(; ), shortened to SWR (), is a regional public broadcasting corporation serving the southwest of

Germany Germany, officially the Federal Republic of Germany, is a country in Central Europe. It lies between the Baltic Sea and the North Sea to the north and the Alps to the south. Its sixteen States of Germany, constituent states have a total popu ...

, specifically the federal states of

Baden-Württemberg Baden-Württemberg ( ; ), commonly shortened to BW or BaWü, is a states of Germany, German state () in Southwest Germany, east of the Rhine, which forms the southern part of Germany's western border with France. With more than 11.07 million i ...

and

Rhineland-Palatinate Rhineland-Palatinate ( , ; ; ; ) is a western state of Germany. It covers and has about 4.05 million residents. It is the ninth largest and sixth most populous of the sixteen states. Mainz is the capital and largest city. Other cities are ...

. The corporation has main offices in three cities:

Stuttgart Stuttgart (; ; Swabian German, Swabian: ; Alemannic German, Alemannic: ; Italian language, Italian: ; ) is the capital city, capital and List of cities in Baden-Württemberg by population, largest city of the States of Germany, German state of ...

Baden-Baden Baden-Baden () is a spa town in the states of Germany, state of Baden-Württemberg, south-western Germany, at the north-western border of the Black Forest mountain range on the small river Oos (river), Oos, ten kilometres (six miles) east of the ...

and

Mainz Mainz (; #Names and etymology, see below) is the capital and largest city of the German state of Rhineland-Palatinate, and with around 223,000 inhabitants, it is List of cities in Germany by population, Germany's 35th-largest city. It lies in ...

, with the director's office being in Stuttgart. It is a part of the ARD consortium. It broadcasts on two television channels and six radio channels, with its main television and radio office in Baden-Baden and regional offices in

and

. It is the second largest broadcasting organization in Germany behind WDR. SWR, with a coverage of , and an audience reach estimated to be 14.7 million. SWR employs 3,700 people in its various offices and facilities.

History

SWR was established on 1 January 1998 through the merger of ''Süddeutscher Rundfunk'' (SDR, Southern German Broadcasting), formerly headquartered in Stuttgart, and ''Südwestfunk'' (SWF, South West Radio), formerly headquartered in Baden-Baden. The new corporation began broadcasting on 1 September 1998. Its predecessor organizations, SDR and SWF, were formally dissolved at 24:00 on 30 September 1998, SWR legally succeeding them with effect from 0:00 on 1 October 1998. The existence of two public broadcasting corporations in southwest Germany was a legacy of the

Allied occupation of Germany The entirety of Germany was occupied and administered by the Allies of World War II, from the Berlin Declaration on 5 June 1945 to the establishment of West Germany on 23 May 1949. Unlike occupied Japan, Nazi Germany was stripped of its sover ...

after the

Second World War World War II or the Second World War (1 September 1939 – 2 September 1945) was a World war, global conflict between two coalitions: the Allies of World War II, Allies and the Axis powers. World War II by country, Nearly all of the wo ...

. The French Military Government established SWF as the sole public broadcaster in their occupation zone. This area was later divided into the

states State most commonly refers to: * State (polity), a centralized political organization that regulates law and society within a territory **Sovereign state, a sovereign polity in international law, commonly referred to as a country **Nation state, a ...

South Baden South Baden (; ), formed in December 1945 from the southern half of the former Republic of Baden, was a subdivision of the French occupation zone of post-World War II Germany. The state was later renamed to Baden (French: ''Bade'') and became a fo ...

Württemberg-Hohenzollern Württemberg-Hohenzollern was a West Germany, West German state created in 1945 as part of the French Allied Occupation Zones in Germany, post-World War II occupation zone. Its capital was Tübingen. In 1952, it was merged into the newly founded ...

and

. The American Military Government established SDR in

Württemberg-Baden Württemberg-Baden was a state of the Federal Republic of Germany. It was created in 1945 by the United States occupation forces, after the previous states of Baden and Württemberg had been split up between the US and French occupation zones. ...

. When

Baden Baden (; ) is a historical territory in southern Germany. In earlier times it was considered to be on both sides of the Upper Rhine, but since the Napoleonic Wars, it has been considered only East of the Rhine. History The margraves of Ba ...

, Württemberg-Hohenzollern and

merged to form

in 1952, the corporations were not merged, although SDR and SWF operated several joint services. The two corporations had intended to merge in 1990, but the merger was pushed back by the reunification process. Several channel mergers and changes took effect from 1 September 1998: * SWF 1 and SDR 1 became SWR1 Baden-Württemberg and SWR1 Rheinland-Pfalz: regional programmes for their respective states (Länder) * S 2 Kultur became SWR2 * SWF3 and SDR 3 became the pop station SWR3 * S 4 Baden-Württemberg became SWR4 Baden-Württemberg * SWF 4 Rheinland-Pfalz became SWR4 Rheinland-Pfalz * DASDING was unchanged and continued broadcasting * The television channel Südwest 3 became Südwest BW and Südwest RP, and today transmits as SWR Fernsehen A radio news channel, SWR cont.ra, was added in July 2002. This was relaunched with a new programme format on 9 January 2012 as SWRinfo. It was relaunched again as SWR Aktuell on 6 February 2017.

Finances

Licensing fees required for radio and TV sets are €17.50 per month, as of 1 April 2015. These fees are not collected directly by the SWR but by the ARD ZDF Deutschlandradio Beitragsservice that is a common organisation of ARD, its members,

ZDF ZDF (), short for (; ), is a German public-service television broadcaster based in Mainz, Rhineland-Palatinate. Launched on 1 April 1963, it is run as an independent nonprofit institution, and was founded by all federal states of Germany ( ...

and

Deutschlandradio Deutschlandradio (DLR; ) is a national German public radio broadcaster. History ''Deutschlandfunk'' was originally a West German news radio targeting listeners within West Germany as well as in neighbouring countries, ''Deutschlandfunk Kultur'' ...

. In 2016, the SWR received over from these fees, out of nearly collected in total that year.

Studios and offices

SWR operates studios in the following cities: * ''in Baden-Württemberg'':

Freiburg im Breisgau Freiburg im Breisgau or simply Freiburg is the List of cities in Baden-Württemberg by population, fourth-largest city of the German state of Baden-Württemberg after Stuttgart, Mannheim and Karlsruhe. Its built-up area has a population of abou ...

Friedrichshafen Friedrichshafen ( or ; Low Alemannic: ''Hafe'' or ''Fridrichshafe'') is a city on the northern shoreline of Lake Constance (the ''Bodensee'') in Southern Germany, near the borders of both Switzerland and Austria. It is the district capital (''K ...

Heilbronn Heilbronn () is a List of cities and towns in Germany, city in northern Baden-Württemberg, Germany, surrounded by Heilbronn (district), Heilbronn District. From the late Middle Ages on, it developed into an important trading centre. At the begi ...

Karlsruhe Karlsruhe ( ; ; ; South Franconian German, South Franconian: ''Kallsruh'') is the List of cities in Baden-Württemberg by population, third-largest city of the States of Germany, German state of Baden-Württemberg, after its capital Stuttgart a ...

Mannheim Mannheim (; Palatine German language, Palatine German: or ), officially the University City of Mannheim (), is the List of cities in Baden-Württemberg by population, second-largest city in Baden-Württemberg after Stuttgart, the States of Ger ...

Tübingen Tübingen (; ) is a traditional college town, university city in central Baden-Württemberg, Germany. It is situated south of the state capital, Stuttgart, and developed on both sides of the Neckar and Ammer (Neckar), Ammer rivers. about one in ...

and Ulm * ''in Rhineland-Palatinate'':

Kaiserslautern Kaiserslautern (; ) is a town in southwest Germany, located in the state of Rhineland-Palatinate at the edge of the Palatinate Forest. The historic centre dates to the 9th century. It is from Paris, from Frankfurt am Main, 666 kilometers (414 m ...

Koblenz Koblenz ( , , ; Moselle Franconian language, Moselle Franconian: ''Kowelenz'') is a German city on the banks of the Rhine (Middle Rhine) and the Moselle, a multinational tributary. Koblenz was established as a Roman Empire, Roman military p ...

and

Trier Trier ( , ; ), formerly and traditionally known in English as Trèves ( , ) and Triers (see also Names of Trier in different languages, names in other languages), is a city on the banks of the Moselle (river), Moselle in Germany. It lies in a v ...

SWR ''regional offices'' are in: *''in Baden-Württemberg'':

Lörrach Lörrach () is a city in southwest Germany, in the valley of the Wiese, close to the French and the Swiss borders. It is the district seat of the district of Lörrach in Baden-Württemberg. It is the home of a number of large employers, inclu ...

Offenburg Offenburg (; "open borough" - coat of arms showing open gates; Low Alemmanic: ''Offäburg'') is a city in the state of Baden-Württemberg, in south-western Germany. With nearly 60,000 inhabitants (2019), it is the largest city and the administrat ...

and Villingen-Schwenningen *''in Rhineland-Palatinate'':

Bad Neuenahr-Ahrweiler Bad Neuenahr-Ahrweiler () is a spa town in the German States of Germany, Bundesland of Rhineland-Palatinate that serves as the Capital (political), capital of the Ahrweiler (district), Ahrweiler district. The Bundesautobahn 61, A61 motorway conn ...

, Betzdorf,

Idar-Oberstein Idar-Oberstein () is a town in the Birkenfeld (district), Birkenfeld Districts of Germany, district in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany. As a ''Große kreisangehörige Stadt'' (large city belonging to a district), it assumes some of the respons ...

Landau Landau (), officially Landau in der Pfalz (, ), is an autonomous (''kreisfrei'') town surrounded by the Südliche Weinstraße ("Southern Wine Route") district of southern Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany. It is a university town (since 1990), a long ...

Worms The World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS) is a taxonomic database that aims to provide an authoritative and comprehensive catalogue and list of names of marine organisms. Content The content of the registry is edited and maintained by scien ...

, Traben-Trarbach and

Gerolstein Gerolstein () is a town in the Vulkaneifel district of Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany. Gerolstein is a local municipality of the ''Verbandsgemeinde Gerolstein''. It has been approved as a ''Luftkurort'' (spa town). History As early as the Stone ...

. In Baden-Württemberg there are also "Korrespondentenbüros" (roughly: "correspondence offices") for the SWR in

Aalen Aalen (; Swabian German, Swabian: ''Oole'') is a town located in the eastern part of the German state of Baden-Württemberg, about east of Stuttgart and north of Ulm. It is the seat of the Ostalbkreis district and is its largest town. It is ...

, Albstadt-Ebingen, Biberach, Buchen,

Konstanz Konstanz ( , , , ), traditionally known as Constance in English, is a college town, university city with approximately 83,000 inhabitants located at the western end of Lake Constance in the Baden-Württemberg state of south Germany. The city ho ...

Mosbach Mosbach (; South Franconian: ''Mossbach'') is a town in the north of Baden-Württemberg, Germany. It is the seat of the Neckar-Odenwald district and has a population of approximately 25,000 distributed in six boroughs: Mosbach Town, Lohrbach, ...

Pforzheim Pforzheim () is a List of cities and towns in Germany, city of over 125,000 inhabitants in the federal state of Baden-Württemberg, in the southwest of Germany. It is known for its jewelry and watch-making industry, and as such has gained the ...

Ravensburg Ravensburg ( or ; Swabian: ''Raveschburg'') is a city in Upper Swabia in Southern Germany, capital of the district of Ravensburg, Baden-Württemberg. Ravensburg was first mentioned in 1088. In the Middle Ages, it was an Imperial Free City and ...

, Schwäbisch Hall,

Tauberbischofsheim Tauberbischofsheim () is a German town in the north-east of Baden-Württemberg on the river Tauber with a population of about 13,200. It is the capital of the Main-Tauber (district), Main-Tauber district. It is a popular tourist destination due t ...

and

Waldshut-Tiengen Waldshut-Tiengen (; ), commonly known as Waldshut, is a city in southwestern Baden-Württemberg right at the Swiss border. It is the district seat and at the same time the biggest city in Waldshut district and a "middle centre" in the area of the ...

Programming

SWR provides programs to various TV and radio networks, some done in collaboration with other broadcasters, and others completely independently.

Television channels

Das Erste Das Erste (; "The First") is the flagship national television channel of the ARD (broadcaster), ARD association of public broadcasting corporations in Germany. ''Das Erste'' is jointly operated by the ARD (broadcaster)#Institutions and member org ...

"Erstes Deutsches Fernsehen" (German Television One) – Collaborative program for the ARD. SWR's portion is 16.95 percent. SWR also contributes to ARD digital, delivered over cable and satellite networks. * SWR Fernsehen ("Unser Drittes") – SWR television – Our Third"– The channel three network for Baden-Württemberg and the Rhineland-Palatinate. The programming is transmitted in two different versions, one for Baden-Württemberg and one for the Rhineland-Palatinate. The Saarländischer Rundfunk (SR, Saarland Broadcasting) retransmits over 70 percent of these programs under the banner "SR Fernsehen" ("SR Television). * Phoenix – Collaborative network programming between the ARD and

. *

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– Children's network from ARD and ZDF. *

arte Arte (, , ; ' ('), sometimes stylised in lowercase or uppercase in its logo) is a European Union, European public service Television channel, channel dedicated to culture. It is made up of three separate companies: the Strasbourg-based Europea ...

– Franco-German cultural network *

3sat 3sat (, ''Dreisat'') is a free-to-air German-language public service television channel. It is a generalist channel with a cultural focus and is jointly operated by public broadcasters from Germany ( ZDF, ARD), Austria ( ORF) and Switzerlan ...

– Cultural network from ARD, ZDF, ORF (Austrian Broadcasting), and SRG (Swiss Broadcasting). * EinsPlus - former network that existed from 1997 to 2016

Radio channels

SWR operates six radio channels on FM and DAB, all of which are also streamed on the internet. * (''Eins gehört gehört – SWR1''): plays international pop and rock music from 1960–1990, European pop music, German pop and a limited number of contemporary hits to a target audience of adults aged 30–55, in two regional versions: ** ** * (''Kultur neu entdecken''): speech-based radio, including features, radio plays, and readings, plus classical music and jazz. Known as SWR2 until 15 April 2024. * (''Einfach SWR3''): plays pop and contemporary music to a target audience of 14- to 39-year-olds. * (''Da sind wir daheim''): plays German hits and "oldies" in two regional versions, each with local and sub-local opt-outs at specified times daily: ** ***''Baden Radio'' (

) ***''Bodensee Radio'' (

) ***''Franken Radio'' (

) ***''Kurpfalz Radio'' (

) ***''Radio Stuttgart'' (

) ***''Radio Südbaden'' (

Freiburg Freiburg im Breisgau or simply Freiburg is the List of cities in Baden-Württemberg by population, fourth-largest city of the German state of Baden-Württemberg after Stuttgart, Mannheim and Karlsruhe. Its built-up area has a population of abou ...

) **** ''Hochrhein Radio'' (

) ****''Ortenau Radio'' (

) ****''Radio Breisgau'' (

) ****''Radio Schwarzwald-Baar-Heuberg'' ( Villingen-Schwenningen) ***''Radio Tübingen'' (

) ***''Schwaben Radio'' ( Ulm) ** ***''Radio Kaiserslautern'' (

) ***''Radio Koblenz'' (

) ***''Radio Ludwigshafen'' (

Ludwigshafen Ludwigshafen, officially Ludwigshafen am Rhein (; meaning "Ludwig I of Bavaria, Ludwig's Port upon the Rhine"; Palatine German dialects, Palatine German: ''Ludwichshafe''), is a List of cities and towns in Germany, city in the German state of Rh ...

) ***''Radio Mainz'' (

) ***''Radio Trier'' (

) * DASDING (''Live – laut – lässig''): youth-oriented programming. *: news, topical talk, and coverage of current affairs. *: news, politics, culture, entertainment and sports, replaced by SWRinfo (2002–2012) *: news station replaced by SWR Aktuell (2012–2017)

Organization

Since 2007, the managing director of SWR has been Peter Boudgoust, who was previously the administrative director of SWR. The managing director's office is located in Stuttgart. Seven other directors serve under him (locations of their offices in parentheses): * Jan Büttner – Administration (Stuttgart) * Dr. Christoph Hauser – Information, Sport, Film, Service & Entertainment (Baden-Baden) * Gerold Hug – Culture, Knowledge, Young Formats (Baden-Baden) * Stefanie Schneider – Regional Programming for Baden-Württemberg (Stuttgart) * Dr. Simone Schelberg – Regional Programming for Rhineland-Palatinate (Mainz) * Dr. Hermann Eicher – Legal Department (Mainz) * Michael Eberhard – Engineering and Production (Baden-Baden)

Transmitter locations

Fernsehturm Stuttgart Fernsehturm Stuttgart () is a telecommunications tower in Stuttgart, Germany. It was the first telecommunications tower in the world constructed from reinforced concrete, and it is the prototype for many such towers worldwide. Although controver ...

(Stuttgart TV Tower – a large TV/radio transmission tower in a steel-reinforced concrete structure, also containing a tower restaurant and viewing deck) * Rheinsender at Wolfsheim for FM * Fernsehturm Heidelberg (Heidelberg TV Tower – a large TV/radio transmission tower in a steel-reinforced concrete structure, containing a viewing deck). * Transmitter Aalen for FM and TV * Transmitter Waldenburg for FM and TV * Transmitter

Bad Mergentheim Bad Mergentheim (; Mergentheim until 1926; East Franconian German, East Franconian: ''Märchedol'') is a town in the Main-Tauber-Kreis district in the German state of Baden-Württemberg. It has a population of around 23,000. An officially recogniz ...

-Löffelstelzen for FM and TV * Transmitter Ulm-Kuhberg for VHF * Transmitter

-Lehen for FM and TV * Transmitter Ulm-Ermingen for FM and TV * Transmitter Hornisgrinde for FM and TV * Transmitter Raichberg for FM and TV * Transmitter Wannenberg for FM and TV * Transmitter Blauen for FM and TV * Transmitter Bad Marienberg for FM and TV * Transmitter Fernsehturm St. Chrischona (Switzerland) for FM and TV * Transmitter Feldberg im Schwarzwald for FM and TV * Transmitter Weinbiet for FM and TV * Transmitter Haardtkopf for FM and TV * Transmitter Kettrichhof for FM and TV * Transmitter Witthoh for FM and TV * Transmitter Saarburg for FM and TV * Transmitter Potzberg for FM and TV * Transmitter

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for FM and TV * Transmitter Waldburg for FM and TV * Transmitter Dieblich-Naßheck(

) for FM and TV * Transmitter Donnersberg for FM and TV * Transmitter Linz am Rhein for FM and TV * Transmitter Grünten im Allgäu for FM

Orchestras and choruses

SWR operates the following musical organizations: * "SWR Symphony Orchestra Baden-Baden and Freiburg" – an orchestra with a rich tradition dating back to its establishment in 1946. Formerly the SWF Symphony Orchestra in Baden-Baden. Past chief conductors included

Hans Rosbaud Hans Rosbaud (22 July 1895 – 29 December 1962) was an Austrian conductor, particularly associated with the music of the twentieth century. Biography Rosbaud was born in Graz. As children, he and his brother Paul Rosbaud performed with thei ...

and Ernest Bour. The Orchestra is best known through the Donaueschingen Festival for new music. * "Radio Symphony Orchestra Stuttgart of the SWR" in Stuttgart. Also originally organized in 1946, this was the former SDR Radio Symphony Orchestra. A former major chief conductor was Hans Müller-Kray. The Orchestra was best known through its festival appearances in

Schwetzingen Schwetzingen (; ) is a German town in northwest Baden-Württemberg, around southwest of Heidelberg and southeast of Mannheim. Schwetzingen is one of the five biggest cities of the Rhein-Neckar-Kreis district and a medium-sized centre between ...

. * "SWR Vocal Ensemble Stuttgart" – originally the "Southern Radio Chorus" Stuttgart, again dating from 1946. * Deutsche Radio Philharmonie Saarbrücken Kaiserslautern – which merged in 1973 from the ''Rundfunkorchester Kaiserslautern'' and the Rundfunk-Sinfonieorchester Saarbrücken. *"SWR Big Band" – originally the "Southern Radio Dance Orchestra", also organized in 1951, and was led for many years by

Erwin Lehn Erwin Lehn (8 June 1919, Grünstadt – 20 March 2010) was a German jazz composer, bandleader and musician. On 1 April 1951 he established the ''Südfunk dance orchestra'' of the South German Radio in Stuttgart, which he directed until 1992. ...

. *"SWR 3 Band" – a cover band in which several announcers of SWR3 play (e.g. Stefanie Tücking, Michael Spleth and Jan Garcia). *"SWR 4 Band" – a cover band in which several music editors of SWR4 Baden-Württemberg

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play (e.g. Wolfgang Gutmann, Rolf-Dieter Fröschlin, Helmut Link, Karlheinz Link and Peter Schönfeld).

Responsibilities within the ARD

Within the ARD, SWR is responsible for the coordination of the joint network programming on the networks

and

as well as the main Internet site for the ARD, ARD.de. The offices for ARTE Deutschland TV GmbH are in Baden-Baden, and the offices for ARD.de are in Mainz.
SWR is also responsible for some of the foreign studios operated on behalf of the ARD: * ARD-Studio

Algiers Algiers is the capital city of Algeria as well as the capital of the Algiers Province; it extends over many Communes of Algeria, communes without having its own separate governing body. With 2,988,145 residents in 2008Census 14 April 2008: Offi ...

(Algeria, Morocco, Tunisia) * ARD-Studio

Buenos Aires Buenos Aires, controlled by the government of the Autonomous City of Buenos Aires, is the Capital city, capital and largest city of Argentina. It is located on the southwest of the Río de la Plata. Buenos Aires is classified as an Alpha− glob ...

(Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Chile, Paraguay, Peru, Uruguay) * ARD-Studio

Geneva Geneva ( , ; ) ; ; . is the List of cities in Switzerland, second-most populous city in Switzerland and the most populous in French-speaking Romandy. Situated in the southwest of the country, where the Rhône exits Lake Geneva, it is the ca ...

(covering the Geneva offices of the United Nations, as well as Switzerland and Liechtenstein) * ARD-Studio

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(Angola, Botswana, Lesotho, Mozambique, Namibia, Zimbabwe, South Africa, Eswatini) * ARD-Studio

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(Egypt, Iraq, Yemen, Jordan, Qatar, Kuwait, Lebanon, Libya, Oman, Saudi Arabia, Sudan, Syria, United Arab Emirates) * ARD-Studio

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(

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, Antigua and Barbuda, Aruba, Bahamas, Barbados, Belize, Costa Rica, Dominica, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, El Salvador, Grenada,

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, Guatemala, Haiti, Jamaica,

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, Colombia, Cuba,

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, Mexico,

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, Nicaragua,

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, Panama, Puerto Rico, St. Kitts and Nevis,

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, St. Vincent and the Grenadines, Suriname, Trinidad and Tobago, Turks and Caicos Islands, Venezuela) * ARD-Studio

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(covering the offices of the

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and the

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)

Subsidiaries of SWR

The following companies are subsidiaries of SWR-Holding GmbH: * Südwest-Werbung GmbH – Advertising for radio and TV programs * SWR Media GmbH – Licenses of SWR, including use of excerpts and sponsorships * Südfunk Wirtschaftsbetriebe GmbH – Handles rent/leases for the "Parkhotel Stuttgart" * Fernsehturm Betriebs GmbH – Responsible for the viewing deck and restaurant at the Fernsehturm Stuttgart * Schwetzinger Festspiele GmbH – Responsible for the festival at Schwetzingen * Maran-Film-GmbH – Film production company * Bavaria Film GmbH – Film und TV production company * Telepool GmbH – International management for productions of SWR and other public broadcasting services * Der Audio Verlag GmbH – Production and management for audio recordings * TR-Verlagsunion GmbH – Print publisher of various materials related to broadcasting * Haus des Dokumentarfilms e. V. – Not-for-profit organization responsible for various documentaries

References

External links

SWR.de, SWR's homepage (in German)

SWR Symphony Orchestra homepage (in German)
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