Whether over the loudspeaker in the coffee house or as a podcast in your ear: no medium has remained such an integral part of everyday life since it was founded 100 years ago as radio. At the same time, all media are currently confronted with increasing supply and decreasing trust. The House of Austrian History is therefore using the anniversary to look back and show how much has changed, how radio worked and what it achieved. In 100 “behind the scenes” photos of radio production, this exhibition reveals how the most important medium worked for many decades: How did invisible waves audibly change society and politics? How did radio reach not only ears, but above all hearts? In all these transformations, the typical mixture of entertainment and information plays just as powerful a role as the emotional impact of the sound of music and the human voice.

Usage Rights, if not credited otherwise: Austrian National Library, Collection of images and graphics

Curator: Johannes Pötzlberger
Curatorial research: Antonia Heidl, Karoline Mayer, Marianna Nenning, Florian Wagner
Licensing: Tanja Jenni (hdgö), Peter Prokop (Bildarchiv und Grafiksammlung, ÖNB)
Thanks to: Julian Bartl (Antenne Steiermark), Konrad Mitschka (ORF), Karin Moser (Universität Wien), Hans Petschar (Direktor Bildarchiv und Grafiksammlung, ÖNB), Helmut Peissl, Ulli Weish (Radio Orange 94.0) 
Head of Department Public History: Stefan Benedik
Director hdgö: Monika Sommer