City radio Leipzig

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The city of Leipzig radio was a line broadcast, the 1945-1998 in the city of Leipzig as well as in diving and Markham to disseminate information on public address systems ( local call system ) was used. The broadcasts of the city radio were introduced as a homage to the former Leipzig Thomaskantor Johann Sebastian Bach with the musical motif BACH .

history

The city radio's initially around 200 loudspeaker systems were installed in July 1945 by the Soviet military administration in Germany at bus stops, public buildings and busy places in order to transmit official communications from the Leipzig and Moscow broadcasters. The establishment of a city radio took place according to the Soviet model in other cities of the Soviet occupation zone such as z. B. in Dresden to provide "political information". In the beginning, the city radio broadcast an agitprop program from 7 a.m. to 10 p.m. However, he also provided information about the general supply situation and the supply of food stamps .

In June 1949 the city was instructed by the Saxon state government to continue the city radio on its own responsibility. In the decades that followed, the city's residents were provided with an information program designed by the city administration, partly politically colored, via a total of 75 loudspeaker systems, which was broadcast mainly during rush hour. During the Monday demonstration on October 9, 1989 , the call of the Leipzig Six was broadcast on the city radio, calling for the renunciation of violence.

After the reunification , the information program was taken over by Radio Leipzig. In addition to local news and the weather report, the program also included information on urban traffic and event information. In 1995 the privately operated radio station Radio Leipzig received a license for city radio. In 1998, the city stopped subsidizing city radio, which then ceased operations at the end of the year.

literature

  • Horst Riedel: Stadtlexikon Leipzig from A to Z . Pro Leipzig, Leipzig 2005, ISBN 3-936508-03-8 , p. 563.

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