Rundfunk der DDR
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| Type | Broadcast radio |
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| Country | East Germany |
| Availability | National International |
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Launch date
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1952 |
| Dissolved | 1991 |
Rundfunk der DDR (German: [ˈʁʊntfʊŋk dɛɐ̯ deːdeˈʔɛɐ̯], Radio of the GDR) was the radio broadcasting organisation for the German Democratic Republic (GDR) from 1952 until German reunification, after which it continued until 1991 as Funkhaus Berlin (Broadcasting Center Berlin). The organization was based in the Funkhaus Nalepastraße in East Berlin.
The pre-war Deutschlandsender stations, under the control of Joseph Goebbels' Reichsministerium für Volksaufklärung und Propaganda as the Großdeutsche Rundfunk, were closed by the Allied forces upon Germany's surrender in May 1945. On 13 May 1945, the Soviet Military Administration in Germany (SMAG) began a radio broadcasting service to the people of Berlin called Berliner Rundfunk, operating from what would become the British sector of West Berlin. The station was controlled by Walter Ulbricht.
When the three Western occupation sectors in Berlin were established, the American zone gained the station Rundfunk im amerikanischen Sektor (RIAS), while the British zone established the Nordwestdeutscher Rundfunk (NWDR) which also broadcast in their zone. In 1948, control of the NWDR was transferred to the provisional government in West Germany (later becoming Sender Freies Berlin), while RIAS remained under direct American control.
On 15 September 1952, the SMAG formally transferred control of broadcasting in the GDR to the East German government.
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