Radio Andernach
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| "Soldiers send for soldiers." | |
| Radio station (state) | |
| Program type | Information service of the press and information staff of the Bundeswehr |
| reception | analog terrestrial , livestream |
| Reception area | worldwide |
| Start of transmission | 1974/1993 |
| owner | Federal ministry of defense |
| Broadcaster | German Armed Forces ( ZOpKomBw , Support Media Department) |
| Program director | Lieutenant Colonel Bernd Stichling (Editor-in-Chief and ViSdP) |
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Radio Andernach , the troop support broadcaster of the Bundeswehr and the Cyber and Information Room Command (CIR) reports. The name Radio Andernach comes from the original location Andernach in the district of Mayen-Koblenz in Rhineland-Palatinate . In the course of merging the Battalion for Operative Information 950 as the Operative Information Center in Mayen , the Andernach site was left in 2001; the programs are now broadcast from Mayen.
history
As early as 1974, broadcasts were produced, recorded and sent to Bundeswehr units outside Germany under the identifier “Radio Andernach”, where they were presented, especially on ships. From 1993 onwards, the first regularly live radio program was broadcast, which was initially played over loudspeakers in the warehouse when deployed abroad in Somalia . In the following years, the more professional broadcasting on the locations via VHF began. The broadcasting times were continuously extended, initially with the help of public broadcasting programs. In the meantime there was a structure in which a blanket program was produced around the clock from Germany, which was mostly taken over at the various locations abroad, but was interrupted for local broadcasts for terrestrial broadcast on site. Currently (2015) the same program is broadcast worldwide, with the main part being produced at the main location in Mayen and individual broadcasting hours coming from Afghanistan and Kosovo. There is also the opportunity here for all soldiers to present their own topics in the manner of an open channel on site.
As in the early years, a program, today under the name GLOBE , will continue to be recorded and played over loudspeakers on ships. This means that the crews of Bundeswehr ships are also provided with greetings, service topics and information from Germany.
profile
The coat program is broadcast from Mayen . In addition, an operations editorial team broadcasts its regional program “Live from Mazar-E-Sharif”.
The entire 24/7 program can currently (2020) be heard in Afghanistan via VHF and in the rest of the world via live stream.
The content of the program is a conceptualized compilation of news, information, music, comedy and personal greetings from relatives and comrades to individuals and units in the area of operation. The team in the Care Media Department consists of almost 60 soldiers of different ranks and sees its program as a "bridge between the Bundeswehr soldiers abroad and their home country." Occasionally, broadcasts from public service programs are also taken over, for example for broadcasting Bundesliga games (SWR Stadium) .
Special legal position
Between December 2009 and January 31, 2010, the program could also be heard live on the Internet at www.radio-andernach.de. However, the program is not broadcasting within the meaning of Article 5, Paragraph 1, Sentence 2 of the Basic Law , as freedom of the press (and thus state independence) must be guaranteed for broadcasting. The broadcasting commission of the federal states approved an application for the first time in November 2010, which allowed Radio Andernach to offer the live stream on its homepage with password protection during the Christmas period (until January 9, 2011). The password-protected live stream has been available around the clock since March 2012. Soldiers and civilian employees of the Bundeswehr deployed abroad, as well as their relatives, are authorized to enter. The access data must be requested again by email every four months.
Operations editorial offices
Radio Andernach is currently represented in Afghanistan with a team of four local forces. There, the soldiers are looked after and the regional program is drawn up. The live program from Bosnia-Herzegovina was discontinued in May 2007. The live program from Kosovo was switched off in March 2010 and resumed in September 2013. In spring 2017 the studio in Kosovo was finally dismantled.
Technology and reception
For live operation, the productions are sent via - Musiktaxi to a federal defense satellite uplink station and processed further in the respective application area or broadcast terrestrially. Radio Andernach can be received terrestrially in Afghanistan via three VHF stations in Kabul and two in Mazar-e Sharif as well as two more in Kosovo ( Prizren and Pristina ). In Germany the program is not broadcast terrestrially. In addition, the program is distributed on the Bundeswehr intranet in Termez and password-protected on the open Internet. The satellite signal is only available as a supply for regional programs and not directly for listeners.
Radio Andernach is also experimenting with transmission via Digital Radio Mondiale .
literature
Oliver Zöllner: transmitting station in the area of operation. Radio Andernach - a station of the Bundeswehr. In: Rundfunk und Geschichte, 27th year (2001), issue 1/2, pp. 66–68.
Web links
- http://www.radio-andernach.de
- Bundeswehr YNSIDER: What is Radio Andernach? (October 28, 2019)
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b "Welcome!" - Greeting on the department's homepage, accessed on July 1, 2013
- ↑ Website imprint
- ↑ Profile on cir.bundeswehr.de
- ↑ There is always something on your ears from Radio Andernach. bundeswehr.de
- ↑ Terms of use webstream at www.radio-andernach.bundeswehr.de
- ↑ With the 14th contingent RS with your operational radio! Broadcaster's website as of April 25, 2019, accessed June 12, 2019
- ↑ Receive data on the homepage
- ↑ Digital Radio Mondiale: Home swims with you. kommando.streitkraeftebasis.de