Reichs-Rundfunk-Gesellschaft
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| Type |
Radio network; Television station |
|---|---|
| Country | Weimar Republic; Nazi Germany |
| Availability | National and international |
| Owner |
Deutsche Reichspost; Ministry of Public Enlightenment and Propaganda (from 1933) |
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Key people
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Hans Bredow, Eugen Hadamovsky |
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Launch date
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15 May 1925 |
| Dissolved | 1951-1961 (liquidation) |
| Replaced by |
ARD (1950 to now); Rundfunk der DDR (1952-91) |
The Reichs-Rundfunk-Gesellschaft (RRG) (Reich Broadcasting Corporation) was a national network of German regional public broadcasting companies active from 1925 until 1945. RRG's broadcasts were receivable in all parts of the country and were used extensively for Nazi propaganda after 1933.
Historical recordings of RRG broadcasts are today held by the German Broadcasting Archive.
The company was established in Berlin on 15 May 1925 with a start capital of 100,000 Reichsmark as an umbrella organisation by nine regional broadcasters – that is to say, all of the German radio stations other than the Deutsche Stunde in Bayern – serving the various states of the Weimar Republic. From 1926, a majority share was held by the state-owned Deutsche Reichspost authority, represented by RF engineer and Reichspostministerium official Hans Bredow as chairman in the rank of a Reichs-Rundfunk-Kommissar.
An official broadcast receiving licence was required for the reception of radio broadcasts at a monthly fee of 2 Reichsmark. In 1932 there were four million registered radio users giving the corporation a revenue of four million Reichsmark
Programming was originally provided by the following nine regional broadcasting companies:
An additional nationwide programme known as the Deutschlandsender was broadcast on longwave from the Königs Wusterhausen radio transmitter of Deutsche Welle GmbH (a separate company which was, however, 70% owned by the Reichs-Rundfunk-Gesellschaft).
Regular television programmes were transmitted from Berlin by the Fernsehsender Paul Nipkow.
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