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The Westdeutscher Rundfunk (WDR, officially "Westdeutscher Rundfunk Köln", translated "Western German Broadcasting [in] Cologne") is a German
Germany

Germany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a country in Central Europe. It is bordered to the north by the North Sea, Denmark, and the Baltic Sea; to the east by Poland and the Czech Republic; to the south by Austria and Switzerland; and to the west by France, Luxembourg, Belgium, and the Netherlands....
 public-broadcasting
Public broadcasting

Public broadcasting includes radio, television and other electronic mass media outlets that receive some or all of their funding from the public....
 institution based in the Federal State
States of Germany

Germany is a federation consisting of sixteen states, known in German language as L?nder . Since Land is the literal German word for "country", the term Bundesl?nder is commonly used colloquially, as it is more specific, though technically incorrect within the corpus of German law....
 of North Rhine-Westphalia
North Rhine-Westphalia

North Rhine - Westphalia is the westernmost and - in terms of population and economic output - the largest States of Germany of Germany. North Rhine - Westphalia has over 18 million inhabitants, contributes about 22% of Germany's gross domestic product and comprises a land area of 34,083 km? ....
 with its main office in Cologne. WDR is a constituent member of the consortium of German public-broadcasting institutions, ARD
ARD (broadcaster)

ARD , is a joint organization of Germany's regional public-service broadcasters. It was founded in West Germany in 1950 to represent the common interests of the new, decentralized post-war broadcasting services — in particular, the introduction of a joint television network....
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The Westdeutscher Rundfunk (WDR, officially "Westdeutscher Rundfunk Köln", translated "Western German Broadcasting [in] Cologne") is a German
Germany

Germany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a country in Central Europe. It is bordered to the north by the North Sea, Denmark, and the Baltic Sea; to the east by Poland and the Czech Republic; to the south by Austria and Switzerland; and to the west by France, Luxembourg, Belgium, and the Netherlands....
 public-broadcasting
Public broadcasting

Public broadcasting includes radio, television and other electronic mass media outlets that receive some or all of their funding from the public....
 institution based in the Federal State
States of Germany

Germany is a federation consisting of sixteen states, known in German language as L?nder . Since Land is the literal German word for "country", the term Bundesl?nder is commonly used colloquially, as it is more specific, though technically incorrect within the corpus of German law....
 of North Rhine-Westphalia
North Rhine-Westphalia

North Rhine - Westphalia is the westernmost and - in terms of population and economic output - the largest States of Germany of Germany. North Rhine - Westphalia has over 18 million inhabitants, contributes about 22% of Germany's gross domestic product and comprises a land area of 34,083 km? ....
 with its main office in Cologne. WDR is a constituent member of the consortium of German public-broadcasting institutions, ARD
ARD (broadcaster)

ARD , is a joint organization of Germany's regional public-service broadcasters. It was founded in West Germany in 1950 to represent the common interests of the new, decentralized post-war broadcasting services — in particular, the introduction of a joint television network....
. As well as contributing to the output of national television channel Das Erste
Das Erste

Das Erste is the principal public broadcasting television channel in German television. It is a joint production of Germany's regional public broadcasters acting through, and coordinated by the ARD consortium....
, WDR produces the regional television service WDR Fernsehen (formerly known as WDF and West3) and six regional radio networks.

History

WDR was created in 1955, when Nordwestdeutscher Rundfunk
Nordwestdeutscher Rundfunk

Nordwestdeutscher Rundfunk was the organization responsible for public broadcasting in the Germany States of Germany of Hamburg, Lower Saxony, Schleswig-Holstein and North Rhine-Westphalia from 22 September 1945 until 31 December 1955....
 (NWDR) was split into Norddeutscher Rundfunk
Norddeutscher Rundfunk

Norddeutscher Rundfunk is a public broadcasting, based in Hamburg. In addition to the city-state of Hamburg, NDR transmits for the German states of Lower Saxony, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern and Schleswig-Holstein....
 – covering Lower Saxony, Schleswig-Holstein, and Hamburg – and Westdeutscher Rundfunk, responsible for North Rhine-Westphalia. WDR began broadcasting on two radio networks on 1 January 1956.

Television

WDR began its regional television service, Westdeutsches Fernsehen (WDF), on 17 December 1965. In 1988 the channel was renamed West3; since 1994, it has been known as WDR Fernsehen.

While the programmes are mainly run from their Köln headquarters, they also have a number of sub-regional studios contributing a regular broadcast called Lokalzeit with the addition "Regio Aachen" (Aachen
Aachen

is a historic spa town in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. It is the westernmost city of Germany, located along its borders with Belgium and the Netherlands, 65 km west of Cologne....
), "OWL aktuell" (Bielefeld
Bielefeld

Bielefeld is a district-free town in the Regierungsbezirk Detmold in the north-east of North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. It is located at on both the western and eastern slopes of the Teutoburg Forest....
), "aus Bonn" (Bonn
Bonn

Bonn is the 19th largest city in Germany. Located about 20 kilometres south of Cologne on the river Rhine in the Federal State of North Rhine-Westphalia, it was the Capital of Germany West Germany from 1949 to 1990 and the official seat of government of united Germany from 1990 to 1999....
), "aus Dortmund" (Dortmund
Dortmund

Dortmund is a city in Germany, located in the States of Germany of North Rhine-Westphalia, in the Ruhr area. Its population of 587,830 makes it the largest city in the region, 7th-largest in Germany, and 34th-largest in the European Union....
), "aus Düsseldorf" (Düsseldorf
Düsseldorf

D?sseldorf is the capital city of the Germany state of North Rhine-Westphalia. It is an economic centre of Germany. The city is situated on the River Rhine and has a high population density - the Rhine-Ruhr metropolitan area has over 10 million inhabitants alone....
), "aus Duisburg" (Duisburg
Duisburg

Duisburg is a Germany city in the western part of the Ruhr Area in North Rhine-Westphalia. It is an independent metropolitan borough within D?sseldorf ....
),"Ruhr" (Essen
Essen

Essen is a city in the center of the Ruhr Area in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. Located on the Ruhr River, its population of approximately 579,000 makes it the 7th- or 8th-largest-city in Germany....
), "Köln" (Köln and Bonn
Bonn

Bonn is the 19th largest city in Germany. Located about 20 kilometres south of Cologne on the river Rhine in the Federal State of North Rhine-Westphalia, it was the Capital of Germany West Germany from 1949 to 1990 and the official seat of government of united Germany from 1990 to 1999....
), "Münsterland" (Münster), "Südwestfalen" (Siegen
Siegen

Siegen is a city in Germany, in the south Westphalian part of the North Rhine-Westphalia, Hesse, Rhineland-Palatinate.It is a Gro?e kreisangeh?rige Stadt ....
) and "Bergisches Land" (Wuppertal
Wuppertal

||-||}Wuppertal is a city in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. It is located on the Wupper river south of the Ruhr area. Population 361,333 ....
) for each respective region. WDR has its current affairs and regional-politics studios in Düsseldorf.

Radio


  • 1LIVE
    1LIVE

    1LIVE is a radio network by the Westdeutscher Rundfunk public broadcasting corporation in Germany. It specialises in popular music aimed at the 14-29 age bracket....
     (previously L1VE: Radio Eins Live and, prior to 1995, WDR 1): popular music aimed at a young audience modelled after BBC Radio 1
    BBC Radio 1

    BBC Radio 1 is a United Kingdom international radio station operated by the BBC, specialising in current popular music throughout the day, with a slight bias to Rock music & Independent music music....
    . Special non-mainstream nighttime programmes such as "Heimatkult" with pop music from Germany or "Lauschangriff", a series of audio-books.


  • WDR 2
    WDR 2

    WDR 2 is a radio programme by the Westdeutscher Rundfunk public broadcasting company in Germany. Its focus is on contemporary pop music for an adult audience....
     (motto: Der Sender, "The Station"): adult-oriented popular music, strong emphasis on national and regional news and current affairs.


  • WDR 3: mostly classical, jazz and world music, some spoken-word features on culture and drama.


  • WDR 4 (motto: Schönes bleibt, "The beautiful endures"): mostly oriented toward senior citizens, mainly melodic German language
    German language

    German is a West Germanic languages, thus related to and classified alongside English language and Dutch language. It is one of the world's world language and the most widely spoken mother tongue in the European Union....
     music.


  • WDR 5 (previously WDR Radio 5): spoken-word programme with a focus on culture and society.


  • Funkhaus Europa 103,3 (previously WDR 5 Funkhaus Europa): originally an offshoot of WDR 5, now a joint programme with Radio Bremen
    Radio Bremen

    Radio Bremen , Germany's smallest Public broadcasting, is the legally mandated broadcaster for the city-state of Bremen . With its headquarters sited in Bremen, Radio Bremen is a member of the consortium of German public broadcasting organizations, ARD ....
     targeted at foreigners and immigrants and promoting integration efforts, with a more general world music selection. Not available over-the-air in all parts of WDR's licensed area.


The WDR radio stations are available on FM, cable, satellite and digital. WDR 2 is broadcast on two AM stations, 720 and 774 kHz, with even longer traffic announcements and the possibility to opt out for coverage of Parliament.

Despite the fact that WDR is a public broadcaster that receives a lot of its funds through licence fees, 1LIVE, WDR 2 and WDR 4 carry daytime commercials Monday through Saturday.

WDR also produces several experimental digital radio
Digital radio

Digital radio describes radio technologies which carry information as a digital signal, by means of a digital modulation method. The most common meaning is digital audio broadcasting technologies, but the topic may also cover TV broadcasting as well as many two-way digital wireless communication technologies....
 channels, which are mostly variations on 1LIVE and WDR2.

See also

  • German television
    German television

    As the world's fourth largest economy and with the largest population in the European Union, Germany today offers a vast diversity of television stations....


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