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| Broadcast area | East Germany and parts of West Germany Czechoslovakia Poland |
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| Frequencies | 531 kHz (Leipzig), 1044 kHz (Dresden) and others |
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| Owner | Government of East Germany |
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First air date | August 16, 1953; 72 years ago (1953-08-16) |
Former names | Berlin Zweites Programm (1953-1954) |
Radio DDR 1 (English:Radio GDR 1) was aradio channel produced and transmitted byRundfunk der DDR, the radio broadcasting organization ofEast Germany (GDR). It had a mixed of news and light entertainment schedule, with an emphasis on events in the GDR, and also included regional programming.
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 stationsDeutschlandsender (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 asBerlin zweites Programm (Berlin 2nd Programme) in distinction fromBerlin erstes Programm (Berlin 1st Programme), the new name for Berliner Rundfunk.[1] It officially became known as "Radio DDR" on 11 September 1955.[2]
The channel, which was transmitted onmedium wave (531, 558, 576, 603, 729, 882, and 1044kHz) andFM, broadcast until 1990. In April of that year it was renamed "Radio aktuell" and carried advertising for the first time.
FollowingGerman reunification, Radio aktuell's frequencies were transferred to the new public-service broadcasting organizationsMitteldeutscher Rundfunk (coveringSaxony,Saxony-Anhalt, andThuringia) andOstdeutscher Rundfunk Brandenburg, and to theHamburg-basedNorddeutscher Rundfunk which took over as public-service broadcaster inMecklenburg-Vorpommern.
The weeklySchlagerrevue, 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.
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