89.0 RTL

89.0 RTL is a commercial radio station based in Halle (Saale ), which is part of the RTL Group. He wants a target group of 14 - to 29 -year-old appeal and uses a CHR format. He took over on 24 August 2003, the FM frequency 89.0 MHz from the transmit site Brocken ( Harz) from the previous users Project 89.0 Digital. This range-strongest FM frequency of Germany was formerly used by Radio DDR 1, Radio News and Radio Brocken. Program Director of 89.0 RTL is Armin Braun. The transmitter has 200,000 listeners per average hour.

Special

By sending strong FM frequency 89.0 MHz, the transmitter can be heard well in the neighboring states, followed by the transmitter has adapted over time, and thus a direct reference to the actual transmission area of Saxony- Anhalt is missing. Thus, cities like Wolfsburg, Hannover, Braunschweig, Göttingen, Kassel, Erfurt and Bad Hersfeld a permanent supply, which is also reflected in the traffic and speed camera notifications.

Listener figures

Source: ma 2011 Radio II, base: listener in the average hours, Mon-Sat, 6-18 clock, gross total contact, dt - spr. Population aged 10 years

Reception

Is through the exposed location of the Brocken, where 89.0 RTL common with a transmitter power of 60 KW, it is in Saxony -Anhalt, Thuringia, eastern, northern and southern Lower Saxony, in northern and eastern Hesse and parts of Saxony to receive and in good weather to Bremen and Hamburg, in the eastern North Rhine -Westphalia and in the western Brandenburg up to the city limits of Berlin. Since 89.0 RTL is distributed over no gap-fillers, the reception on FM, especially in the far flung areas of the Brocken and in the shadow of the resin is partly dependent on the weather. In addition, the program is broadcast digitally via DAB and via live stream on the internet, taking place in Saxony -Anhalt, a DAB broadcast on channel 12C.

Criticism

The blog "Fair - Radio.net " reported in February 2014 that 89.0 RTL only sent recorded messages to several days in February during the "Radio - Prime Time" 6-9 clock. This is recognizable been the fact that the manufactured by Fair Radio records the messages were " identical to the smallest sound " every hour. Content, too, were the "Current" shows on the status of the previous evening. In the program had not been pointed out, is instead, as " Fair Radio", has been suggested in the program, if it were really the latest news.

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