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On Sunday, May 25, you’ll find us once again at the Connewitz Street Festival on Selneckerstraße.
We’ll be there from 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. with a booth where you can ask us all your questions about Radio Blau, pick up T-shirts, tote bags, flyers, and stickers, and enjoy music from our DJs.

We’ll also be broadcasting live from the festival from 1 to 3 p.m., interviewing local Connewitz clubs, initiatives, and residents, and capturing the atmosphere.
And the team from Radio Inklusive will be joining us again as well.

So come by and say hello!

Radio Blau is celebrating its 30th birthday, and the no eXotik! no turistiK! radio show is somewhere between its 21st and 22nd year.
To mark the occasion, radioglobalistic showcased some musical gems. At the Markthalle Plagwitz, we danced and celebrated with the KNARF RELLÖM ARKESTRA from Hamburg and VIKTOR MAREK, also from Hamburg, as well as LES SOEURS DOGA from Burkina Faso — all blending sharp social critique (both local and global) with irresistibly funky grooves. It was a perfect match, and we want to thank everyone who came — and especially those who continue to support independent radio.

In 2023 and 2024, non-commercial local radios like Radio Blau received support for the first time from Saxony’s “local journalism funding.” With these funds, we were able, among other things, to establish the multilingual editorial team “Echo.”

However, the draft budget for 2025/2026 by the Free State of Saxony now proposes cuts to this funding and plans to concentrate it mainly on commercial providers of local TV and radio programs. This is despite the fact that these commercial broadcasters already operate on a profit-oriented basis and receive various other public subsidies, unlike us.

We therefore demand that the Saxon State Parliament ensures that non-commercial local radios remain part of the local journalism funding in the future — as democratic voices and platforms representing diverse regional realities. You can support us by asking your state parliament representatives this week to advocate for continued funding for non-commercial local radios. (more…)