BR24
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BR24 is a cross-platform news brand of German public broadcaster Bayerischer Rundfunk (BR) which is at the same time a news website, a 24/7 news radio station (until 30 June, 2021: B5 aktuell) and a television news programme (until June 30, 2021: Rundschau).
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- radio station
- Official name
- BR24
- Country
- Germany
- Owned by
- Bayerischer Rundfunk
- Operator
- Bayerischer Rundfunk
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- language of work or name
- German
- Commons category
- BR24
- inception
- 1991-05-05
- streaming media URL
- streams.br.de/br24_2.m3u
- described at URL
- www.kek-online.de/medienkonzentration/mediendatenbank/#/profile/media/5be1a6b1-ed78-482a-ab40-906ae5e933b4
- social media followers
- 3190
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BR24 is a cross-platform news brand of German public broadcaster Bayerischer Rundfunk (BR) which is at the same time a news website, a 24/7 news radio station (until 30 June, 2021: B5 aktuell) and a television news programme (until June 30, 2021: Rundschau).
On May 3, 2021, Bayerischer Rundfunk announced that B5 aktuell would be renamed BR24 on July 1, 2021. "BR24" was added to the names of existing TV programmes. BR created a single brand for news. When it began broadcasting on May 6, 1991, B5 aktuell was the first news station in German-language radio.
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