goal for the radio is to survive keeping in the meantime the freedom to broadcast without advertising. Another goal is to get in contact with its own public, and to communicate with it.