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Nordwestdeutscher Rundfunk

Nordwestdeutscher Rundfunk
CountryGermany
Broadcast areaHamburg, Lower Saxony, Schleswig-Holstein, North Rhine-Westphalia
HeadquartersWest Berlin, Germany
History
Launched22 September 1945 (1945-09-22)
Closed31 December 1955 (1955-12-31) (10 years, 100 days)
Replaced byNDR and WDR

Nordwestdeutscher Rundfunk (NWDR; Northwest German Broadcasting) was the organization responsible for public broadcasting in the German Federal States 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.

On 1 January 1956, NWDR was succeeded by Norddeutscher Rundfunk (NDR) and Westdeutscher Rundfunk (WDR).


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