Folx TV

Folx TV — also known as Folx Music Television — is a German-language free-to-air music television channel dedicated to the Volksmusik (folk music) and Schlager genres. It positions itself as the number-one television channel for Volksmusik and Schlager, offering current news, music videos, artist portraits, live shows and interviews from the world of folk music. The channel is aimed at audiences in Germany, Austria and Switzerland, the three main German-speaking markets, and it describes itself as a platform that gives musicians from the Volksmusik scene a stage and helps them produce music videos. Although it serves a German-speaking audience, Folx TV is based in Slovenia. Its broadcasts originate from the Slovenian capital, Ljubljana, where the music department is located. The channel also maintains offices in Hechingen in Baden-Württemberg, Germany, and in Klagenfurt am Wörthersee in Carinthia, Austria. Its quiz programming has been produced in Unterföhring near Munich since 26 February 2016. Folx TV began broadcasting on 15 April 2013 via the Astra satellite at the 19.2 degrees East orbital position. For more than a decade it was available as a free-to-air satellite channel across German-speaking Europe. That satellite distribution ended on 24 March 2025, but the channel continues to be available online as a livestream, and its website remains an active news and video portal. The programming schedule is built around music and audience participation. Core shows include Folx Box, in which viewer music requests are fulfilled; Folx !nteraktiv, featuring information and guests on Volksmusik and Schlager topics; Folx on Tour; the live-audience show Folx Stadl, where musicians perform in front of a live public; and the call-in game show Folx Quiz. Presenters have included Lara Bianca Fuchs and Hansi Berger for Folx Stadl, and Robert Klug, Julia Dhein, Franziska Bleicher and Jane Sommer for Folx Quiz, among others. As a niche music broadcaster, Folx TV occupies a specific place in the German-language media landscape: it caters to fans of traditional folk music and Schlager who are underserved by mainstream pop and rock channels. Its online presence combines television streaming with editorial content about artists such as Wolfgang Petry, Matthias Reim, Kerstin Ott, Melissa Naschenweng, Andreas Gabalier and Florian Silbereisen, reflecting the genre's core stars and events.

Folx Music Television launched on 15 April 2013 as a German-language free-to-air music channel distributed via the Astra satellite at the 19.2 degrees East orbital position. From the outset it targeted German-speaking audiences in Germany, Austria and Switzerland with a programming focus on Volksmusik and Schlager, two genres with large but often underserved audiences in those markets. The channel's editorial and music operations were based in Ljubljana, Slovenia, while additional offices were established in Hechingen in Baden-Württemberg, Germany, and Klagenfurt am Wörthersee in Carinthia, Austria. A significant expansion of its programming came with the introduction of interactive and quiz formats. On 26 February 2016, production of the Folx Quiz began in Unterföhring near Munich, adding a call-in game show to the schedule and creating a dedicated quiz department with its own presenters. Over the following years the channel built a schedule around music request shows, live-audience performances and artist-focused programming, including Folx Box, Folx !nteraktiv, Folx on Tour and Folx Stadl. The channel's presenters became familiar faces to its niche audience. Lara Bianca Fuchs and Hansi Berger hosted Folx Stadl from the music department in Ljubljana, while the quiz department in Munich featured presenters such as Robert Klug, Julia Dhein, Franziska Bleicher and Jane Sommer, along with Emily Ifeoma, Stefan Pollak and Laetitia on the Deine Chance Show. The Munich quiz operation ran until 2018. For nearly twelve years, Folx TV was available as a free-to-air satellite channel across German-speaking Europe. That era ended on 24 March 2025, when satellite distribution ceased. However, the channel did not shut down: it continues to be available as an online livestream, and its website operates as a news, video and artist-information portal. The online presence covers current events and personalities in the Volksmusik and Schlager world, from veteran stars such as Wolfgang Petry and Matthias Reim to contemporary performers such as Kerstin Ott and Melissa Naschenweng, as well as major live events and television shows in the genre.

• 2025

  Satellite distribution of Folx TV ends; the channel continues as an online livestream.

• 2018

  The Munich quiz department, which produced Folx Quiz and Deine Chance Show, operates until 2018.

• 2016

  Production of the Folx Quiz begins in Unterföhring near Munich.

• 2013

  Folx Music Television begins broadcasting via the Astra satellite at 19.2 degrees East.

The number-one television channel for Volksmusik and Schlager, giving folk music artists a platform and helping them produce music videos.

• Folx Box

  A music request show broadcast Tuesdays and Thursdays from 19:45, fulfilling viewer music wishes.

• Folx !nteraktiv

  A show with information and guests on Volksmusik and Schlager topics, broadcast Tuesdays and Thursdays from 15:30.

• Folx on Tour

  A program broadcast Sundays from 20:15.

• Folx Stadl

  A show in which musicians perform before a live audience, broadcast Saturdays from 20:15.

• Folx Quiz

  A call-in game show produced in Unterföhring near Munich from 26 February 2016.

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