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Nordwestdeutscher Rundfunk
Defunct German public broadcasting organization / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Nordwestdeutscher Rundfunk (NWDR; Northwest German Broadcasting) was the organization responsible for public broadcasting in the German Länder of Hamburg, Lower Saxony, Schleswig-Holstein and North Rhine-Westphalia from 22 September 1945 to 31 December 1955. Until 1954, it was also responsible for broadcasting in West Berlin. NWDR was a founder member of the consortium of public-law broadcasting institutions of the Federal Republic of Germany, the ARD.
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Country | Germany |
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Broadcast area | Hamburg, Lower Saxony, Schleswig-Holstein, North Rhine-Westphalia |
Headquarters | West Berlin, Germany |
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Launched | 22 September 1945; 78 years ago (1945-09-22) |
Closed | 31 December 1955; 68 years ago (1955-12-31) (10 years, 100 days) |
Replaced by | NDR and WDR |
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On 1 January 1956, NWDR was succeeded by Norddeutscher Rundfunk (NDR) and Westdeutscher Rundfunk (WDR).