The broadcast of the GDR produced the radio broadcasting programs in the former GDR. Seat of the GDR broadcast was from 1956 to 1990 the radio house Nalepastrasse in Berlin upper beautiful pasture.

Transmitter

In the 80's-years the broadcast would send on five stations within the GDR:

• Radio GDR 1 - realigning and maintenance programs
• Radio GDR 2 - culture and education programs, in the morning regional programs
• Berlin broadcast - regional transmitters for the capital
• DT64 - Youth radio
• Voice of the GDR - for German-speaking listeners outside of the GDR
• Holidays wave (vacation program for the Baltic Sea region, would send only during the holidays season between May and September)
• Fair wave (multicolored, west oriented program during the Leipziger fair, ever one week in March and September)

In addition Auslandsender RBI came:

• Radio Berlin international - foreign transmitters

The following transmitters were combined 1971 to the voice of the GDR:

• Berlin wave - for listeners in West Berlin
• Deutschlandsender - for listeners in the Federal Republic

Foreign secret transmitter (1971 and/or '72 adjusted):

• German liberty transmitter 904 (until 1 October 1971)
• German soldier transmitter (autumn 1960 to 1 July 1972)

History

Establishment until 1960

The first radio ending in the Soviet zone of occupation (SBZ) became already few days after end of war to 13. May 1945 from the old citizen of Berlin broadcast building in the Masurenallee (starting from July British sector, late seat of the former SFB) radiated. Commander of city Nikolai Bersarin had to 10. May the resumption ordered. Bersarin acted after a resolution of the Soviet military administration (SMAD) of 8. May. The citizen of Berlin broadcast went with the words "speaks Berlin" here on transmission. Responsible for the program was the kp functionary Hans meal under control of the SMAD, belonging to the group Ulbricht.

1952 were formed the national broadcast committee (with a special directorship range German television radio) as the highest central line organ of all transmitters. Seat of the GDR broadcast was the radio house Nalepastrasse in Berlin upper beautiful pasture, established again for this purpose.

The 60's until 80's-years

After the building of the citizens of Berlin wall, on 5 September 1961 the intensified ideological bulkheading began three weeks against the "ox heads". The FDJ started the action "lightning versus NATO transmitters", by convinced young socialists on west receipt turned broadcast roof antennas were turned or destroyed either on east receipt.

To the tasks GDR broadcast belonged also disturbing unpleasant transmissions from the west. Concerned of it was above all the RIAS; one more or less successfully tried, to make inaudible whose medium wave frequencies (Berlin Britz and yard) up to the entry into force Geneva wave plan of the 1978 by a network of jammers, spanning the entire GDR.

The number of transmission hours rose in particular end of the 1980-he 1980. A reason for it is among other things the start of DT64 as independent program.

After November 1989

After the collapse of the GDR the transmitters were renamed, diminished personnel and adjusted the transmit mode to basis of the convention over the broadcast in united Germany to 31 December 1991.

The pool of broadcasting corporations around the two East German institutes ORB (2003 with the SFB to the RBB fused) and MDR extended. In sound broadcasting West Berlin transmitter (RIAS 1) originated in to 1994 the Germany radio Berlin from the fusion of former Ostberliner (DS culture) and (today: Germany radio culture).

The archives material of the GDR broadcast is administered today by German broadcast archives (DRA) at the location Babelsberg.

Production numbers

Broadcast of the former Soviet Union

The former Soviet Union radiated 261 kilohertz (kHz) under the designation "radio Volga" a russischsprachiges program for the Soviet troops on the long wave frequency, stationed in the GDR. On the medium wave frequency the foreign service would send 1323 kHz. Transmission mechanisms, which were shared also by the broadcast of the GDR and like these by the former German post office were operated, in castle (long wave) and Wiederau (medium wave) were used.

Over small transmitters also the first program of the Soviet television at the military locations was radiated. The range was limited, similar as with AFN-TV in the Federal Republic. The transmitters were switched off until 1994.

Starting from January 1989 for the foreign service of the high-power transmitters in Wachenbrunn one used. The transmitter "radio Volga" was switched off after the departure of the Soviet troops, the long wave frequency transferred - up to the operating its position at the beginning of of 2000 - Radioropa info. it is planned on this frequency from the location Reesen with castle a German-language program from Europe 1 to 261 kHz in digitally the radio Mondiale mode to be radiated. The high-power transmitter in Wachenbrunn, which is today property of the German Telekom, is used further from the Russian foreign service to the spreading of its programs in the medium-wave band. In the meantime there is still another second, however achievement-weaker medium-wave transmitter in Zehlendorf with Oranienburg.

Literature

• Klaus Arnold and Christoph Classen (Hrsg.): Between Pop and propaganda. Radio in the GDR. Berlin: CH. Left, 2004. ISBN 3-86153-343-X
• Sibylle Bolik: The radio play in the GDR. Frankfurt [among other things]: Long, 1994. ISBN 3-631-46955-1
• Patrick Conley: Feature and reports in the broadcast of the GDR. Clay/tone carrier listing 1964-1991. 2. Aufl. Berlin: Askylt, 1999. ISBN 3-9807372-0-9
• Wolfgang Benninghaus: "Broadcast in the SBZ/DDR." In: Broadcast politics in Germany, Bd. 2. Munich: dtv, 1999. P. 795-873. ISBN 3-423-30714-5
• Ingrid Pietrzynski (treatment): The record of GDR sound broadcasting. An inventory summary. Potsdam-Babelsberg: DRA, 2002. ISBN 3-926072-99-7
• Ingrid Scheffler (Hg.): Literature in GDR sound broadcasting. Kunert - bitter fields way - radio feature. Konstanz: UVK, 2005. ISBN 3-89669-478-2

See also

Television of the GDR, list of culture-creative in the GDR

Related links

• German broadcast archives Potsdam-Babelsberg
• Broadcast of the GDR (MDR encyclopedia)

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