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| Radio station ( private ) | |
| Program type | Adult Contemporary |
| reception | analogue terrestrial , cable , DAB + , web radio |
| Reception area |
 Rhineland-Palatinate and neighboring areas (VHF)
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| Start of transmission | April 30, 1986 |
| owner | Rheinland-Pfälzische Rundfunk GmbH & Co. KG |
| executive Director | Tobias Heger |
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RPR1. (for Rheinland-Pfälzische Rundfunk GmbH & Co. KG ) is a private radio broadcaster from Rhineland-Palatinate.
RPR1. was founded in 1985 from the predecessor Rotavision Produktionsgesellschaft für Film- und Rundfunkprogramm mbH . The broadcast started on April 30, 1986 at 6:30 p.m. The program is thus one of the first nationwide private radio broadcasters in Germany.
history
The legal basis for private VHF broadcasting in Rhineland-Palatinate was the state law on an experiment with broadband cable with the amendment law of December 20, 1984. First there were four provider associations, each with their own program profile, which started on April 30, 1986 in Rhineland-Palatinate on the same frequency (initially only 103.6 MHz) at different times (so-called frequency splitting): RPR (time share 71.855%), PRO Radio 4 ( private broadcasting organization ; 15.155%), LR ( radio on the left bank of the Rhine ; 6.625% ) and Radio 85 (6.365%). Radio 85, the broadcaster of the major publishers, soon ceased operations, pointing out that there was no economic profitability; its airtime was taken over by RPR. While PRO Radio 4 and RPR were commercially oriented broadcasters, the Mainz-based LR brought an alternative and commercial radio program. There were local programs from Ludwigshafen , Mainz , Koblenz and Trier (as part of PRO Radio 4, for example, the Rosa Welle from Mainz or TR 1 from Trier). In 1989 the frequency chain was put out to tender again by the LPR , and RPR alone was awarded the contract from 1990; PRO Radio 4 was allowed to continue broadcasting until 1991.
In the early 1990s, Radio RPR also received the second nationwide FM transmitter chain in Rhineland-Palatinate. A hit program called RPR Zwei was broadcast on these frequencies from December 9, 1991 to August 4, 2003 . After the advertising market for a program for an older target group deteriorated, according to the company, the bigFM Rhineland-Palatinate program has been broadcast via the chain since then . The production takes place under the direction of RPR in close cooperation with the partner program bigFM. In 2005 RPR2 started again as an internet radio.
Since then, RPR1. expanded its Internet presence and since January 1, 2007 has offered various specialty music channels (channels / playlists), such as "RPR1.Rock", "RPR1.80er" and "RPR1.Workout" as well as six regional information channels in Internet on.
Tim Grunert is the program director. He succeeds Karsten Kröger (previously head of programming at the youth broadcaster bigFM ) and Dirk Alexander Lude , who was the station group's chief reporter until mid-2015.
program
RPR1. is an adult contemporary format (AC), i.e. the target group is 14 to 49 year olds. A mix of pop and rock music, news, traffic information, reports, comedy and advertising is broadcast around the clock. The program is designed for transparency and largely dispenses with special broadcasts. Radio “personalities” such as Bülent Ceylan , Paul Panzer , Heiner Knallinger or Sven Hieronymus (“I can cry, I cry”), who presented their first skits at RPR, have become popular in the past .
The moderators include: Laura Nowak, Ben Salzner, Jens Baumgart, Andreas Kunze , Ina Meyer, John Seegert, Selina Schmitt, Bob Murawka, Nima Djavid, Reiner Meutsch, Daniel Kaiser, Audrey Hannah , Tom Nitzsche, Sabine Koppers and Dominik Jung .
Former moderators include Frank Laufenberg (1991 to 1996 Pop!), Torsten Eikmeier (until 2019), Kate Menzyk (until August 2016), Sebastian Röbke (until October 2015), Nadja Gontermann (until December 2013), Sarah Berg (until November 2013), Julian Krafftzig (until October 2013), Lars-Christian Karde (until July 31, 2011), Sarah von Neuburg (until July 31, 2011), Markus Appelmann (until 2010), Julia Porath (until July 2011 ), Christian Haacke (until 2005), Tillmann Uhrmacher , Boris Müller (until 2002), Stefan Moser , Bernd Schmellenkamp (1986 to 1996), Thomas Sauer, Walter Freiwald , Jörg Musiol, Rainer Pleyer, Peter Millowitsch, Mariele Millowitsch, Bernd Knopp , Hans-Peter Hain and Kai Zorn (until 2019).
Events
From 2005 to 2014 RPR hosted the annual " Rheinland-Pfalz Open Air " in Mainz at the State Chancellery. In addition, the station presents itself at events such as the “ Rhineland-Palatinate Day ” or “ Rhine in Flames ” in Koblenz with a stage program, as well as at the “Day of German Unity” 2017 in Mainz with a main stage.
Regional studios
The station has some regional content in its program. For this purpose, a regional section is regularly attached to the main news. It runs simultaneously in four (Ludwigshafen am Rhein / Kaiserslautern, Trier, Mainz and Koblenz / Cologne) different editions in the respective parts of the country. In addition, RPR1 sends. regionalized radio reports several times a day. Regional reporting is prescribed by the State Center for Media and Communication Rhineland-Palatinate (LMK) for the licensing of the broadcaster.
Radio RPR1. operates regional studios in:
- Koblenz
- Cologne
- Ludwigshafen am Rhein
- Mainz
- trier
- Kaiserslautern , including the official stadium radio of 1. FC Kaiserslautern
The glass regional studio in the Zeilgalerie in Frankfurt was closed again shortly after opening in 1993. In addition, there were glass studios in the Mannheim City Garden (square N5, today “engelhorn sports”) and later an office in Mannheim's city center (square K1) and a glass studio in the Olivandenhof in Cologne.
reception
RPR1. in the whole of Rhineland-Palatinate , in the south of North Rhine-Westphalia and parts of the Ruhr area , in Saarland , central and southern Hesse , in northern and central Baden , in the highlands of Lower Franconia in Bavaria , in the Belgian eastern cantons and in Luxembourg . The transmitter locations, which have been operated by the Düsseldorf transmitter network operator Uplink Network GmbH since April 1, 2018 , in detail:
| Channel | VHF | power | region |
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| Ahrweiler ( Heckenbach-Schöneberg ) | 103.5 MHz | 30 kW | Studio Rhineland (Cologne) |
| Edenkoben ( Kalmit ) | 103.6 MHz | 25 kW | Studio Rhein-Neckar-Palatinate |
| Grünstadt (Mertesheim) | 103.3 MHz | 0.05 kW | Studio Rhein-Neckar-Palatinate |
| Kleinkarlbach ( Battenberg-Steinbrunnerweg ) | 91.1 MHz | 0.01 kW | Studio Rhein-Neckar-Palatinate |
| Bad Dürkheim ( Friedelsheim ) | 98.1 MHz | 0.05 kW | Studio Rhein-Neckar-Palatinate |
| Bad Bergzabern (Stäffelsberg) | 103.3 MHz | 0.25 kW | Studio Rhein-Neckar-Palatinate |
| Pirmasens ( Kettrichhof ) | 104.7 MHz | 5 kW | Studio Rhein-Neckar-Palatinate |
| Zweibrücken (FMT Am Funkturm) | 103.3 MHz | 2 kW | Studio Rhein-Neckar-Palatinate |
| Eßweiler ( Bornberg ) | 103.1 MHz | 25 kW | Studio Rhein-Neckar-Palatinate |
| Mainz (Bonifatiusturm) | 98.1 MHz | 0.2 kW | Studio Rhein-Main |
| Mainz ( Ober-Olm ) | 100.6 MHz | 20 kW | Studio Rhein-Main |
| Bad Kreuznach ( Schanzenkopf ) | 89.7 MHz | 0.1 kW | Studio Rhein-Main |
| Idar-Oberstein ( Hillschied ) | 100.3 MHz | 1 kW | Studio Rhein-Main |
| Koblenz ( Kühkopf ) | 101.5 MHz | 40 kW | Studio Rhineland |
| Lahntal (Diez-Diezer Hain) | 101.2 MHz | 0.1 kW | Studio Rhineland |
| Bad Marienberg ( Marienberger Höhe ) | 102.9 MHz | 25 kW | Studio Rhineland |
| Daun ( Eifel ) | 102.1 MHz | 20 kW | Studio Eifel-Saar-Mosel |
| Saarburg ( Schoden-Geisberg ) | 102.6 MHz | 20 kW | Studio Eifel-Saar-Mosel |
| Trier ( Petrisberg ) | 102.9 MHz | 0.1 kW | Studio Eifel-Saar-Mosel |
| Hunsrück ( Haardtkopf ) | 100.1 MHz | 50 kW | Studio Eifel-Saar-Mosel |
Since October 27, 2017, RPR1. can also be received via DAB +. The national web radio version is used. The free capacities in the SWR-RP multiplex on channel 11A are used.
criticism
Critics accuse the leaders often prefer to emphasize visual, informational and versatile content increasingly from the program ( see also Dudelfunk ) thereby using simple radio sweepstakes to win and high money gains new listeners. The music selection is also often criticized as being too monotonous ( heavy rotation ). The competition “What would you do for 100,000 euros?” Also attracted criticism. One listener wanted to have all her teeth pulled for the amount, another to go swimming with a crocodile.
Shareholder
RPR1 is operated by the Rheinland-Pfälzische Rundfunk GmbH & Co. KG. This mainly belongs to the publishers of daily newspapers from Rhineland-Palatinate. The owners of the largest shares are:
- 23.4%: via Moira Rundfunk, the Medien Union ,
- 23.4%: the VRM ,
- 20.5%: Mittelrhein-Verlag ( Rhein-Zeitung ),
- 9.2%: the SPD media holding DDVG .
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ GVBl.RP 1984 p. 241; Draft and justification: Drs. 10/747
- ↑ Landtag RP: Drs. 11/5290 p. 9
- ↑ radiojournal.de: 10 years ago: Radio 4 goes on air
- ↑ The name Rosa Welle goes back to the organizer of the Mainzer Window, the Frankfurt advertising paper Blitz-Tip , which was printed on pink paper and was therefore also known as "Rosa Blättche"; see: RPR1. turns 30
- ↑ radiojunkie.de: Radio 4 with program schemes and audio examples
- ^ Contributions to 50 years of history of the state of Rhineland-Palatinate . Verlag der Landesarchivverwaltung Rheinland-Pfalz, 1997, p. 366 ( limited preview in Google Book search).
- ↑ radiojournal.de: Goodbye RPR Zwei
- ↑ Torsten Eikmeier - 1971–2019
- ↑ KEK-online