WDR law

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Basic data
Title: Law on the
"West German Radio Cologne"
Short title: WDR law
Abbreviation: WDRG NW 1998 (not official)
Type: State Law
Scope: North Rhine-Westphalia
Legal matter: Administrative law , broadcasting law
Original version from:
Entry into force on: March 23, 1985
New announcement from: April 5, 2013
Last change by: Art. 6 G of November 15, 2016
(GV. NRW. P. 934)
Effective date of the
last change: 		November 25, 2016
(Art. 28 G of November 15, 2016)
Weblink: right.nrw.de
Please note the note on the applicable legal version.

The WDR Act is the legal basis for Westdeutscher Rundfunk Köln (WDR), a non-profit, state - direct public-law corporation ( Landesrundfunkanstalt ) of the state of North Rhine-Westphalia with its seat in Cologne (Section 1, Paragraph 1).

The first WDR law dates from 1985. In its last version from 2011 the law has 58 paragraphs. The law defines the (program) mandate and the broadcasting area of the WDR (§§ 3, 4, 4a). It regulates the proportion of advertising in the program (§§ 6a, 6b). A major part of the law regulates the organization and committees of the WDR: the Broadcasting Council (Sections 15–19), the Administrative Council (Sections 20–23) and the artistic directors (Sections 24–26). Since the WDR manages itself as a state-direct institution, there are extensive regulations for the financial system (§§ 33-47).

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Thomas Schmitz: Less advertising in the program . In addition, the state's influence should decrease - questions and answers about the WDR law. In: Kölner Stadt-Anzeiger . Cologne January 28, 2016, p. 2 ( Online [accessed January 28, 2016]).