Radio DDR I
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| Radio station ( State Broadcasting ) | |
| reception | FM , MW |
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 German Democratic Republic
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| Broadcaster | Broadcasting of the GDR |
| business | August 1953 to December 31, 1991 |
| Program type | Full program |
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Radio DDR I (original name Radio DDR and Berlin 2nd program ) was one of the radio programs of the radio of the GDR . A mixed program of information and entertainment, the focus of which was based on what was happening in the GDR. The programs were mainly in German, supplemented with contributions in Sorbian. It was the first program in Germany that regularly contained radio broadcasts in both Sorbian languages . This began in the mid-1950s and has been continued by the ORB and the RBB and MDR to this day.
history
Beginnings
In August 1953 the GDR implemented a broadcasting reform. Three new programs emerged from the previous programs. In addition to Radio DDR I, which only received this name later, these were the Deutschlandsender and Berlin 1st program . Initially, there were still changing names for Radio DDR I , such as Berlin 2. Program or Berlin II, in contrast to Berlin 1. Program (the later Berliner Rundfunk ).
From September 11, 1955, the program was named Radio DDR .
In the mid-1950s, Radio DDR was broadcast via the Cottbus, Dresden, Leipzig, Weimar and Schwerin stations, all of which also broadcast their own regional program.
Cottbus transmitter
From 1953 there was the station Görlitz with a program in Upper Sorbian and in 1956 the station Cottbus of Radio DDR began to broadcast a program in Lower Sorbian . At the turn of the year 1956/1957, the Sorbian studio , which had previously been founded in Görlitz , moved to Cottbus . In Cottbus editorial and accompanying studio were from then until the end of the GDR I program in both Sorbian languages produced.
Radio DDR I and II
Radio DDR II followed in October 1958, broadcasting only via VHF . Radio DDR or the program then renamed Radio DDR I broadcast until 1991 and was broadcast via medium wave (531, 558, 576, 603, 729, 882 and 1044 kHz) and also VHF.
program
Well-known and popular journalists such as Heinz Florian Oertel , Hubert Knobloch , Wolfgang Hempel , Herbert Küttner , Werner Eberhardt, Waldefried Vorkefeld, Thomas Schwarz, Klaus-Jürgen Alde , Heinz-Günter Otto and Helmut Schulze worked in the sports department of Radio DDR I Part are still active today. The managing editor until the takeover was Werner Arendt and his deputy Horst Bräunlich . The sports department reported by numerous Olympic Games and football - world - and - European Championships .
The weekly Schlagerrevue with Heinz Quermann became the longest broadcast radio hit parade in the world at the age of 36. The program's editor was from 1963 to 1988 the composer, lyricist, arranger, singer and orchestra director Siegfried Jordan . Well-known moderators such as Manfred Uhlig , Reinhard Mirmseker , Peter Niedziella , Klaus-Peter Wagner , Hans Misersky , Ilona Thäsler , who still work in numerous East German state broadcasters of the ARD and enjoy great popularity, worked in the entertainment sector.
The entertainment program Alte Liebe does not rust , which toured as a radio star since 1965 through cities of the GDR for over 24 years and was broadcast in 289 issues on Sunday morning programs, is one of the longest-lived radio formats ever.
The family radio play series Neumann, ringing twice with Herbert Köfer , which was broadcast weekly from 1967 to 1981 , was one of the most popular on the GDR radio.
The program of Radio DDR I was long considered the most popular program of the GDR radio because it was not as overtly political as Voice of the GDR and not as Berlin-centered as the Berlin radio , but also included entertainment and sports elements in its program . In addition, radio plays such as Waldstrasse No. 7 were also included in the program .
With the fall of the Wall, the political reporting of the station , which was determined by the SED line, was canceled. Many disputes (including with Alfred Eichhorn ) were held, and Volkskammer meetings were broadcast live. In 1990, Radio DDR 1 made an important contribution to the reintroduction of democracy in the new federal states .
From May 1990, the regional programs of the emerging new federal states were gradually switched on to the frequencies of Radio DDR II. With that, “Radio DDR II” disappeared; Radio DDR I became “Radio DDR”, which continued to use the name until August 1, 1990. On this day - due to the impending German reunification - the name was changed to “Radio aktuell”. The last editor-in-chief was Alfred Eichhorn, who today works for Rundfunk Berlin-Brandenburg (RBB). The program then also broadcast advertising blocks for the first time . After the establishment of the independent state broadcasting corporations in the area of the former GDR ( MDR , ORB ) and Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania's accession to the broadcasting area of the NDR , they took over the broadcasting frequencies of Radio Aktuell on January 1, 1992 . The 89.0 MHz frequency of the Brocken station , the strongest FM frequency in Germany, went to the newly founded private broadcaster Radio Brocken and is now used by 89.0 RTL .
Individual evidence
- ↑ Berliner Zeitung . September 11, 1955, p. 8 ( zefys.staatsbibliothek-berlin.de [accessed on August 4, 2019; registration required]).
- ^ Rudolf Urban: The Sorbian ethnic group in the Lausitz. J. G. Herder Institute, Leipzig 1980, p. 260.
- ↑ It's about time. Pomału je na času. Report of the independent expert commission on the cultural perspectives of the Sorbs in Germany (= culture & science. 12). On behalf of the Foundation for the Sorbian People, ed. by Elka Tschernokshewa. ARCult Media, Bonn 1994, ISBN 3-930395-05-3 , p. 129.
- ^ Statistical Yearbook of the GDR 1956. Verlag Die Wirtschaft, Berlin 1956, p. 308.