ČRo Radio Wave (in 2006-2008 Czech Radio 4 – Radio Wave) is a digital

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station of the

Czech Radio Czech Radio (, ČRo) is the public radio broadcaster of the Czech Republic operating continuously since 1923. It is the oldest national radio broadcaster in continental Europe and the second-oldest in Europe after the BBC. Czech Radio was esta ...

in the

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. It primarily operates as an online platform for audio consumption, providing a wide range of

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and music programmes for a

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of loosely 20-30 year olds.

History

The station began broadcasting on 13 January 2006 under its original name ''Czech Radio 4 – Radio Wave'', both digitally and with an analogue VHF transmitter for

Prague Prague ( ; ) is the capital and List of cities and towns in the Czech Republic, largest city of the Czech Republic and the historical capital of Bohemia. Prague, located on the Vltava River, has a population of about 1.4 million, while its P ...

. In 2008, Radio Wave's analogue frequency was terminated by the

management at the insistence of the radio council.

Programming

The playlist of the on-air broadcast consists mainly of electro-pop,

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rap Rapping (also rhyming, flowing, spitting, emceeing, or MCing) is an artistic form of vocal delivery and emotive expression that incorporates " rhyme, rhythmic speech, and ommonlystreet vernacular". It is usually performed over a backin ...

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and

urban music Urban contemporary music, also known as urban music, urban pop, or just simply urban, is a music radio format. The term was coined by New York radio DJ Frankie Crocker in the early to mid-1970s as a synonym for Black music. Urban contemporary r ...

. The daytime stream is complemented by genre programmes (funk, hardcore, hip hop, dub, world music, rap, trap, etc.) whose authors are themselves active in the music scene. Public affairs programmes and podcasts cover culture,

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and social events.

References

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External links

* * {{DEFAULTSORT:CRo Radio Wave Radio stations in the Czech Republic Mass media in Prague Radio stations established in 2006