Südwestrundfunk

State broadcaster ARD

The Southwest Broadcasting ( SWR) is a national broadcaster with three main locations in Stuttgart, Baden -Baden and Mainz. The media company founded in 1998, is the second largest broadcaster ARD after the WDR and as a public institution responsible for the states of Baden -Württemberg and Rhineland- Palatinate.

• 6.1 Medium wave 2012

• 8.1 radio
• 8.2 television

History

The SWR was first created on January 1, 1998 as a foundation by the two German states. On August 30, 1998, he took over the transmit mode of SDR and SWF. After a one-month implementation phase of the SWR was on October 1 and his successors predecessor institutions. This way the state governments had a mere merger of two institutions, as they became the RBB practiced in the merger between SFB and ORB around 2003, brought forward. The State Treaty on the South-West broadcasting had already been signed on 31 May 1997. In the State Treaty, the obligation to objectivity and plurality of its reporting and the anchored " cultural mandate of public service broadcasting ".

Director of the radio station in 1998, which up to this time acting director of the SWF, Peter Voss. On 1 December 2006, the former Executive Director Peter Boudgoust was elected directors. He took up office on 1 May 2007.

The path to fusion

The merger of the Southwest German Radio special case was terminated. Until 1998, Baden- Württemberg was the only one German state two different regional broadcasters for the northern and southern part of the country - one of which was also responsible for yet another state. This specific case was historically justified: The SWF was founded after the Second World War as a transmitter for the French zone of occupation with the states of Baden, Württemberg -Hohenzollern and Rhineland -Palatinate, the SDR for the state of Württemberg -Baden the American occupation zone. 1952, the states of Baden, Württemberg -Hohenzollern and Württemberg- Baden merged to the new state of Baden- Württemberg, without changing the broadcast jurisdiction.

While both companies (and the Saarland Rundfunk ( SR ) ) in television and from 1972 also in the cultural radio programs (SWF 2, SDR 2, SR 2 ) from the beginning closely cooperated, the partnership has in the other radio to individual community programs. Different corporate cultures and program philosophies as well as the fact that in a large part of Baden-Württemberg both the programs of the SWF as well as that of the SDR were to receive, and have been used, leading to a competitive relationship between the two institutions and one sometimes open courting of " foreign listeners ." Particularly pronounced in the competitive relationship between the creators and listeners of the two Popwellen SWF3 and SDR was 3

Since the 1970s, various scenarios for a reordering of broadcasting in the southwest were discussed. The focus was mainly two models in the foreground, on the one hand, the merger of SDR, SWF and SR to a three-country institution modeled after the North German Radio, on the other hand, the resolution of Südwestfunk with the expansion of the SDR jurisdiction the whole of Baden - Württemberg and the SR to Rhineland -Palatinate. Since there was considerable resistance against each of these two models - the one was a three-country institution too big, the other a radio station too small for Rhineland- Palatinate and Saarland -, the status quo was maintained. In 1988, the then Prime Minister of Baden-Württemberg, Lothar Späth a first initiative for the fusion of SDR and SWF without the participation of the Saarland. It failed at this approach, but were SDR and SWF 1991 merger of its two cultural programs ( from 2 SDR and SWF 2 was S2 culture) and committed to the creation of a joint fourth radio program for Baden- Württemberg ( Baden- Württemberg S4 ). The cooperation with the SR in the radio sector was terminated unilaterally, but continued in the television sector. 1997 launched the jointly held, but only in the first Digital Radio DAB widespread youth radio program DasDing.

After the state elections in 1996 both directors (Peter Voss, Hermann Fünfgeld ) and both the Prime Minister launched ( Erwin Teufel, Kurt Beck), a new fusion initiative, which culminated in 1997 in the treaty on the Southwest Broadcasting. Especially in the SDR- transmission area and in the SDR itself, the State Treaty was varied criticized because they interpreted it as a hostile takeover of the SDR by the SWF. In fact, after the merger, the most central facilities of the institution most line items were concentrated in the former SWF headquarters in Baden -Baden, staffed with former SWF staff. The new radio programs of the SWR -oriented significantly more of the former than of the SWF where the SDR.

Since the merger

The merger of two country stations have been set up in the SWR with wide-ranging powers and own structures. Trade journals, especially the SDR were dismantled, re-opened for numerous correspondent offices in the transmission area. Accordingly, subject-specific professional programs were reduced in both the radio as on TV and strengthens the regional coverage.

In 2000, the SWR was allowed to take FM frequency for its youth program DasDing in operation, which was forbidden to him until then. 2002 SWR started cont.ra. its information program SWR In 2005, the SWR from RBB responsibility for the digital television EinsPlus. Between 2006 and 2008, the SWR terrestrial television broadcast operation from the old analog PAL standard to the new digital standard DVB- T around. 2011 saw the launch of the SWR with the broadcast of his radio programs in digital DAB standard. On January 9, 2012 SWR cont.ra was replaced by SWRinfo.

Since 30 April 2012, the SWR television in high definition HDTV via satellite is receivable, the analog satellite signal was turned off.

2007 sparked Peter Boudgoust Peter Voss from as Intendant, 2011 Boudgoust was re-elected. Since the inauguration of Boudgoust the SWR drives a rigid austerity in the program. Thus, a reduction of the budget by a quarter compared to 2010 was announced for the cultural program SWR2 2020.

Organization

Office of directorship and Administration Directorate is Stuttgart, the television and radio Directorate as well as the most central facilities are located in Baden -Baden. The regional stations located in Stuttgart and Mainz.

Reports to the directors are seven directors who bear responsibility for the following areas of responsibility ( duty station in brackets):

• January Büttner: manage (Stuttgart)
• Gerold Hug: radio (Baden- Baden)
• Ingrid Felgenträger: country station Baden-Württemberg ( Stuttgart)
• Simone Sanftenberg: national transmitter Rheinland-Pfalz ( Mainz)
• Hermann Eicher: Legal Department (Mainz)
• Bertram Bittel: Technology and Production ( Baden- Baden)

The SWR had from 2006 a total of only about 3650 employee posts from ( in August 1998 there were over 4200 ), comes to an undisclosed number of freelancers without position.

SWR Broadcasting

The SWR is controlled by the SWR Broadcasting Council, which is determined by the state government.

Locations

While the country programs are SWR1 and SWR4 mostly produced in Stuttgart and Mainz, created the transnational programs SWR2, SWR3, DASDING and SWRinfo in Baden -Baden. Here also the TV departments for culture and entertainment, and the management technology and production are located. In addition to country-specific editorial but the radio Stuttgart with the office of the director and the sports department as well as the radio house Mainz with the Legal Department and the online editorial take transnational tasks. The children relief Herzenssache based in the SWR broadcasting center Mainz is the official fundraising and participatory action of SWR and Saarländischem broadcasting, the needy children in Baden- Württemberg, Rhineland -Palatinate and Saarland supported.

The SWR maintains in addition to the three broadcasting studios in Stuttgart, Mainz and Baden -Baden is a studio in Freiburg, Heilbronn, Karlsruhe, Mannheim, Tübingen, Ulm, Kaiserslautern, Koblenz and Trier. Regional offices are located in Friedrichshafen, Germany, Lörrach, Offenburg, Villingen- Schwenningen, Bad Neuenahr -Ahrweiler, Betz village, Idar -Oberstein, Landau, Worms, Traben- Trarbach, Gerolstein and Ludwigshafen. In Baden-Württemberg in addition consist correspondent offices of the SWR in Aalen, Albstadt- Ebingen, Biberach, Book, Constance, Mosbach, Pforzheim, Ravensburg, Schwäbisch Hall, Tauberbischofsheim and Waldshut -Tiengen. Moreover report for SWR two television correspondents and eight radio correspondent in Berlin as well as a radio correspondent in Bonn (formerly Studio of the Heinrich -Brüning -Straße 16 ).

Programs

The SWR hosted three television and eight radio programs.

On television, he produced for Baden- Württemberg and Rhineland -Palatinate two editions of the SWR television, the third television programs for Baden- Württemberg and Rhineland- Palatinate. Flagships of the two SWR - TV programs are the two country looking for Baden- Württemberg and Rhineland- Palatinate. Overall, the country make content from 30 % of the program of the two TV programs, 70 % comes from the common casing program from Baden -Baden. This common shell is also accepted by the SR television of Saarland Radio, which contributes for individual shipments to the jacket. In addition, the SWR produced responsible for ARD digitally the television program One Plus.

He is also on the ARD to other community television programs ( The first: SWR Percentage: 18.2%; Phoenix, KiKA, ARTE, 3sat ) involved. Through its DVB-T range of SWR widespread in its coverage area in addition to its own, and co-operation programs the third television programs of BR, HR and WDR.

In the radio the SWR produced two national radio programs for Baden- Württemberg and Rhineland -Palatinate: one issue of SWR1, a radio program that plays mainly oldies and softer pop music, and an output of SWR4 which predominantly plays pop music. On both SWR4 programs run regional program window. Each of the two country programs of SWR1 one hand for the evening and night program and SWR4 other hand interconnected. In addition, the SWR produced four national programs: the cultural program SWR2 that Popradio SWR3, the youth wave DasDing and news radio SWRinfo.

On the Internet, the SWR in addition to its eight main programs widely different audio streams that consist of automated repetitions of individual radio programs. Prominestestes offer here is the SWR2 Archive Radio ( " The knowledge Documentary Channel on the Internet" ).

Transmission facilities

The SWR operates like most West German ARD own network to spread his radio and television programs. About this private radio programs are radiated from a single location. In addition, often use other operators of radio services such as mobile operators or authorities with the transmission facilities of the SWR. In addition, the SWR uses more transmission facilities that are operated by the private company Media Broadcast.

Medium wave 2012

From saving reasons, the medium wave transmitter of SWR were turned off with the first broadcast of SWRinfo on which to 8 January 2012, the program SWR cont.ra was transferred. The Southwest Broadcasting justified the shutdown with the power consumption, which is much higher in a medium wave transmitter in a digital radio transmission tower. Through the Medium wave reduces the technical range of the transmitter, since the digital radio station covering not quite West Germany. Or old radios the station no longer received.

Orchestras and choirs

The SWR engaged in three national radio orchestras around 300 musicians. The SWR funded and maintains five separate formations and a sixth in cooperation. These are the two symphony orchestras, the SWR has taken from its two predecessor institutions, the SWR Symphony Orchestra Baden -Baden and Freiburg the SWF and the Stuttgart Radio Symphony Orchestra of the SWR of the SDR. These two orchestras to be from 2016, in Stuttgart, merged. While the SWF Symphony Orchestra was primarily known through interpretations of new music and the Donaueschingen Music Days, the SDR Symphony made ​​by the Schwetzingen Festival a name. Chief Conductor of the Orchestra of Baden-Baden were included Hans Rosbaud, Ernest Bour and Michael Gielen, the Stuttgart counterpart Hans Müller -Kray and Sergiu Celibidache are among the most influential leaders.

From SDR, SWR has taken two other orchestras: the former Südfunk Choir Stuttgart occurs today as SWR Stuttgart Vocal Ensemble, and the Südfunk dance orchestra, which was led for many years by Erwin Lehn, now operates as SWR Big Band. From the SWF, however, comes the experimental studio founded in 1970 by Heinrich Strobel Freiburg, an important center for new and experimental music.

The German Radio Philharmonic Saarbrücken Kaiserslautern was founded in 2007 from the merger of the company founded by Emmerich Smola 1951 SWR Radio Orchestra Kaiserslautern, which was known for sophisticated entertainment music and light classical, with the SR Saarbrücken Radio Symphony Orchestra, and has since conducted jointly by SR and SWR.

Besides operate editors and moderators of different SWR radio waves unofficial bands: The SWR1 - band (formerly SWR1 Allstars ) is a cover band in the SWR1 music format and the first " radio band" of the SWR, play SWR1 presenters and music journalists in, among other things, Matthias Holtmann, Hans -Peter Zachary, Stephen Rand Ecker and Frieder Berlin. As a singer, the SWR1 jingle singer Moman and Britta Medeiros occur. Also a cover band, the SWR 3 band in which several SWR3 presenters, including Stefanie Tücking, Michael Spleth and Jan Garcia play. This also applies to the SWR4 band, participate in several moderators and editors of SWR4 Baden -Württemberg. Among other things, these are Rainer Nitschke, Sabine Petrich and Tichina Vaughn. The basic cast also includes Rolf -Dieter Fröschlin, Wolfgang Gutmann, Helmut Link, Link and Karlheinz Peter Schönfeld.

Tasks in the ARD

The SWR has overall responsibility for the coordination of the two Community programs 3sat and ARTE and the ARD website ARD.de. Seat of the ARTE TV Germany GmbH, Baden -Baden, seat of ARD.de is Mainz. Also the auspices of the digital channel One Plus is the SWR.

The SWR maintains as part of the ARD International reporting the following foreign studios:

Radio

• Brussels: Sabine Hack countries
• Zurich: Hans -Jürgen Maurus
• Istanbul / Tehran: Reinhard Baumgarten and Thomas Bormann
• Johannesburg: Jan- Philippe Schlüter
• Cairo: Hans Michael Ehl and Peter Steffe
• London: Dr. Gabi Biesinger
• Los Angeles: Wolfgang Stuflesser
• Paris: Evi Seibert
• Shanghai ( alternating with the MDR): Astrid Frey iron
• Washington: Sabrina Fritz

TV

• Rio de Janeiro: Michael Stocks
• Geneva: Daniel Hechler
• Johannesburg: Ulli Neuhoff
• Cairo: Thomas Ader, Volker Schwenck
• Madrid: Stefan Schaaf
• Mexico City: Peter Sonnenberg
• Strasbourg: Sybille Müller

Subsidiaries of the SWR

For SWR - Holding GmbH, which assumes business management and business administration senior, include the following companies:

• Bavaria Film GmbH - film and television production companies
• The Audio Publishers - production and distribution of sound recordings
• TV tower operation GmbH - operation of the observation deck and restaurant of the Stuttgart Television Tower
• House of the documentary eV - Association for the scientific study of documentary
• Maran Film GmbH - Film Production Company
• Pop Academy Baden- Wuerttemberg GmbH - The SWR is a founding partner of the first German Pop Academy in Mannheim.
• SWR Schwetzingen Festspiele GmbH - Organizer of the annual festival since 1952
• Südfunk farms GmbH - leasing of the " Parkhotel Stuttgart "
• SWR Media Services GmbH GB Advertising & Sponsorship - advertising and sponsorship in the radio and television programs of the SWR
• SWR Media GmbH - licenses of the SWR, recording service and sponsorship
• Tele Pool GmbH - international distribution of production of SWR and other public service institutions
• TR -Verlag Union GmbH - Publisher broadcast accompanying materials