State broadcaster

from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Radio Bremen Norddeutscher Rundfunk Rundfunk Berlin-Brandenburg Mitteldeutscher Rundfunk Bayerischer Rundfunk Südwestrundfunk Saarländischer Rundfunk Hessischer Rundfunk Westdeutscher Rundfunk Kölntext
About this picture
State broadcasters of the ARD

Country broadcasters called the nine broadcasters of public law , which for one or for several German states radio and television host.

A distinction must be made between the state broadcasting corporations and those public broadcasters who organize programs for all of Germany: ZDF , Deutsche Welle and Deutschlandradio .

The nine state broadcasting corporations and the institution of federal law Deutsche Welle have merged in the ARD .

Overview

State broadcaster
Abbreviation
logo
Seat
Income 2009 (EUR million) Fee
income 2009 (EUR million)
Positions
founding
Transmission area
Population in the
transmission area (million)
Bavarian radio BR BR logo Munich 1000 0879 2,893 1949 Bavaria 12.9
Hessian radio Mr HR logo Frankfurt am Main 0481 0407 1,900 1948 Hesse 06.2
Central German radio MDR MDR logo Leipzig 0636 0556 2.023 1991 Saxony , Saxony-Anhalt , Thuringia 08.5
Northern German Radio NDR NDR logo Hamburg 1083 0956 3,447 1956 Hamburg , Lower Saxony , Schleswig-Holstein (all since 1956), Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania (since 1992) 14.2
Radio Bremen Radio Bremen logo Bremen 0097 (2008) 0041 (2008) 0300 1945 Bremen 00.7
Broadcasting Berlin-Brandenburg rbb RBB logo Berlin , Potsdam 0395 (2008) 0344 (2008) 1,650 2003 Berlin , Brandenburg 06.0
Saarland radio SR SR logo Saarbrücken 0116 (2008) 0064 (2008) 0635 1957 Saarland 01.0
Südwestrundfunk SWR SWR logo Stuttgart 1190 (2008) 0959 (2008) 3,648 1998 Baden-Württemberg , Rhineland-Palatinate 15.0
West German Broadcasting Cologne WDR WDR logo Cologne 1350 1140 4.210 1956 North Rhine-Westphalia 17.9

A distinction is made between multi-country broadcasters such as North German Broadcasting (NDR) ( Hamburg , Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania , Lower Saxony , Schleswig-Holstein ) and broadcasters that only supply one country such as Bavarian Broadcasting (BR). However, multi-state broadcasters operate their own programs to supply the individual federal states (e.g. SWR Rhineland-Palatinate ) and set up state broadcasting houses (e.g. Landesfunkhaus Hannover of the NDR) for reporting from the relevant state capitals that are not the headquarters of the broadcasting company , and to produce own programs for the respective countries.

In order to broadcast the television program, which was very elaborate at the time, the companies formed the working group of the public broadcasters of the Federal Republic of Germany (ARD). Within the ARD, it is precisely divided which broadcasting company contributes to the joint programs and how (cf. e.g. the production of the Tatort series by different broadcasters). A quota is set at which each institution contributes to the entertainment and information program according to its financial strength and capacity. The foreign correspondents are also assigned to individual agencies.

History and Development

Development of the average size and number of LRAs

The division of the transmission areas was initially based on the wishes of the occupying powers after the Second World War.

In West Germany only six broadcasting corporations were initially established: The British preferred one corporation for the entire area they managed and established the Northwest German Broadcasting Corporation (NWDR). Likewise the French, which resulted in the Südwestfunk (SWF) in the French occupation zone . The Americans, on the other hand, preferred a rather small-scale division according to the newly created states, which resulted in Bayerischer Rundfunk (BR), Süddeutscher Rundfunk (SDR), Hessischer Rundfunk (hr) and Radio Bremen .

As a reaction to the popular uprising in the GDR on June 17, 1953 , the Sender Free Berlin (SFB) was founded as a separate broadcasting company, whereby the State of Berlin left the broadcasting area of ​​the NWDR. In 1955 it was decided to split the rest of the NWDR into North German Broadcasting (NDR) and West German Broadcasting Cologne (WDR) on January 1, 1956. As the last institution in West Germany, after the accession of the Saarland in 1957, the Saarländische Rundfunk (SR) was converted from a GmbH into a public broadcasting corporation.

In East Germany in the GDR, the German TV Broadcasting Corporation (DFF) was established, which ceased operations on December 31, 1991 after the fall of the Wall . Instead, two new broadcasters were founded in 1991: the multi-state broadcasting company Mitteldeutscher Rundfunk (MDR) for Saxony , Saxony-Anhalt and Thuringia and the Ostdeutsche Rundfunk Brandenburg (ORB). Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania joined the NDR; from then on, the SFB broadcast for all of Berlin.

Since then, the public broadcasting landscape has changed through mergers: In 1998, SWF and SDR were merged into the new station Südwestrundfunk (SWR); SFB and ORB merged in 2003 to form Rundfunk Berlin-Brandenburg (rbb).

Timeline of the state broadcasters and other public broadcasters since 1945 (including occupation and GDR)
State / transmission area 1940s 1950s 1960s 1970s 1980s 1990s 2000s 2010s
1945 6th 7th 8th 9 0 1 2 3 4th 5 6th 7th 8th 9 0 1 2 3 4th 5 6th 7th 8th 9 0 1 2 3 4th 5 6th 7th 8th 9 0 1 2 3 4th 5 6th 7th 8th 9 1990 1 2 3 4th 5 6th 7th 8th 9 0 1 2 3 4th 5 6th 7th 8th 9 today
Berlin (West) NWDR NWDR SFB SFB RBB
Berlin (East) Radio Berlin Berlin radio Broadcasting of the GDR DFF / Funkhaus Berlin
Brandenburg DFF / LSB ORB
Saxony-Anhalt Central German radio DFF / Radio Saxony-Anhalt MDR
Saxony Radio Leipzig DFF / Saxony Radio
Thuringia DFF / Thuringia 1
Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania Berlin radio DFF / RMV NDR
Schleswig-Holstein NWDR NWDR NDR
Hamburg Radio Hamburg
Lower Saxony
North Rhine-Westphalia WDR
Bremen Radio Bremen Radio Bremen
Hesse Radio Frankfurt Hessischer Rundfunk (HR)
Bavaria Radio Munich Bavarian Broadcasting (BR)
Baden-Wuerttemberg (North) Radio Stuttgart SDR SWR
Baden-Wuerttemberg (South) SWF SWF
Rhineland-Palatinate Radio Koblenz
Saarland Radio Saarbrücken Saarländischer Rundfunk (SR)
foreign countries Radio Berlin International (RBI) German wave German wave
German wave
Berlin (West)   RIAS
  Germany radio
Germany Deutschlandfunk (DLF)
DS culture
ZDF
  • State broadcaster in the Federal Republic of Germany
  • British Zone of Occupation Broadcasting Company
  • Broadcasting company of the American Zone of Occupation or the USIA
  • Broadcasting company of the French zone of occupation or the Saarland
  • Broadcasting company of the Soviet zone of occupation and the GDR