International Radio Festival Present Radio Faces Exhibition

The International Radio Festival and Swatch present the world’s first photographic collection of International Radio Faces.

The past five editions of the International Radio Festival (IRF) have offered an intriguing insight to a multitude of different radio cultures and their presenters from around the globe. One discovery we made was that all radio cultures share the same jovial saying: “You have the perfect face for radio!”

It was also discovered that most radio presenters rarely hold a professionally taken photographic portrait of themselves, and on that note the IRF joined forces with Swatch to launch the world’s first collection of international radio faces (IRFaces); faces of local and national radio heroes from around the world who attended and showcased their radio programmes at the International Radio Festival.

The official launch of the International Radio Faces photographic collection will take place during the 6th edition of the IRF, 14-30 August 2015. More info here: http://www.internationalradiofest.com/international-radio-faces/

This year’s edition of the International Radio Festival will feature 40 radio stations and more than 60 key industry professionals from around the world coming together in the serene setting of Zurich to celebrate all things “Radio”. Being the only event of its kind the IRF will once again showcase some of the best music programmes and formats, offering those tuned-in the rare opportunity to “Listen to how the World Sounds”. Broadcasting from its exclusive radio studio at the festival hotel, FourPoints by Sheraton Sihlcity, visitors can watch how radio is produced by some of the world’s leading radio presenters and radio stations – live on-air across Zurich on FM 87.8 MHz & 88.1 MHz, on DAB+ across Switzerland, online around the world, and back at home on the airwaves of our international radio guests, reaching millions of listeners around the globe!

As well as the radio shows the IRF also brings together national and international radio and music industry professionals to deliberate and discuss new developments, chances and challenges that music radio faces today. Speakers at this year’s event include: Samantha Moy, BBC 6Music, Mark Ramsey, USA Veteran Media Strategist, Gerrit Schumann, Deezer, Daniel Rérat, Boyz Noise Records.

IRF “On Air” Program
International Radio stations broadcasting as part of the “On Air” program include: International Radio stations broadcasting as part of the “On Air” program include: Italian public broadcaster RAI2 & RAI3, Nogoum Radio Egypt, KissFM Melbourne, Rete 3 Switzerland, JIL FM Algeria, InterFM Tokyo, Love Radio Shanghai, IFM Tunesia, BBC Radio ONE and Soho Radio UK, Campus Radio WUML and PRIDE Radio USA, BIG FM India, and featuring illustrious music makers such as Richard Dorfmeister and Mark Jones.

Each station will broadcast a radio show with its own music programme in their local language. The IRF is the only international radio festival in the world, which broadcasts an on-air program celebrating the most consumed and most influential medium in the world – music radio. The boutique event has blossomed into one of the most important meetings of the global radio landscape, welcoming radio producers, industry professionals and radio jockeys from around the world to join together in Zurich.

You can experience the IRF either live at it’s exclusive radio studio at the festival hotel FourPoints by Sheraton Sihlcity, or on-air-online just about anywhere around the world; and on FM around Zurich and on DAB+ across Switzerland. The IRF Radio Studio is also open to the public on most days from 8am to 10pm weekdays, and past midnight on weekends.

IRF B2B Forum
The IRF Conference & B2B Forum 2015 takes place on Thursday 27th August 2015, at Zurich’s Kaufleuten, bringing together national and international radio and music industry professionals to deliberate and discuss new developments, chances and challenges music radio faces today. The IRF B2B Forum is organised in partnership with Sound Diplomacy, the world’s leading music market development agency. – See more at: http://www.internationalradiofest.com/irf-conference-programme-2015/

About the international Radio Festival
Founded in 2010, the IRF is a Zurich-based organization, being the FIRST and ONLY international radio festival of its kind, celebrating the world’s most consumed medium — Music Radio. A must-attend event, the IRF brings together Music Radio Anchors, Radio Programming Heads, Record Labels, Music Managers & Agents, Lifestyle Brands/Services and their Marketing & Advertising Agencies, Media Professionals and Educational Establishments. The IRF is the key place where the Music Radio world comes together to celebrate and showcase some of the best music programmes, to deliberate and collaborate, to network and to discover trends about their Industry. The IRF was as a finalist in the 2011 British Swiss Business Awards, and invited by the Swiss Federal Government to be part of their presence during the 2012 London Olympic Games – they will also be at the 2016 Rio Olympics.
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