It is broadcast by the ORF, and the programs from Radio Salzburg are made in the ORF Salzburg Studio.

It was founded in 1960 as the second radio program, after the transmitters were moved from the city Salzburg to the close Gaisberg.

It is also possible to receive the radio in Germany, till about Ingolstadt.

The Radio Salzburg only gets competition from the private regional radio Antenne Salzburg, which is very popular among young people.

The series "G´sungen und g´spielt" is also very popular, with real, unchanged folkmusic, Monday to Friday, from 6 to 8pm with Caroline Koller, Fritz Schwärz, Herbert Gschwendtner or Philipp Meikl.