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And here's WDR's pan-regional news, for all of North Rhine - Westphalia:
BTW, here is a map of all nine ARD regional broadcasters. (The Land borders are shown, but WDR's local news areas are not):
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/98/ARD_Karte.svg/2000px-ARD_Karte.svg.png
Image: Wikipedia
Saarland was once the home of a really interesting TV station: Telesaar. It was a commercial operation in the French protectorate of the Saar before the protectorate joined West Germany in 1957 -- as Saarland -- after a referendum. (When it was still a protectorate, the Saar even competed independently at the Olympics.)
Apparently, Telesaar was Europe's first privately owned, fully commercial TV station when it signed on in 1953.
Here's a fantastic site devoted to the history of the station (in German):
http://www.saar-nostalgie.de/Telesaar.htm
And here's the site in English via Google Translate:
http://translate.google.com/translate?hl=en&sl=de&u=http://www.saar-nostalgie.de/Telesaar.htm&prev=/search%3Fq%3Dtelesaar%26hl%3Den%26biw%3D1600%26bih%3D775&sa=X&ei=ypc6UbOOJ6muyQH7xICYAQ&ved=0CEcQ7gEwAw
http://www.saar-nostalgie.de/Bilder/SR/Telesaar1.jpg
http://www.saar-nostalgie.de/Bilder/SR/Fernsehprogramm1c.JPG
Source: saar-nostalgie.de
Telesaar was eventually shut down after the protectorate joined West Germany and was replaced by SR, a public service ARD member. However, a French-language commercial radio station based in the Saar, Europe 1, survived the handover, ended up playing a major role on the French radio landscape, and still operates today. (Plans for a TV version of Europe 1, on the other hand, were never realized.)
BTW, here is a map of all nine ARD regional broadcasters. (The Land borders are shown, but WDR's local news areas are not):
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/98/ARD_Karte.svg/2000px-ARD_Karte.svg.png
Image: Wikipedia
SR, Germany, local news for Saarland:
New intro of SR-Aktuell since the beginning of this year:
New intro of SR-Aktuell since the beginning of this year:
Saarland was once the home of a really interesting TV station: Telesaar. It was a commercial operation in the French protectorate of the Saar before the protectorate joined West Germany in 1957 -- as Saarland -- after a referendum. (When it was still a protectorate, the Saar even competed independently at the Olympics.)
Apparently, Telesaar was Europe's first privately owned, fully commercial TV station when it signed on in 1953.
Here's a fantastic site devoted to the history of the station (in German):
http://www.saar-nostalgie.de/Telesaar.htm
And here's the site in English via Google Translate:
http://translate.google.com/translate?hl=en&sl=de&u=http://www.saar-nostalgie.de/Telesaar.htm&prev=/search%3Fq%3Dtelesaar%26hl%3Den%26biw%3D1600%26bih%3D775&sa=X&ei=ypc6UbOOJ6muyQH7xICYAQ&ved=0CEcQ7gEwAw
http://www.saar-nostalgie.de/Bilder/SR/Telesaar1.jpg
http://www.saar-nostalgie.de/Bilder/SR/Fernsehprogramm1c.JPG
Source: saar-nostalgie.de
Telesaar was eventually shut down after the protectorate joined West Germany and was replaced by SR, a public service ARD member. However, a French-language commercial radio station based in the Saar, Europe 1, survived the handover, ended up playing a major role on the French radio landscape, and still operates today. (Plans for a TV version of Europe 1, on the other hand, were never realized.)
Last edited by WW Update on 15 March 2015 12:42am