Radio day on Friday, 14 November 2025 in Cottbus: Free radio to join in

The Radio Day on Friday, 14 November 2025, in Cottbus will be dedicated to independent radio: interested parties will learn how to produce their own radio programmes and podcasts in various workshops - from brainstorming to recording and publishing. The new Free Radio studio for Cottbus will be officially opened and experts will discuss the history, significance and perspectives of free radio.

Time: Friday, 13 November 2025, 1.30 - 9 p.m.
Location: Schlosskirchpassage, Burgstraße 22, 03046 Cottbus
Admission is free. All interested parties are cordially invited. Please register for the workshops at FreiesRadioCottbusLausitz(at)web.de is requested by 9 November 2025.

Starting at 1.30 pm, participants will learn under guidance how to produce jingles and other acoustic elements for their own radio programmes or podcasts. A DJing workshop will teach participants how to play and mix music themselves using simple software.

The new studio at Burgstraße 22 will be officially opened at 5 pm.

From5.30 pm, experts and activists from the free radio scene will discuss the history, significance and perspectives of free radio, including Alex Körner (Radio Corax, Halle), Seena Rahmani (Radio Connection, Berlin), Stefan Tenner (expert on media policy, Free Radio for Cottbus), Niki Matita (Free Radio Berlin e.V.), moderated by Johanna Tirnthal (Project Coordination Free Radio for Cottbus and Lusatia).

From 6.30 pm, the radio day will come to a cosy end with a buffet, drinks and music.

About the project

Free radios are non-commercial, participatory media that are open to everyone. The Radio Day is the conclusion of the "Radio Driving Licence" project, funded by the Brandenburg Participation Fund. In this project, the BTU was able to offer numerous workshops between July and November 2025 in which interested parties learnt the basics of radio making.
In the "Free Radio for Cottbus and Lusatia" project, funded until 2027 by the Lusatia Cultural Plan project fund, a free radio station is being set up for the region - with an open-access studio, regular editorial meetings and a weekly radio programme on DAB+ channel 12D and as a stream on the internet.