- Radio DDR 1
Radio DDR 1 was a
radio channel produced and transmitted byRundfunk der DDR , the radio broadcasting organization of theGerman Democratic Republic (GDR). It had a mixed schedule of news and light entertainment, with the emphasis on events in the GDR, and also included regional programming.History
Radio DDR 1 was established in August
1953 when, as part of a reorganization of the broadcasting system, it joined the existing stationsDeutschlandsender (part of Rundfunk der DDR since 1949) andBerliner Rundfunk (founded in 1946). Between June1954 and September1955 , 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.The channel, which was transmitted on medium wave (531, 558, 576, 603, 729, 882, and 1044 kHz) 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 , 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 .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.
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