While Schlager music was proscribed, the station played a vital role in promoting German-language Austropop tunes.

Transmissions include the survey of the Austrian record charts, since 1967 presented by the weekly Austria Top 40 programme.

Band contests like Ö3-Soundcheck promoted the career of Austrian music groups such as SheSays, Luttenberger*Klug, Mondscheiner, and Excuse Me Moses.

The station also broadcasts via satellite television, with a display showing the previous, current and upcoming tracks, the time and other information such as traffic reports.

The station's website provides latest reports and information, record charts, a studio webcam, streaming audio, and a daily playlist reaching back to 2009.