About Mega 80s

Mega 80s

Mega 80s is the eighties channel of the MEGARADIO family — the DAB+ offshoot playing the music of the 1980s, on air since 8 June 2014 — the decade channel's birth, the 80s' DAB+ home — the 8 June 2014's debut, the DAB+'s decade destination — the June's birthday, the decade's destination, the beloved debut's anniversary. The parent station MEGARADIOmix (until 2020 Megaradio Bayern, until 2021 Megaradio) is the Augsburg-based private DJ-mix station; Mega 80s is its decade format: the 80s' hits, nonstop, in the DAB+ multiplexes of Augsburg (channel 9C) and Ingolstadt (channel 11A) — and since January 2018 also in the small-scale DAB projects of Leipzig (6C) and Freiberg (10D) in Saxony — the parent's mix, the child's decade, the Bavarian and Saxon multiplexes' 80s — the MEGARADIOmix's DJ programme, the Mega 80s' decade programme, the two states' 80s — the mix's Bavaria, the decade's Saxony, the family's wide geography. The concept is the decade as the programme: the 1980s' pop, rock, new wave and synth — the ten years' soundtrack as the 24-hour format — the decade's genres as the rotation, the 1980-1989 as the playlist's boundaries — the pop's decade, the rock's decade, the new wave's decade, the synth's decade — the great four genres' ten years, the unforgettable 80s' quadrilogy. The owner is the MEGA Radio Bayern GmbH (managing director Peter Valentino, programme director Enrico Ostendorf) — the Augsburg company's decade brand, the Valentino-Ostendorf leadership's 80s — the MEGA Radio Bayern's 80s, the directors' decade — the Augsburg's 80s, the Valentino-Ostendorf's glorious ten years. The eighties never ended on Mega 80s: the DAB+ decade channel, the 1980-1989 on channel 9C — the decade's immortality, the 9C's time machine — the 80s' eternal return, the channel's chronology — the decade's endless loop, the 2014's perpetuity.

Overview

Mega 80s broadcasts the music of the 1980s via DAB+ — in Augsburg on channel 9C, in Ingolstadt on channel 11A, and since 31 January 2018 in the small-scale DAB projects of Leipzig (channel 6C) and Freiberg (channel 10D) — the four channels' 80s, the Bavarian pair and the Saxon pair, the DAB+ decade network — the 9C, 11A, 6C, 10D's quartet, the decade's multiplexes — the four channels' harmony, the multiplexes' everlasting 80s. The programme is the decade: the 80s' hits around the clock — the pop, the rock, the new wave, the synth-pop, the decade's stars — the 24 hours' 80s, the stars' songs, the ten years' sound — the day's decade, the night's 80s, the round-the-clock's retro — the morning's 80s, the midnight's 80s, the 24 hours' nostalgia. The parent MEGARADIOmix adds the DJ-mix programme with hourly news; Mega 80s is the pure music offshoot — the eighties as the format — the parent's mix and news, the child's pure music, the family's division of labour — the MEGARADIOmix's Nachrichten, the Mega 80s' Musik, the Arbeitsteilung's logic — the news' parent, the music's child, the logic's clarity.

The station is part of the private MEGARADIO family from Augsburg: the owner MEGA Radio Bayern GmbH, managing director Peter Valentino, programme director Enrico Ostendorf — the family's Augsburg roots, the GmbH's private capital, the two directors' decade channel — the Fuggerstadt's frequency, the private's 80s, the directors' decade — the Augsburg's nickname, the frequency's home, the decade's address. The distribution is digital: DAB+ in the Bavarian and Saxon multiplexes, plus the livestream — the digital's two states, the stream's worldwide 80s — the Bayern's multiplexes, the Sachsen's small-scale, the web's globe — the south's DAB+, the east's pilot, the world's stream.

History

The parent station launched on 11 November 2011 as Megaradio Bayern — broadcast in the statewide Bavarian DAB multiplex 12D until 1 September 2013, then in the local multiplexes Augsburg 9C, Nuremberg 10C, Ingolstadt 11A and Munich 11C, plus Hamburg 11C — the 11.11.11's launch (a day off the triple), the 12D's statewide years, the local multiplexes' era — the November 2011's debut, the 2011-2013's 12D, the 2013's localisation — the launch's month, the statewide's years, the local's era. On 8 June 2014 the offshoot Mega 80s went on air in the Augsburg and Ingolstadt DAB+ multiplexes — the 80s channel's birth — the June 2014's decade debut, the 9C and 11A's new sound — the 8 June's birthday, the Augsburg and Ingolstadt's 80s — the birthday's date, the cities' gift, the 80s' celebration. On 31 January 2018 Mega 80s joined the small-scale DAB projects in Leipzig (6C) and Freiberg (10D) — the Saxon expansion — the Small-Scale-DAB's pilot, the Leipzig and Freiberg's 80s, the eastward growth — the 2018's Saxon chapter, the small-scale's promise, the 80s' Ostexpansion — the chapter's opening, the promise's fulfilment, the expansion's direction. In October 2021 the parent was renamed Megaradiomix (from 2020 already MEGARADIOmix in spelling) — the DJ-mix programme's new brand; Mega 80s kept its decade name — the October 2021's renaming, the mix's shiny new brand, the 80s' name unchanged — the Megaradiomix's arrival, the Mega 80s' continuity, the decade's loyalty — the parent's new name, the child's old name, the loyalty's decade.

Programming

The programme is the 1980s: the decade's hits, the stars' songs, the ten years' sound — the 80s' pop and rock as the 24-hour rotation — the decade's jukebox, the 24 hours' 1980s, the rotation's time capsule — the jukebox's 80s, the capsule's songs, the rotation's retro — the jukebox's selection, the capsule's preservation, the retro's rotation. The parent station's DJ-mix programme (by and with Enrico Ostendorf) with hourly news is the family's flagship; Mega 80s is the specialist: the decade format without compromise — the flagship's mix, the specialist's decade, the family's two speeds — the MEGARADIOmix's tempo, the Mega 80s' groove, the family's rhythm — the mix's driving beat, the decade's sway, the rhythm's kinship. The small-scale DAB projects in Saxony carry the same 80s: Leipzig's 6C and Freiberg's 10D dancing to the eighties — the Saxon small-scale's 80s, the 6C and 10D's groove — the Leipzig's channel, the Freiberg's channel, the small-scale's swing — the 6C's Leipzig, the 10D's Freiberg, the swing's small scale.

Organization and Ownership

Mega 80s is operated by the MEGA Radio Bayern GmbH — the private Augsburg radio company behind MEGARADIOmix. Managing director: Peter Valentino; programme director: Enrico Ostendorf — the GmbH's decade division, the Valentino's management, the Ostendorf's mix — the Peter Valentino's helm, the Enrico Ostendorf's programme, the decade's directors — the helm's steadiness, the programme's mix, the directors' 80s. The station is the offshoot of the MEGARADIOmix family: the parent's DJ-mix brand, the child's decade brand — the Ableger's identity, the family's brand architecture, the 80s' sub-brand — the offshoot's clarity, the architecture's logic, the sub-brand's decade — the Ableger's purpose, the logic's elegance, the decade's brand. Detailed financial figures are not publicly confirmed in the sources consulted.

Digital Presence

Mega 80s streams via the MEGARADIO web presence (megaradio.net) — the 80s' DAB+ channels online, the decade's music on the stream — the web presence's 80s, the stream's time travel — the megaradio.net's proud decade, the stream's chronology. The parent MEGARADIOmix is receivable via app and web across Berlin, Brandenburg, Hamburg, Dresden, Chemnitz and Leipzig — the digital footprint beyond the DAB+ multiplexes — the app's reach, the web's span, the family's digital territory — the Berlin's app, the Leipzig's web, the family's digital pixels. The digital face is the decade's face: the 1980s on every device, the 80s' hits on the smartphone — Mega 80s, the eighties' DAB+ home since 2014 — the decade's app, the 80s' pocket jukebox, the 2014's digital birth — the pocket's 80s, the jukebox's portability, the bright digital's decade.