SWR news

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SWR news
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Radio station ( public law )
reception DAB + , satellite ( DVB-S ) and cable DVB-C ( ARD Digital ), FM  (only in Stuttgart), internet radio , SWR Aktuell app (Android, iOS)
Reception area Baden-WürttembergBaden-Württemberg Baden-Württemberg Rhineland-Palatinate
Rhineland-PalatinateRhineland-Palatinate 
Start of transmission February 6, 2017
Broadcaster Südwestrundfunk
Intendant Kai Gniffke
Program director Gabi Biesinger
Range 170,000 listeners (MA Radio II / 2019)
List of radio stations

SWR Aktuell is a cross-media news service from Südwestrundfunk (SWR) that has existed since February 6, 2017 . It offers news from Rhineland-Palatinate and Baden-Württemberg as well as from Germany and the world. SWR Aktuell provides information on the web, as an app, in social networks, on television and on the radio.

Components of the news offer

SWR Aktuell can be used via the website SWRAktuell.de, its own app, in social networks, on SWR television and on the radio. The offer aims to take up and classify events that are relevant to the people in southwest Germany.

Website

SWRAktuell.de offers a news overview of current events and relies on different forms of presentation. In addition, the live stream of the radio program from SWR Aktuell and the videos of the SWR Aktuell television programs can be accessed here.

Application software for mobile devices

The SWR Aktuell app brings news for the southwest to the smartphone with numerous audios, photos and videos for mobile use. With the help of the app, users can follow messages as stories and are informed via push notifications when there is new information on the selected topic. The app also gives you the option of uploading your own photos, videos or audio files and sending them to the SWR's news department. Information on the current weather or traffic situation can also be called up.

Newsletter

The SWR Aktuell newsletter provides information about the most important news of the day via email and bundles links and program tips on other SWR offers that offer additional information.

SWR Aktuell on SWR television

The programs of SWR Aktuell on SWR television provide daily information on topics from Rhineland-Palatinate, Baden-Württemberg and the world. It is the successor program to the SWR Landesschau Aktuell. At the start of SWR Aktuell, the main news program on television was extended by 15 minutes on Saturdays. It now starts at 7:30 p.m. and lasts until 8:00 p.m. The broadcasting time of the main issues of the weekday news programs was extended as early as the end of October 2014.

Since the start of SWR Aktuell, the news for Rhineland-Palatinate from Mainz has been produced in a new, fully virtual studio. The news program for Baden-Württemberg, produced in Stuttgart, has been broadcast from a studio with fully virtual technology since 2012.

SWR Aktuell on the radio

SWR Aktuell replaced the SWRinfo news program on February 6, 2017. The radio program is part of the cross-media news service SWR Aktuell and a pure word radio. SWR Aktuell broadcasts news programs every 15 minutes. In between there is background information on current topics, live coverage of major events and podcasts on various topics such as economy, sport, migration and integration, environment and consumers as well as media.

The SWR Aktuell radio program is available via DAB + , in the livestream at SWRAktuell.de and in the SWR Aktuell app. In the greater Stuttgart area, SWR Aktuell can also be received via the FM frequency 91.5 MHz.

history

At the beginning of March 2016, the SWR announced that it would gear its program offering more closely to people's usage habits. In addition, all SWR news offers on the Internet, television and radio were to be bundled in a uniform appearance under the name "SWR Aktuell".

At the beginning of 2017, the broadcaster abolished its television directorate and radio directorate and instead founded two cross-media theme directorates. In addition, the plans for “SWR Aktuell” were specified. It was announced that the offer would also be launched as an app. February 2017 was set as the start date. The offer was finally launched on February 6, 2017.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. SWR: New news service SWR Aktuell: Reliably informed anywhere at any time. February 6, 2017, accessed February 8, 2017 .
  2. Media - "SWR aktuell" starts app for news from the southwest. Focus Online, February 6, 2017, accessed February 8, 2017 .
  3. SWR aktuell: news app with an alternative approach. MacTechNews, February 7, 2017, accessed February 8, 2017 .
  4. "SWR aktuell" starts the app for news from the southwest. Schwäbische Zeitung, February 6, 2017, accessed on February 8, 2017 .
  5. SWRinfo will become SWR Aktuell on February 6th. radiowoche.de, February 2, 2017, accessed on February 8, 2017 .
  6. «SWR Aktuell» reports from the new studio. Quotemeter.de, February 3, 2017, accessed February 8, 2017 .
  7. SWR Fernsehen extends the broadcasting time of the main edition “Landesschau aktuell”. InfoDigital, February 3, 2017, accessed February 8, 2017 .
  8. Uwe Mantel: SWR 2017: With a new app and multimedia. DWDL.de, January 27, 2017, accessed February 8, 2017 .
  9. New SWR studios: The moderator reaches into the air. Stuttgarter Zeitung, May 14, 2012, accessed on February 8, 2017 .
  10. SWR Mediathek: Podcast at a glance. SWR, accessed February 8, 2017 .
  11. Reception via antenna. SWR, January 27, 2017, accessed February 8, 2017 .
  12. SWR confirms Artistic Director Boudgoust and accelerates online course. Südwest Presse, July 9, 2016, accessed February 9, 2017 .
  13. SWR pushes structural restructuring in 2017. Digital television, December 9, 2016, accessed February 9, 2017 .
  14. "SWR aktuell" starts the app for news from the southwest. Die Welt, February 6, 2017, accessed February 9, 2017 .