by Philipp Steger

How science communication helped turn a high-brow icon of the gilded age of monopoly into one of Europe’s most exciting public radio stations.

From monopoly to modernity
“Ö1 has left behind its old image as the radio station for highbrow culture, but it still has the advantage of being firmly present in Austrian consciousness,” says Martin Bernhofer, the director of the science, education and society department at Ö1, one of the radio stations that are part of the Austrian Broadcasting Corporation (ORF).