ORF

Austrian public broadcasting organization, started to broadcast August 1st, 1955.
Founded as RAVAG in 1924.

When appearing as producer or for visual credits, please use ORF (2)

In 1967 Erich Sokol to design a CI (Corporate identy) for the broadcaster. At the same time, he structured TV & radio in pop, local and cultural channels, that are still in existence today. In all regional capitols, new broadcasting stations were built after plans of Gustav Peichl, even to have an architectural concept for the new state-fund broadcasting organzation. Bacher ed uncommercial cultural productions to show the variety of arts in national TV and radio. He served as general director from 1967 to 1992 with short interruptions.

Bacher structured ORF 1967 the following way:

Radio:
Ö1, news, cultural and science channel
ORF Funkhaus

Ö2 - regional broadcast from all 9 Austrian provinces, studios built from 1967 to 2001
ORF Studio Salzburg

Ö3 - founded 1967 as channel for younger audience, nowadays Austria's biggest pop radio station, also broadcasting the sales charts.
Ö3

FM4, alternative radio station, started January 16, 1995
ORF Funkhaus

Bands connected to the Austrian Broadcasting organisation ORF:

ORF-Studioorchester

Noises and effect archive:
ORF-Geräuscharchiv

Graphics departments:
ORF-Lichtbildstelle

When releasing records, the company credit goes to Österreichischer Rundfunk Gesellschaft m.b.H..