The book provides a comprehensive overview of the history of Austrian broadcasting from the 1920s to the present. It describes the emergence and development of radio starting in 1924 and its expansion to include television from 1955, extending to the recent integration of radio and television with the internet. It weaves together various aspects of the subject—technical, political, economic, social, and cultural—into a coherent narrative. The common thread is the genesis of the public service mandate of broadcasting.