Berlin wave

The Berliner Welle was a radio program organized by the GDR State Broadcasting Committee . It existed from 1959 to 1971 and was broadcast on medium wave and FM .

history

On November 22, 1959, the Berliner Welle replaced the previous 2nd program of the Berliner Rundfunk . The program produced in the East Berlin radio station Nalepastraße was intended to address the Berlin listeners, expressly also to the West Berliners , for whom special programs were planned (“From Berlin - for Berlin”, “Around the Ku-Damm”). When the GDR policy broke away from all-German efforts in the early 1970s and the term Germany was subsequently deleted from the public, this also affected the German broadcaster . On November 15, 1971, this was merged with Berliner Welle to form the voice of the GDR .

program

In the beginning, the prime time of the Berliner Welle did not start until 4.30 p.m. Before that, apart from a short early program, the broadcasts of the Berliner Rundfunk were taken over. It was not until 1963 that morning broadcasts were extended to 1.30 p.m., followed by a break in broadcasting until 4.30 p.m. (later until 3.30 p.m.). In addition to the programs already mentioned for the West Berliners, the wave had other verbal contributions in the program, such as “For the factory worker”, “For agriculture”. The 20-minute news program broadcast at 8:00 p.m. (later 6:00 p.m.) was called “The Current Berlin Wave”. In addition to the word programs, there was a wide range of music programs, ranging from classical music to hits.

Frequencies

Until 1962, the Berliner Welle was broadcast on the Köpenick medium wave frequency 1358 kHz (20 kW) and on VHF on 90.65 and 98.6 MHz. On December 1, 1962, there was an extensive frequency change, after which the medium waves 656 kHz (Potsdam, 20 kW) and 1358 kHz (Köpenick), as well as only one VHF frequency 99.7 MHz (Berlin) was transmitted . From December 1964, stereo broadcasts were also broadcast on the VHF channel.

literature

• Siegfried Hermann, Wolf Kahle, Joachim Kniestedt: The German radio. Fascination with a technical development. Heidelberg: v. Decker, 1994. ISBN 3-7685-2394-2
• Neues Deutschland, born 1959–1962, via zefys.staatsbibliothek-berlin.de

proof

1. ^ André Scheer: Radio in the German Democratic Republic . Shortwave press service, August 1, 1991.