Based in Ljubljana, the capital of Slovenia, established in 1969 by the Student Organisation of the University of Ljubljana, the legendary Radio Študent (RŠ) is one of Europe's oldest and strongest non-commercial, alternative urban radio stations, attracting over 200 contributors to its high-quality non-commercial programming 24 hours per day.
Radio Študent is broadcast on 89.3 MHz (500 W) UKV stereo, covering Ljubljana and its surroundings (500,000 potential listeners) and via internet stream since 6th of May 1998.
Since its beginnings RADIO ŠTUDENT has been promoting tolerance, respect for the difference of opinion, freedom, truth, solidarity, multiculturalism etc. The promotion of the values mentioned above is carried out at two levels: at the educational one (not only on the level of education of listeners, but also on the one of authors) and at the practical one, as Radio Student acts as a mirror to the Slovene society, in which it can check to what extent it is ready to accept the widely proclaimed values in reality.
Company Overview
RADIO ŠTUDENT is a non-profit, urban community radio station and educational organization, covering diverse cultural & social strata. Apart from creating and broadcasting highly diverse musical, art, educational and information programs, Radio Student puts a great emphasis also on the education of its young contributors - future journalists, sound engineers, D.J.s, announcers etc. - for the radio and other media works.
RADIO ŠTUDENT is an independent medium. At Radio Student there are only five full-time employees, which are joined by over 200 regular contributors: journalists, art and music critics, D.J.s, announcers, technicians etc. The majority of them are students and youngs, and a number of them are highly respected intellectuals, journalists, artists and university lecturers.
Radio Študent has its own record label ZARS and produces two annual music festivals, TRESK in the spring and KLUBSKI MARATON in autumn.
We are also open for cooperation in the diverse field of contemporary investigative art practices through our Open radio art theory investigative platform RADAR and we are a member of international radio art network Radia.
Description
Due to the variety and range of his contributors, many innovative cultural, political and social initiatives have sprung from the activities of Radio Študent. RŠ programming policy fuses community radio and public service concepts. From its earliest days the station has promoted civil society initiatives, particularly in connection with urban lifestyles, freedom of speech, independent thought, libertarian values, cultural diversity, social critique, tolerance, social solidarity and human rights. In the 1990s during the bloody war in ex-Yugoslavia RŠ broadcast a dedicated programme for refugees in Slovenia.
In the history of Slovene radio broadcasting RŠ stands out as the foremost presenter and critical evaluator of actual global music events with its characteristic form of music criticism, heartfelt and absorbed presentation of liminal, edgy, marginalised and socially provocative music from the world, ranging from all alternative forms of rock, jazz and improvised music, avant-garde and folk music, experimental music, contemporary DJ and electrophonic music.
