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Looking Back at the Festival des Migrations with Gratitude We reflect on this year’s Festival des Migrations with great joy! The Saturday live shows were a fantastic success, and we are incredibly grateful to our dedicated volunteers who made them happen. For many, it was also an exciting opportunity to experience their first-ever live broadcast outside the Radio ARA studio, making this event even more special. A heartfelt thank you goes to CLAE for organizing this incredible event and giving us the opportunity to participate as a media partner. It was an honor to connect with the many diverse communities represented at the festival. We also extend […]

25 years of Radio for our Schüler-Radio from Lycée Michel Rodange Live from Campus Geeseknäppchen

Festival des Migrations 2024 Food, culture, and music from all the corners of the world – that is something that ARA can’t miss. We took part at this year’s 41st edition of Festival des Migrations, des Cultures et de la Citoyenneté!    Live Shows from the Festival des Migrations: 13h00-14h00: Simon, Franziska, Charlotte 14h00-15h00: Albanian show with Jehona 15h00-15h30: Come Together with Djulieta 15h30-16h00: African Community with Hembadoon 16h00-17h00: Bistro with Celia (culture, artists, books)

Live broadcast from the Lycée Michel Rodange in collaboration with ARA City Radio and Graffiti On 26 January, Radio ARA had a very special date on its agenda. The Lycée Michel Rodange broadcasted live from their school together with the Breakfast Show team. The background to this takeover was the MUN conference that took place at the Lycée. MUN stands for Model United Nation, a conference in which young people and educators simulate debates on current international issues, work out solutions and vote on them. Another reason was the 25th anniversary of the school radio station Geeseknäppchen, which broadcasts from

Radio Art Zone Following the 100 days of Radio Art Zone broadcast festival 2022 in Esch (find the archive here https://radioart.zone/), the final chapter of Radio Art Zone has been written and is now available from all good booksellers and directly from the publisher Hatje Cantz. Edited and designed by Sarah Washington, Radio Art Zone is an anthology of works by over 100 radio artists. The book intends to present radio as an art form to a wider public for the first time. It features newly commissioned works ranging from micro-essays and texts on radio form, practice and poetics, to radio

Glorious advent gifts galore on Ara City Radio! It’s December and were in the middle of the Advent period. That means one thing, and one thing only: glorious advent gifts galore on Ara City Radio! Every weekday, listeners have a chance of winning one of our great gifts, ranging from bottles of booze to hair treatments from one of the best hairdressers in town, vouchers to be spent at Royal Hamilius, to well-filled gift baskets from a variety of shops.  All you have to do: Tune in to the breakfast show at 8am, guess the film, the hummed song, answer

Three Special Christmas Shows from Ben and Claude! SPECIAL PING-PONG VISIONS LIVE Spezial Ping-Pong Emissioun mat engem Invité, de Jos, a mat engem Thema: “RAINBOW” !   VISIONS LIVE Special Ping-Pong show with a guest, Jos, and with a theme: “RAINBOW”! JUKE JOINT ON REQUEST (Wonschconcert) JUKE JOINT ON REQUEST (Wonschconcert). Nolauschter/-innen sollen am Viirfeld hiire “bluesege” Wonschtitel u monniben@pt.lu schécken A wéi ëmmer gëtt et eppes ze gewannen, an dëser LIVE-EMISSIOUN. KENG LILI’S BOX deen Owend.   JUKE JOINT ON REQUEST (Wonschconcert).  Listeners should send their desired “bluesy” title in advance to monniben@pt.lu And, as always, there is something to be won

What if we turned off the TV on December 24th ? What if we tried a nice musical Christmas with Radio ARA? Alone, or with family, the Radio is always a magical and faithful companion … Have a festive and musical Christmas Eve with Radio ARA and Mario (OpenPop), on Sunday December 24th at 21:00. The ARA team wishes you and yours a calm and happy Christmas and New Year celebration! In 2024 we look forward to a continuation of fruitful collaborations. You have a new idea? Contact us at info@ara.lu

Radio ARA + Eifeler Radiotage Playlist Krautrock Special 27.10.2023 Radio ARA Visions of the Past 27.1O.2O23 mit BEN BOULANGER           EIFELER RADIOTAGE KRAUTROCK SPEZIAL           Artist Title CD/LP Label CAN Mary, Mary, so contrary Monster Movie Spoon Records AMON DÜÜL II Cerberus Yeti Liberty PROF. WOLFFF Das Zimmer Prof. Wolfff Second Battle TON STEINE SCHERBEN Der Traum ist aus Keine Macht für Niemand David Volksmund Produktion KRAFTWERK Radioactivity Radio-Activity Hör Zu TANGERINE DREAM Cloudburst flight Force Majeure Virgin EULENSPYGEL Staub auf Deinem Haar Eulenspygel 2 Spiegelei LIGHTSHINE Lory Feeling Garden of Delights

Radio ARA broadcast from Bazar International de Luxembourg More than 60 nations presented their food and their culture at Bazar International last weekend, and we were right in the middle offering them a stage. Radio ARA on Sunday broadcasted live from the Bazar International! The lovely Indian community granted us some space at their stand to set up our desks and send the International Bazar vibes and perfumes through your radios right into your heads. For three straight hours on Sunday, we took over. First with our Indian show and Ali presenting his finest Indian music selection. Lisa and Simon