Co-operation partners

Co-operation partners

Westdeutscher Rundfunk (WDR)

Over 17 million people in North Rhine-Westphalia and - via cable and satellite - many more million listeners and viewers can receive the programmes of Westdeutscher Rundfunk, known for short as WDR, all over Germany. The WDR is for everybody, for majorities as well as for minorities. That is its programme mandate as a public service media corporation. The WDR promotes social integration and cultural diversity in Germany and Europe. With a daily portfolio of five radio programmes (Eins Live, WDR 2, WDR 3, WDR 4 and WDR 5 with Funkhaus Europa), two additional radio services (WDR 2 Klassik as well as the traffic channel VERA), an own third television programme (WDR Fernsehen) with its own videotext service (WDR-Text), a 21-25 percent share of the 1st German Television / Das Erste, participations in the satellite programmes 3sat, ARTE, KI.KA and PHOENIX as well as in ARD Digital, participations in DeutschlandRadio and an own online offer (wdr.de), the WDR provides a wide-ranging selection of programmes - on the radio, television and the Internet. With numerous freelancers and 4,156 (2002) permanent members of staff, the WDR, founded in 1956, is one of the largest broadcasting companies in Europe. As a non-profit-making organization, the WDR has an obligation to the general public and is independent of all government and private interest groups. The programme mandate of the WDR is legally determined: information, education and entertainment in images and sound.

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