Reichs-Rundfunk-Gesellschaft
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The Reichs-Rundfunk-Gesellschaft (RRG; Reich Broadcasting Corporation) was a national network of German regional public radio and television broadcasting companies active from 1925 until 1945. RRG's broadcasts were receivable in all parts of Germany and were used extensively for Nazi propaganda after 1933.
Key facts
- Broadcasting network.name
- Reichs-Rundfunk-Gesellschaft mbH
- Broadcasting network.logo
- Reichs-Rundfunk-Gesellschaft, Logo.svg
- Broadcasting network.type
- Radio network; Television station
- Broadcasting network.country
- Weimar Republic; Nazi Germany
- Broadcasting network.available
- National and international
- Broadcasting network.owner
- Deutsche Reichspost; Ministry of Public Enlightenment and Propaganda (from 1933)
- Broadcasting network.key_people
- Hans Bredow, Eugen Hadamovsky
- Broadcasting network.launch_date
- 15 May 1925
- Broadcasting network.dissolved
- 1951–1961 (liquidation)
- Broadcasting network.replaced_by
- ARD (1950 to present); Rundfunk der DDR (1952–1991)
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- television station
- Country
- Germany
- Headquarters
- Haus des Rundfunks
- Industry
- public broadcasting
- Legal form
- Gesellschaft mit beschränkter Haftung
- Has use
- propaganda in Nazi Germany
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- inception
- 1925-00-00
- dissolved, abolished or demolished date
- 1951-00-00
- replaced by
- Rundfunk der DDR
- significant person
- Eugen Hadamovsky
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Encyclopedic overview
7 sectionsContents
- History
- Original structure
- Headquarters
- Nationalization
- Technical achievements
- See also
- References
The Reichs-Rundfunk-Gesellschaft (RRG; Reich Broadcasting Corporation) was a national network of German regional public radio and television broadcasting companies active from 1925 until 1945. RRG's broadcasts were receivable in all parts of Germany and were used extensively for Nazi propaganda after 1933.
Historical recordings of RRG broadcasts are today held by the German Broadcasting Archive.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Reichs-Rundfunk-Gesellschaft” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.