On September 15th 2012 Ibiza Sonica was awarded as the Best International Radio by the International Radio Festival for “raising the standards of radio and create new styles and formats of broadcasting”. A year after that we keep on doing our best and of course we keep on loving radio. So, now is time to come back to Zurich to share again with worldwide radio dj´s our beloved passion: Radio! In just over a month, some of the world’s best radio talent will descend on the Schloss Sihlberg castle in central Zurich, Switzerland for the 4th edition of the International Radio Festival. Taking place from the 4th - 8th September, the IRF is the key place where the Music Radio world comes together to celebrate and showcase some of the best music programmes, with the B2B Forum being the place to deliberate and collaborate, to network and to discover trends about their Industry. The B2B Forum, is a must attend for all those with a vested interest in the world’s most consumed medium: Music Radio. The Forum offers a unique platform to break new artists, sell music, and influence consumer habits whilst engaging with both a high qualitative music radio business audience. This year's topics for discussion will focus on the "New Breed Broadcasting" and "Social Media Saved the Radio Star".
Alongside the B2B forum, the IRF is the FIRST and ONLY international radio festival of its kind featuring a programme of live radio shows from around the world, giving people visiting the festival, their listeners back home, and online around the world, the rare opportunity to "Listen to how the World Sounds". This year over 30 Radio stations & their radio jockeys from all corners of the world will attend the IRF to broadcast their shows LIVE On-air including: Radio MPB Rio Brazil; Tangsuan Radio Beijing China; Radio Wave Prague Czech Republic; Medina FM Meknes Morocco; Sonica Ibiza feat. DJ Hell as well as Ibiza Global feat: PACHA Radio Spain; Lounge FM Istanbul and Adidas Originals Radio Istanbul Turkey; Derrick May for BBC 6 Music and BBC Radio One UK; Star FM Abu Dhabi United Arab Emirates; Screentracks, SOMA FM San Francisco and WBGU campus radio station of Bowling Green State University in Ohio USA; Red Bull Music Academy Radio Intl and more.
Ibiza Sonica will be participating in 2013 edition with Christian Len´s The Shelter in the category of pre-recorded shows, Igor Marijuan bringing a piece of the island with Club Ibiza and the brand new production of Ibiza Sonica, Dj Hell´s Gigolo Radio. Sonica again at Zurich´s International Radio Festival.
This next saturday spetember 15th, we will be live from the International radio festival in Zurich with exclusive radio show, a party with Sonica & pioneerDj djs and also maybe... An ON AIR Award...
IBIZA SONICA & PIONEER DJ RADIO
SCHEDULE AT IRF
22:00 to
24:00 International Radio Festival from Schloss Sihlberg
22:00 to
23:00 Andy Wilson - "Balearia" (Ibiza Sonica)
23:00 to
24:00 Igor Marijuan - "In The Booth" (Pioneer DJ Radio)
24:00 to
5:00 International Radio Festival from Cabaret Club in Zurich
24:00 to
1:00 DJ Christian Len (Ibiza Sonica) loc: Valentin Huedo : "Zoologica"
1:00 to
2:00 DJ Valentin Huedo (Ibiza Sonica) loc: Andy Wilson: "Balearia"
2:00 to
3:00 DJ Igor Marijuan (Pioneer DJ Radio) loc: Dan Tait: "DJ Sounds
Show"
3:00 to
4:00 DJ Dan Tait (Pioneer DJ Radio) loc: Igor Marijuan: "In the
Booth"
4:00 to
5:00 B2B Ibiza Sonica & Pioneer DJ Radio
Broadcasted live on Ibiza Sonica from 22H00 till 4H00 (CET)
ABOUT IRF
For
starters the Festival’s format is a world first. Never before has there
been an annual meeting place to celebrate the world’s most consumed medium,
music radio. This has made the IRF the annual hub where the music radio
industry meets and showcases the best music show formats; to their peers, a
studio audience, and live on-air to local and global listeners. and it takes
place in Zurich, a beautiful, vibrant, yet tranquil
city full of surprises.
Since its
inaugural year, the IRF has brought together more than 100 ground-breaking
music radio shows from around the world, enabling their makers the exceptional
opportunity to showcase their best music radio programmes in the presence of
their peers and industry professionals, as well as “live On-Air” to the general
public visiting the Festival, to their listeners back home, and online around
the world, offering those tuned-in the rare opportunity to “Listen to how the
World Sounds”.
This year
28 international radio stations will showcase their music radio programmes live
on-air on FM over the city of Zurich on 104.1 & 96.9, on Cablecom across
all of Switzerland, and online around the world; plus many radio stations will
also broadcast their show live back to their home audiences.
THE GOAL
OF IRF
So our goal is simple: to
celebrate the world’s most consumed medium: Music Radio, and
offer those passionate about music radio the rare opportunity to “Listen to how
the World Sounds”, on one single channel. The Festival aims to bring together likeminded music radio pioneers to
share their passion, let them network with each other, knowledge share and
trade their formats and ideas, and so help continue enriching the listening
experience for all audiences around the world. And through the IRF ON-AIR Awards, the Festival wishes to honour those
who ensure the continual flow of quality and informed curated contemporary
music on the radio. That’s our Goal.
B2B
CONFERENCES
The IRF is
unique too in that it is both a B2B conference and a B2C event at the same
time. Like minded music radio professionals from around the world attend the
IRF to network and share knowledge at the B2B forum panels and key notes, and
showcase their music radio programmes to their peers.
Music radio remains the universally single largest “distributor” and
communicator of music, and music related lifestyles, today, and the Festival’s
B2B Forum format is already playing a pro-active part in supporting the
growing renaissance of music radio across the world today. The IRF offers leading lights from the music and music radio industry a
platform to share their knowledge and views on the future of music radio with
other like-minded industry professionals.
LOCATION
The third
edition of theInternationalRadio Festival(IRF) takes place at the magnificent
private residence Schloss Sihlberg, in the middle of Zurich from Wednesday12th to Sunday 16th
September 2012.
The
Festival HQ is located in Zurich’s only private castle residence, Schloss
Sihlberg www.ssz.ch, majestically perched on a hill overlooking
the city of Zurich. There our radio guests will find a relaxed open
studio environment, set-up in one of the grand rooms of this beautiful
residence.
And to
close off the day’s programming, from 10pm onwards the Festival moves to the
famous Cabaret Club www.cabaret.im in Zurich’s industrial quarter, where more
up-tempo radio formats are broadcast to a more clubbing orientated audience.
IRF AWARDS
The IRF “ON-AIR” Awards underpin the
Festival’s goal to celebrate the very best in global music radio programming,,
and through these awards the IRF wishes to honour those radio makers who push
the boundaries in music radio entertainment.
All invited music radio guests
participating in the IRF are also nominated for one of three International
Radio Festival ON-AIR Awards:
Best Swiss Radio Show
Best International Radio
Best International Radio Show
Lifetime Achievement Award
RADIO
GUESTS
The 3rd International Radio Festival
(IRF) looks forward to welcoming radio stations from all four corners of the
globe.
The below listed radio stations will
be coming to Zurich to showcase some of the best music radio programming
available on-air today. And all participating radio stations are also
and are also nominated for one of three IRF
ON-AIR AWARDS.
Founded
in 2006 with the desire to create a non-commercial radio station delivering a
slice of Ibiza’s amazing musical landscape to the world, Ibiza Sonica
experienced a swift rise to the top of its game.
The
internet has played a fundamental role in Ibiza Sonica’s worldwide success
beaming their programming schedule across the globe simultaneously with the FM
broadcast on the island. Boasting line-ups to rival any super club, it’s no
surprise thousands of listeners tune in for their daily Ibiza Sonica fix, and
this is the reason why Sonica has won radio prizes like Deejay Mag or DJ Awards.
Fm/Online
24/7 international electronic music radio station broadcasting from Ibiza, the
global epicenter of electronic music. Radioshows featuring the crème de la
crème of international talent – including Carl Cox, John Digweed, Josh Wink,
Adam Beyer, Nightmares on Wax or Ralph Lawson.
Our
programming also features regular live broadcasts from key locations in Ibiza
and dance events worldwide. From sunsets, beach clubes like Blue marlin to e
great discos or special events from ibiza, spain or international broadcasts
from China, Dubai, USA, Mexico, Brazil
Sonica´s
studios are located by the Ibiza – San Antonio highway, in the heart of the
island. Based in the village of San Rafael – with incredible hilltop sunset
views – Ibiza Sonica is much more than a radio station, it is a way of
understanding life with music.
Ibiza
Sonica uses the latest technology for reaching and interacting with the
audience. You can reach Sonica with Facebook radio player, special links
to Winamp, Windows Media Player, Real Player, Quick
time, and iTunes.
There
are Sonica apps and a new special player for all smart phones systems
such as Blackberry, iPhone, Android and Symbian.
All this as well as Sonica website and the FM RADIO in Ibiza
reaching cars, homes and shops
