WDR Fernsehen
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Country | Germany |
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Broadcast area | North Rhine-Westphalia, also distributed nationally |
Headquarters | Cologne, Germany |
Programming | |
Picture format | 1080p HDTV (downscaled to 720p HDTV and 16:9 576i for the DTT and SDTV feeds, respectively) |
Ownership | |
Owner | Westdeutscher Rundfunk |
History | |
Launched | 17 December 1965 |
Former names | Westdeutsches Fernsehen (1965–1988) West 3 (1988–1994) |
Links | |
Website | http://www.wdr.de/tv/ |
Availability | |
Terrestrial | |
Digital terrestrial television | North Rhine-Westphalia: Channel 3 |
Streaming media | |
WDR.de | Watch live |
Ziggo GO (Netherlands) | ZiggoGO.tv (Europe only) |
Horizon | Horizon.tv (Switzerland only) |
WDR Fernsehen is a German free-to-air television network owned and operated by Westdeutscher Rundfunk and serving North Rhine-Westphalia. It is one of the seven regional "third programmes" television stations that are offered within the federal ARD network.
History
[edit]The station began broadcasting on 17 December 1965, as Westdeutsches Fernsehen (WDF), changing its name to West 3 in 1988, before settling for WDR Fernsehen in 1994.
Originally airing only in North Rhine-Westphalia, the channel has become available across Germany with the advent of Cable TV and satellite television. The station is also available free-to-air across Europe via Astra 19.2°E.
In November 2013, the channel faced a graphical rebrand.
News sub-regions
[edit]WDR Fernsehen operates eleven sub-regional opt-out services, each broadcasting a 30-minute local news programme entitled Lokalzeit at 19.30 each Monday to Saturday evening together with a shorter, 5-minute bulletin at 18.00 on Mondays to Fridays:
- Aachen: Lokalzeit aus Aachen
- Wuppertal: Lokalzeit Bergisches Land
- Bonn: Lokalzeit aus Bonn
- Dortmund: Lokalzeit aus Dortmund
- Duisburg: Lokalzeit aus Duisburg
- Düsseldorf: Lokalzeit aus Düsseldorf
- Cologne: Lokalzeit aus Köln
- Münster: Lokalzeit Münsterland
- Bielefeld: Lokalzeit OWL aktuell
- Essen: Lokalzeit Ruhr
- Siegen: Lokalzeit Südwestfalen
Children
[edit]- Die Sendung mit dem Elefanten (2007–present)
- Die Sendung mit der Maus (1971–present)
Entertainment
[edit]- Die Wiwaldi-Show (2012–2016)
- Zimmer frei (1996–2016)
Information
[edit]- Aktuelle Stunde (1983–present)
- Frau tv (1997–present)
- Lokalzeit (1996–present)
- Westpol (1992–present)
Series
[edit]- Eyewitness (Øyevitne) (2017)
- In aller Freundschaft (2003–present)
- Lindenstraße (1997–present)
- Phoenixsee (2016–present)
- Prey (Prey - Die Beute) (2015–2016)
- Rote Rosen (2007–2009)
- Sturm der Liebe (2005–2009)
- Schimanski (1998–2016)
- Tatort (2006–present)
- The Game (2015)
Sport
[edit]- Sport Inside (2007–present)
- Zeiglers wunderbare Welt des Fußballs, hosted by Arnd Zeigler (2007–present)
Talk
[edit]- B. trifft..., hosted by Bettina Böttinger (1993–2004)
- Domian, hosted by Jürgen Domian (1995–2016)
- Domian live, hosted by Jürgen Domian (2019–present)
- Kölner Treff, hosted by Bettina Böttinger (2006–present)
Logos
[edit]-
Logo of the predecessor of WDR Fernsehen called West 3 (1988–1994)
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Used from 1994 until 2013
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Alternative logo, 1994–2013
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Used from 1994 until 2013
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Used from 2013 until 2016
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HD logo used from 2013 to 2016
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Used from 2016
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Used from 2016
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HD logo used from 2016 until 12 December 2019
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HD logo used from 13 December 2019
References
[edit]- ^ "Wunschliste". wunschliste.de. Retrieved 29 May 2017.
External links
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