Radio DDR 1 () was a

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channel produced and transmitted by

Rundfunk der DDR Rundfunk der DDR (, 'GDR Broadcasting'; from about 1948 to 1972 Deutscher Demokratischer Rundfunk, 'German Democratic Broadcasting') was the collective designation for radio broadcasting organized by the State Broadcasting Committee in the East ...

, the radio broadcasting organization of

East Germany East Germany, officially known as the German Democratic Republic (GDR), was a country in Central Europe from Foundation of East Germany, its formation on 7 October 1949 until German reunification, its reunification with West Germany (FRG) on ...

(GDR). It had a mixed of news and light entertainment schedule, with an emphasis on events in the GDR, and also included regional programming.

History

The origins of Radio DDR 1 can be traced back to August 1953. As part of a reorganization of the broadcasting system, in 1952, existing stations

Deutschlandsender Deutschlandsender (, ''Radio Germany''), abbreviated DLS or DS, was one of the longest-established radio broadcasting stations in Germany. The name was used between 1926 and 1993 to denote a number of powerful stations designed to achieve a nat ...

(part of Rundfunk der DDR since 1949), Berliner Rundfunk (founded in 1946), and Mitteldeutscher Rundfunk were placed under the state broadcasting committee. Between June 1954 and September 1955, it was known as ''Berlin zweites Programm'' (Berlin 2nd Programme) in distinction from ''Berlin erstes Programm'' (Berlin 1st Programme), the new name for Berliner Rundfunk. It officially became known as "Radio DDR" on 11 September 1955.''

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'', Beilage ''Bild BZ'', 11. September 1955
S. 8
The channel, which was transmitted on

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(531, 558, 576, 603, 729, 882, and 1044

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) and FM, broadcast until 1990. In April of that year it was renamed "Radio aktuell" and carried advertising for the first time. Following

German reunification German reunification () was the process of re-establishing Germany as a single sovereign state, which began on 9 November 1989 and culminated on 3 October 1990 with the dissolution of the East Germany, German Democratic Republic and the int ...

, Radio aktuell's frequencies were transferred to the new public-service broadcasting organizations

Mitteldeutscher Rundfunk (; "Central German Broadcasting"), shortened to MDR (; stylized as mdr), is the public broadcaster for the federal states of Thuringia, Saxony and Saxony-Anhalt in Germany. Established in January 1991, its headquarters are in Leipzig, wi ...

(covering

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Saxony-Anhalt Saxony-Anhalt ( ; ) is a States of Germany, state of Germany, bordering the states of Brandenburg, Saxony, Thuringia and Lower Saxony. It covers an area of and has a population of 2.17 million inhabitants, making it the List of German states ...

, and

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) and Ostdeutscher Rundfunk Brandenburg, and to the

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-based

Norddeutscher Rundfunk (; "North German Broadcasting"), commonly shortened to NDR (), is a public broadcasting, public radio and television broadcaster, based in Hamburg. In addition to the city-state of Hamburg, NDR broadcasts for the German states of Lower Saxony, ...

which took over as public-service broadcaster in

Mecklenburg-Vorpommern Mecklenburg-Vorpommern (MV; ; ), also known by its Anglicisation, anglicized name Mecklenburg–Western Pomerania, is a Federated state, state in the north-east of Germany. Of the country's States of Germany, sixteen states, Mecklenburg-Vorpom ...

Programmes

The weekly ''Schlagerrevue'', which ran for 36 years and was presented from 1958 by Heinz Quermann, became the world's longest-running radio hit parade. The programme's editor from 1963 to 1988 was the composer, lyricist, arranger, singer, and bandleader Siegfried Jordan. Radio DDR 1's Sports Department employed such well known journalists as Heinz-Florian Oertel, Hubert Knobloch, Wolfgang Hempel, and Waldefried Forkefeld.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Radio Ddr 1 Defunct radio stations in East Germany Radio stations established in 1953 Radio stations disestablished in 1991 Radio stations in Berlin 1953 establishments in East Germany 1991 disestablishments in Germany

History

Programmes

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