Radio ARA didn’t start with a studio—it started with defiance. In the early 1980s, activists and associations smuggled Luxembourg’s first community radio across the border into Belgium. From illegal broadcasts in sacristies and rooftops to securing a license in 1992, ARA has always been a space for the unheard. Volunteers shaped its early years, building gear by hand and giving voice to the LGBTQ+ community, young people, and underground culture. Over time, ARA grew, professionalised, and adapted. It launched youth projects, welcomed English-language shows, and opened its doors to Luxembourg’s many communities. In recent years, it survived a funding crisis, broadcast news in 14 languages during COVID, and welcomed 17 languages on air by 2025. What began as resistance has become one of Luxembourg’s most inclusive media platforms—still loud, still independent, and still run by the people who believe in it.