SR 1 European wave

SR 1 European wave
Radio station ( public law )
Program type	Music and service wave
reception	analog terrestrial VHF , cable , satellite , web radio , DAB
Reception area	Saarland
Start of transmission	2nd January 1964
Broadcaster	Saarland radio
Intendant	Thomas Kleist
Program director	Martin Grasmück
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SR 1 is the first radio program of the Saarländischer Rundfunk (SR).

history

On January 2, 1964, the “Europawelle Saar” went on air. The founding director of the SR, Franz Mai , justified the decision to set up this then new service wave as follows: "We believe that this new program is an essential step towards renewing radio ... and through a well-balanced combination of entertainment and cultural information, To be able to bring valuable educational goods to the masses of people. ”A novelty in the German radio landscape of the 1960s was the comparatively dominant music component and the flowing integration of advertising blocks. Popular moderators such as Manfred Sexauer and Dieter Thomas Heck contributed to the implementation and youthful character of the concept . The latter came from Radio Luxemburg, the great popularity of which inspired the Saarlanders to create a radio program of a similar nature. Intendant Mai saw the more commercial reorientation primarily as an opportunity to secure the financing needs of the Saarland Broadcasting Corporation and thus also the educational and information mandate in the long term. Many imitators in the ARD broadcasting landscape were to follow this trend later ; At the time, the program also found many listeners in what was then the GDR via the medium-wave transmitter with a wide range , the frequency of which was close to that of the equally powerful Luxembourg medium-wave transmitter . For the first time in 1976 the program was named "SR 1 Europawelle Saar", later the addition "Saar" was removed. After opening up more modern distribution channels ( cable , satellite ), broadcasting via medium wave could no longer be used in 1994.

present

SR 1 is one of the ARD pop waves. The core target group are the 30 to 49 year old listeners. The music composition in the daily program is based on the adult-contemporary format; more specific music colors can be found, for example, in the programs "Absolut Musik" in the evenings from 7 p.m. (Tuesday to Friday; Saturday from 6 p.m., Sunday from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.) and "Lounge" (Saturday, 9 p.m. - midnight). In its capacity as an accompanying program and service wave, SR 1 is characterized by half-hourly news, weather and traffic reports as well as short verbal elements in the flowing program. The culture and talk magazine “Abendrot” (Monday, 7–9 pm) and the information magazine “Stand der Dinge” (Monday to Friday, 6–7 pm) provide more specific word offers. In addition, on Sunday morning there is a special offer for families and especially the youngsters in the “Domino” program (6 am–10 am), some of which are also in French. The DOMINO children's news was awarded the 2014 German Radio Prize as “Best News Show”. According to the regular "media analysis", SR 1 Europawelle is one of the most popular ARD pop waves in the respective broadcasting area with a constant daily range of more than 20% in Saarland (Monday to Friday). Morning show: "Balser & Mark. Your morning!", Monday to Friday from 5 to 9 o'clock.

In addition, in 2017 the part of the name "Europawelle" was replaced by the slogan "Deine Eins".

Events

In addition to the presentation of its music events in Saarland ( Garage Saarbrücken ) and in neighboring Luxembourg ( Rockhal in Esch-sur-Alzette, and Atelier Luxembourg), SR 1 also acts as a concert organizer itself. National and international artists appear in the "SR 1 Unplugged" series.

distribution

SR 1 can be received in the entire Saarland and in the neighboring regions of Rhineland-Palatinate , France and Luxembourg via VHF , the strongest frequency by far is 88.0 MHz on the Göttelborner Höhe transmitter . In addition, SR 1 can be received across the Saarland via cable (94.05 MHz), via digital radio (DAB block 9A), via the Astra satellite system (transponder 93) and as web radio .

Moderators

Current

The following are currently employed as moderators :

• Christian Balser
• Stephan Daub
• Carina Dewes
• Matthias Fuchs
• Nina Heck
• Jessica Werner
• Anja Kettler
• Peter Liebertz
• Kerstin Mark
• Joachim Meyer
• Thomas Rosch
• Verena Sierra
• Daniel Simarro
• Isabelle Tentrup
• Boris Theobald
• Jessica Ziegler

Former

• Jürgen Albers: Questions to the author
• Martin Arnhold: Happy into the day, the radio alarm clock, prelude
• Axel Buchholz : Between today and tomorrow, young people - today, evening magazine (information, opinion, background), journal (I and II)
• Brita-Maria Carell: wish program
• Maik Caspers
• Ilona Christen (-Kleitz) († 2009): Spielbox, Bundfunk, halftime
• Wilken (Willem) F. Dincklage († 1994): Pop Corner, Drugstore 1421
• Elena Diekmann
• Wolfgang Dorn: On the move with music (car driver broadcast)
• Colette Dryja: Dryja & Rosch save the morning, Saarland's radio show in the morning
• Bernd Duszynski († 1999): Wheel of Fortune, Hit times with, Drugstore 1421, later: Drugstore 1422 (the 1422 referred to the MW frequency, which was shifted by 1 after a frequency reorganization)
• Heinz Dützmann († 1977): The colorful plate
• Wilfried Eckel: European parade, video disco, pop professor, powerhouse
• Jutta Eckler († 2005)
• Dieter Exter († 2019)
• Heike Greis ; moderates coffee or tea on SWR television
• Wolfgang Gretscher: Happy into the day
• Uwe Groke († 2015)
• Klaus Groth († 1980): 90 colorful radio minutes ; runs today (without "90") on SR 3
• Paul Güth: On the move with music (car driver broadcast)
• Dieter "Thomas" Heck († 2018): My records, The German hit parade; nationally known through the ZDF hit parade , co-initiator of the Golden Europe television award ; before, in the mid-1960s, at Radio Luxemburg as "Thomas"
• Wolfgang Hellmann († 2001): Top 75, power pack, if-radio-then-this-show; later music director of SR1 Europawelle Saar
• Roland helmet
• Elke Herrmann († 2009); Editor-in-chief of the SR, moderator of the ARD Tagesthemen
• Jan Hofer : Hit parade, power pack; today chief spokesman for the Tagesschau
• Frank Rainer Huck: Pop Corner, music contrasts, music editor Drugstore 1421, morning music
• Andrea Husak
• Christian Job ; now SR 3
• Jeannine (Jeannine Theisen, † November 7, 2017); German-French-Luxembourgish-language evening program, 1970–80s (1963–99 full-time spokesperson for the Luxembourgish-language program Radio Letzebuerg from RTL)
• Heinrich Kalbfuß († August 26, 2017): Questions to the author (until 1998)
• Volkmar Lodholz; now on SR 2
• Peter Maronde († 1991): Colorful radio minutes, later ran on SR 3
• Roland Müller († 198?)
• Torsten Pietkewicz
• Pierre Séguy († 2004): C'est ça qu'on chante en France, Chanson de Paris
• Eberhard Schilling; now on SR 3
• Tommi make-up
• Manfred Sexauer († 2014): Hallo Twen , Disco Top Ten, Oldieshow, Showmix; Nationally known for the Beat Club and music store on ARD television
• Clay Sherman († 1982): late broadcast
• Enno Spielhagen "Franz" († 1974): The blue hour, asked - played; before, 1958–1964, at Radio Luxemburg as "Franz"
• Hermann Stümpert († 2005): Drugstore 1421; “Pioneer of private radio” in Kiel
• Hans Verres; briefly, later on hr3
• Gerdi († 1987) and Fritz († 1978) Weissenbach: All sorts of things for town and country (dialect broadcast)
• Erich Werwie († 1998), "the voice of the night": Jazz Prisma, Pop Non Stop, Drugstore 1421, music boutique, in a good mood after midnight
• Joachim Weyand: together with Heike Greis sketches as "Director Hummel" and "Salon Roger - the individual wave". Today moderates the current report
• Alf Wolf († 2012); previously, in the mid-1960s, at Radio Luxemburg

Heusweiler transmitter

The program gained supraregional popularity through its medium wave broadcast . The Heusweiler transmitter on 1,421 kHz was the strongest radio transmitter in the Federal Republic of Germany in the 1970s. The daytime output was 1,200 kW . This was generated with two coupled 600 kW transmitters. The high transmission power - at night it was still 600 kW - and the almost undisturbed channel enabled coverage of all of Central and Western Europe. Measured against the technical possibilities of medium wave, the reception quality - especially during the night - was always excellent all over Germany. Not least thanks to this reach, Europawelle Saar was a successful (public service) competitor to Radio Luxemburg until the 1980s . For fans there were portable radios with the “Golden European Wave Button” (e.g. ITT-Schaub-Lorenz “Golf Europe”). At the end of the 1970s, the frequency changed to 1,422 kHz, and at the end of the 1980s, operation with the high daily output was abandoned for reasons of cost and the waning importance of the frequency. Since then, there has only been single transmitter operation with 600 kW carrier power around the clock, in so-called passive reserve. Due to various changes and modifications, it was no longer possible to couple the two individual transmitters. As of 1994, SR 1 no longer used medium wave, since then part of the system has been leased to Deutschlandfunk . As planned for the end of 2015, the station was finally decommissioned on December 31 at around 11:57 p.m. Finally, on September 21, 2018, the remaining transmission masts were brought down in a publicly effective demolition in front of several hundred spectators . The Saarland radio broadcast the event live on television.

literature

• The Saarländischer Rundfunk - giving the Saarland a home ; Fourth report to the public 2011/2012; Online on the website of Saarländischer Rundfunk (last accessed on January 17, 2014)

Web links

• Official homepage of SR 1 with web radio
• SR-Online.de
• Transmission frequencies
• Range of the program in media analysis from July 2013

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Martin Grasmück is the new SR1 program manager. Saarländischer Rundfunk, archived from the original on March 9, 2016 ; accessed on March 8, 2016 . 
2. ↑ ^{a b} Axel Buchholz and Fritz Raff (eds.): History and stories of the transmitter on the Saar. 50 years of Saarland broadcasting. Freiburg / Breisgau, 2007
3. ↑ programming schedule SR1 ( Memento of 13 December 2014 Internet Archive ) on the website of the Saarland Radio (last accessed on 17 January 2014)
4. ↑ Domino on the Saarländischer Rundfunk website (last accessed on January 17, 2014)
5. ↑ German Radio Prize on the website of the German Radio Prize (last accessed on September 17, 2014)
6. ↑ SR1 Unplugged ( memento from June 29, 2013 in the Internet Archive ) on the Saarländischer Rundfunk website (last accessed on January 17, 2014)
7. ^ The SR 1 team on the Saarländischer Rundfunk website (last accessed on January 17, 2014)
8. ↑ The days of the transmitter are numbered - medium wave systems will be switched off at the end of 2015 by Fred Kiefer in the Saarbrücker Zeitung on January 24, 2015
9. Jump up the transmitter masts in Heusweiler. Saarbrücker Zeitung, September 21, 2018, archived from the original on December 5, 2018 ; accessed on December 5, 2018 .