Radio Leverkusen

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Radio Leverkusen
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Radio station ( private )
Program type Local radio
reception analog terrestrial , cable , live stream
Reception area Leverkusen
Start of transmission May 8, 1991
executive Director Dietmar Henkel
List of radio stations
Website

Radio Leverkusen is the local radio for the city of Leverkusen . It went on air on May 8, 1991. The editor-in-chief is Daniel Hambüchen.

program

Radio Leverkusen broadcasts its program from a local studio in the Wiesdorf district of Leverkusen . The program includes four hours of local programming per week and three hours on Saturday. The local morning show runs from Monday to Friday from 6:00 a.m. to 10:00 a.m., on Saturday there is a morning show from 9:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m. In addition, Radio Leverkusen transfers the Bundesliga matches of Bayer 04 Leverkusen . Local news runs Monday through Friday from 6:30 a.m. to 6:30 p.m. and Saturdays from 8:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. In accordance with legal requirements, Radio Leverkusen broadcasts one hour of citizens' radio every day . This is broadcast from Monday to Saturday from 9:00 p.m. to 10:00 p.m. and on Sundays from 8:00 p.m. to 9:00 p.m.

During the rest of the time, the program is taken over by Radio NRW from Oberhausen and their world news on the hour. Radio NRW is the supporting program provider for all local broadcasters in North Rhine-Westphalia. In the case of current events, Radio Leverkusen can go straight out of the studio on the air and report quickly and up-to-date on the event. So far, this has happened in the event of major accidents or fires.

Radio Leverkusen has been the top reacher in the city for years.

Moderators

The morning program will be moderated by Carmen Schmalfeldt and Thomas Wagner. The local news is presented by Jenny Weißenfels, Jana Willms and others.

Trivia

In 2015, Radio Leverkusen was part of the RTL II Reality Soap Cologne 50667 . The reason for this was that the character "Anna Kowalski", played by Yvonne Pferderer, was doing an internship at the station. The morning presenters Schmalfeldt and Wagner also appear in some episodes in which they play themselves.

Awards

The editorial team received radio awards from the LfM for their work:

  • 2004 Full price for "We for our city - spring cleaning in Leverkusen"
  • 2005 full price for the "Radio Leverkusen lie detector"
  • 2006 Recognition award for "The Post Parking Barrier"
  • 2017 Best Morning Show Award for "Radio Leverkusen am Morgen mit Carmen Schmalfeldt"
  • 2018 nomination "Best Moderator - Carmen Schmalfeldt" German Radio Prize (Grimme Institute)
  • 2019 Award "Best Moderator" to Carmen Schmalfeldt (German Radio Award (Grimme Institute))
  • 2019 "Moderation" award for Carmen Schmalfeldt and Sebastian Poullie (NRW Radio Award 2019)

Companies

The operator of the local station is Radio Leverkusen GmbH und Co. KG, with a stake (75%) of the DuMont media group and a stake (25%) of the city of Leverkusen. Marketing, marketing, technology and administrative tasks are handled by HSG Hörfunk Service GmbH from Cologne, which also looks after other local radio stations in the Rhineland . These include Radio Cologne , Radio Bonn / Rhein-Sieg , Radio Erft , Radio Euskirchen , Radio Berg and Radio Rur .

reception

Radio Leverkusen covers the city of Leverkusen with the suburbs on the frequency 107.6 MHz. The range is only greater to the east and extends to a line from Wuppertal - Wipperfürth - Kürten . In the urban area, the transmitter can be received via cable on 101.05 MHz. It is also possible to play it on the Internet via live stream worldwide.

Since May 2016, UPLINK Network GmbH from Düsseldorf has been responsible for operating the VHF frequencies , which is replacing the Bundespost's successor, Media Broadcast , as part of a market liberalization .

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Radio Leverkusen celebrates anniversary ; rp-online.de, May 7, 2016, accessed on November 7, 2016
  2. ↑ http://www.leverkusen.com/presse/db/presse.php?view=00028946 Radio Leverkusen continues to be the front runner
  3. ↑ Stephan Munder: UPLINK NETWORK GmbH takes over parts of the radio NRW network. In: radioWOCHE - Current radio news, FM news, digital radio news and radio jobs. May 18, 2016, accessed May 20, 2016 .