''BR24'' (previously ''BR24 Rundschau''; until June 30, 2021: ''Rundschau'') is a television

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produced and airing on BR Fernsehen. It started airing on October 1, 1979. Originally intended as a regional-oriented program, BR24 Rundschau later include reports from around Germany which also appeal to viewers in other states. BR24 reports updates from

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and the world.

History

For decades, the main edition of the ''Rundschau'' was broadcast at 6:45pm on BR Fernsehen; however, as part of a major programming overhaul, from 11 April 2016 it was extended from 15 to 30 minutes and moved to start at 6:30pm. As part of this revamp, ''Rundschau'' also received a new format, a new studio and a new on-air design. From 7 August 2017, BR put another new studio in operation, with a green screen and robotic cameras; the design of the ''Rundschau'' remained unchanged.

Trivia

* On 25 July 1988, ARD's top rating news program, '' Tagesschau'', produced by Norddeutscher Rundfunk in

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, was to be cancelled due to a warning strike organized by the broadcasting union RFFU. This would have been the first time in the history of the ARD that the ''Tagesschau'' was not broadcast. It helped out for ''Tagesschau'' as a substitute program and in this way was broadcast nationwide.

References

{{reflist German television news shows Television shows set in Munich 1979 German television series debuts 1980s German television series 1990s German television series 2000s German television series 2010s German television series German-language television shows Das Erste original programming Bayerischer Rundfunk