Music as a lifestyle. What was the phenomenon of the 90s “RadioDejas”?

For most contemporaries – current thirty-year-olds and the older generation – “RadioDejas” and “Super FM” are first associated with Ugi Poli and Jānis Kraukli, pioneers of the radio and DJ profession in independent Latvia. Both of them created the first independent radio station “Radiodejas” in the early nineties, which initially broadcast in the ultra-shortwave (68.93 UĪV) range, as broadcasting in the FM range was not yet officially allowed at that time.

“”Radiodejas” is a phenomenon of the youth generation of that time, which was led to the success of independent radio along a politically, economically and socially difficult path by the enthusiasm and persistence of Uģis Polis and Jānis Krauklis, which captivates tens, hundreds and later thousands of listeners. Different characters, one common goal and observation of what happens to achievements when the goal becomes a way of life. In the early 1990s, “Radiodejas” and its sequel “Super FM” rapidly Europeanized the cultural space of Latvia on the radio airwaves and became the flagship of the Western music revolution in independent Latvia. Nineties , youth, endless opportunities, hopes and progress towards a democratic Europe covers the documentary story of the birth of independent radio in Latvia. For the first time in the history of radio, the film offers an opportunity to look behind the scenes and see how independent radio was born way back in 1992, later becoming a lifestyle vector among the youth .