WRN broadcast

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WRN Broadcast (formerly World Radio Network , WRN) is a privately held London- based company that broadcasts radio and television programs for broadcasters around the world and handles internal program distribution for television and radio broadcasters.

history

The company was founded in 1992 and initially emerged primarily by re-broadcasting radio programs from foreign services via satellite , which until then could only be heard on shortwave by DXers . Since then it has been possible to listen to these programs, which were broadcast by the stations on different frequencies, in a continuous monolingual stream via direct satellite reception, in which the programs were broadcast partly with a time delay and partly live. For this purpose, an English and a foreign-language channel were initially set up, through which programs from a good 20 stations could be heard, later a German, a French and again some time later also a Russian and an Arabic channel were added. The Russian program has been broadcast primarily in the larger Russian cities on VHF since 2001, and there was a medium-wave station in Moscow.

In addition to the satellite, in the course of digitization, there was also distribution via the Internet with live streams . Until September 2010, the German program in Berlin was also broadcast on the 97.2 MHz FM frequency. In addition, WRN uses smaller time slots at other radio stations.

With the loss of importance of shortwave radio, other business fields became more important over time. Today, WRN Broadcast provides frequencies to broadcasters for the retransmission of their programs (so-called re-broadcasting).

The end of WRN as a common channel for international services was heralded by the withdrawal of Radio Romania International , one of the first broadcasters to use the service, in early 2013. In November 2013 it was announced that the German and French radio programs of WRN Broadcast will be discontinued at the end of the year after more and more stations had terminated their contracts with WRN. The voice of Russia , China Radio International , Radio Sweden and several religious broadcasters were eliminated . The remaining contracts expire on December 31, 2013 and will not be renewed. These reports were confirmed on November 22, 2013, but the company gave no reasons for the canals to shut down. One wants to concentrate on "core regions". The podcast offer in all languages ​​will be discontinued on December 16, 2013.

program

WRN continues to operate primarily language-related platforms that carry the name World Radio Network and on which the international broadcasters of various countries present their programs. WRN Broadcast customers include Radio Australia , Polskie Radio , Radio Prague , Radio France Internationale , Deutsche Welle , Radio Vatican , Radio Guangdong, Radio New Zealand and United Nations Radio . The Voice of Russia has been running its own channel together with KBS World Radio since 2011, which is available in London on DAB and as a live stream.

reception

The distribution of the programs of WRN is via satellite and fed into cable networks, but also on local FM - and MW - transmitter . There are also live streams on the Internet as well as podcasts of individual programs. The live stream can only be used on the website or via a widget .

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ A b Daniel Kähler: World Radio Network ends German and French program channels at the end of the year . In: DXaktuell.de. November 16, 2013. Retrieved December 3, 2013.
  2. ↑ On the history of WRN Broadcast see: Who we are. Explore our history ( Memento of the original from December 5, 2013 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link has been inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. . In: wenbroadcast.com. Retrieved December 3, 2013. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.wrnbroadcast.com
  3. ↑ Andrew North: Don't Ditch the Tranny Yet ( Memento from December 3, 2013 in the web archive archive.today ). In: The Independent. March 18, 1996. Retrieved from HighBeam Research - Wikipedia Library on December 3, 2013.
  4. ^ Russia: New Radio Network. World Radio Network launches new station in St. Petersburg ( Memento from September 24, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) . In: Info-Prod Research (Middle East). January 4, 2001. FSUMedia Mailing List, December 20, 2000. Retrieved from HighBeam Research - Wikipedia Library on December 3, 2013.
  5. ^ Daniel Kähler: World Radio Network discontinues German programming on Nov. 25, 2013.
  6. ↑ Kai Ludwig: New broadcasts from Kostinbrod ( Memento of the original from December 6, 2013 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.radioeins.de archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. . In: Radio one. Medienmagazin , October 19, 2013. Accessed December 3, 2013.
  7. ↑ Kai Ludwig: Speculations about Romanian foreign radio ( Memento of the original from December 10, 2013 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.radioeins.de archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. . In: RBB Radio Eins. Media magazine . March 24, 2013. Retrieved December 12, 2013.
  8. ↑ Kai Ludwig: World Radio Network discontinues German channel ( Memento of the original from December 5, 2013 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.radioeins.de archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. . In: Radio one. Medienmagazin , November 22, 2013. Accessed December 3, 2013.