WDR 5 is a German public
radio station
Radio broadcasting is the broadcasting of audio (sound), sometimes with related metadata, by radio waves to radio receivers belonging to a public audience. In terrestrial radio broadcasting the radio waves are broadcast by a land-based rad ...
owned and operated by the
Westdeutscher Rundfunk
(; "West German Broadcasting Cologne"), shortened to WDR (), is a German public broadcasting, public-broadcasting institution based in the States of Germany, Federal State of North Rhine-Westphalia with its main office in Cologne. WDR is a const ...
(WDR). It broadcasts a news/talk format, with only a small potion of non-mainstream music. Programmes for kids, entertainment and comedy formats are also aired.
As of 2023, the station has more than 700,000 daily listeners. It is commercial-free.
History
WDR 5 went on air on October 7, 1991, on the former frequencies of
WDR 1 as the new North Rhine-Westphalia wave. At that time, the old WDR 1 program was initially continued from 6:00 AM. to 1:00 PM.
Streaming Service
In early 2023 WDR 5 published an app on the App Store enabling the user to be able to listen back to the broadcasts of an earlier period
References
External links
Official website(in German)
Westdeutscher Rundfunk
Radio stations in Germany
Radio stations established in 1991
1991 establishments in Germany
Mass media in Cologne
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News radio programs