Südwestrundfunk (SWR; ''Southwest Broadcasting'') is a regional

public broadcasting Public broadcasting involves radio, television and other electronic media outlets whose primary mission is public service. Public broadcasters receive funding from diverse sources including license fees, individual contributions, public financing ...

corporation serving the southwest of

Germany Germany, officially the Federal Republic of Germany (FRG),, is a country in Central Europe. It is the most populous member state of the European Union. Germany lies between the Baltic and North Sea to the north and the Alps to the sou ...

, specifically the federal states of

Baden-Württemberg Baden-Württemberg (; ), commonly shortened to BW or BaWü, is a German state () in Southwest Germany, east of the Rhine, which forms the southern part of Germany's western border with France. With more than 11.07 million inhabitants across a ...

and

Rhineland-Palatinate Rhineland-Palatinate ( , ; german: link=no, Rheinland-Pfalz ; lb, Rheinland-Pfalz ; pfl, Rhoilond-Palz) is a western state of Germany. It covers and has about 4.05 million residents. It is the ninth largest and sixth most populous of the ...

. The corporation has main offices in three cities: Stuttgart,

Baden-Baden Baden-Baden () is a spa town in the state of Baden-Württemberg, south-western Germany, at the north-western border of the Black Forest mountain range on the small river Oos, ten kilometres (six miles) east of the Rhine, the border with France, ...

and

Mainz Mainz () is the capital and largest city of Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany. Mainz is on the left bank of the Rhine, opposite to the place that the Main joins the Rhine. Downstream of the confluence, the Rhine flows to the north-west, with Ma ...

, with the director's office being in Stuttgart. It is a part of the ARD consortium. It broadcasts on two television channels and six radio channels, with its main television and radio office in Baden-Baden and regional offices in Stuttgart and Mainz. It is (after

WDR WDR may refer to: * Waddell & Reed (stock ticker: WDR), an American asset management and financial planning company * Walt Disney Records, an American record label of the Disney Music Group * WDR neuron, a type of neuron involved in pain signall ...

) the second largest broadcasting organization in Germany. SWR, with a coverage of 55,600 km², and an audience reach estimated to be 14.7 million. SWR employs 3,700 people in its various offices and facilities.

History

SWR was established in 1998 through the merger of ''Süddeutscher Rundfunk'' (SDR, Southern German Broadcasting), formerly headquartered in Stuttgart, and ''Südwestfunk'' (SWF, South West Radio), formerly headquartered in Baden-Baden. The existence of two public broadcasting corporations in southwest Germany was a legacy of the

Allied occupation of Germany Germany was already de facto occupied by the Allies from the real fall of Nazi Germany in World War II on 8 May 1945 to the establishment of the East Germany on 7 October 1949. The Allies (United States, United Kingdom, Soviet Union, and France ...

after the

Second World War World War II or the Second World War, often abbreviated as WWII or WW2, was a world war that lasted from 1939 to 1945. It involved the World War II by country, vast majority of the world's countries—including all of the great power ...

. The French Military Government established SWF as the sole public broadcaster in their occupation zone. This area was later divided into the states of

South Baden South Baden (german: Südbaden; ), formed in December 1945 from the southern half of the former Republic of Baden, was a subdivision of the French occupation zone of post-World War II Germany. The state was later renamed to Baden and became a fo ...

, Württemberg-Hohenzollern and

. The American Military Government established SDR in

Württemberg-Baden Württemberg-Baden was a state of the Federal Republic of Germany. It was created in 1945 by the United States occupation forces, after the previous states of Baden and Württemberg had been split up between the US and French occupation zones. ...

. When

Baden Baden (; ) is a historical territory in South Germany, in earlier times on both sides of the Upper Rhine but since the Napoleonic Wars only East of the Rhine. History The margraves of Baden originated from the House of Zähringen. Baden ...

, Württemberg-Hohenzollern and

merged to form

in 1952, the corporations were not merged, although SDR and SWF operated several joint services. The two corporations had intended to merge in 1990, but the merger was pushed back by the reunification process.

Finances

Licensing fees required for radio and TV sets are €17.50 per month, as of 1 April 2015. These fees are not collected directly by the SWR but by the Beitragsservice von ARD, ZDF und Deutschlandradio that is a common organisation of ARD, its members, ZDF and Deutschlandradio. In 2016, the SWR received over from these fees, out of nearly collected in total that year.

Studios and offices

SWR operates studios in the following cities: * ''in Baden-Württemberg'':

, Stuttgart,

Freiburg im Breisgau Freiburg im Breisgau (; abbreviated as Freiburg i. Br. or Freiburg i. B.; Low Alemannic: ''Friburg im Brisgau''), commonly referred to as Freiburg, is an independent city in Baden-Württemberg, Germany. With a population of about 230,000 (as o ...

Friedrichshafen Friedrichshafen ( or ; Low Alemannic: ''Hafe'' or ''Fridrichshafe'') is a city on the northern shoreline of Lake Constance (the ''Bodensee'') in Southern Germany, near the borders of both Switzerland and Austria. It is the district capital (''K ...

Heilbronn Heilbronn () is a city in northern Baden-Württemberg, Germany, surrounded by Heilbronn District. With over 126,000 residents, it is the sixth-largest city in the state. From the late Middle Ages, it developed into an important trading centre. A ...

Karlsruhe Karlsruhe ( , , ; South Franconian German, South Franconian: ''Kallsruh'') is the List of cities in Baden-Württemberg by population, third-largest city of the German States of Germany, state (''Land'') of Baden-Württemberg after its capital o ...

Mannheim Mannheim (; Palatine German: or ), officially the University City of Mannheim (german: Universitätsstadt Mannheim), is the second-largest city in the German state of Baden-Württemberg after the state capital of Stuttgart, and Germany's ...

Tübingen Tübingen (, , Swabian: ''Dibenga'') is a traditional university city in central Baden-Württemberg, Germany. It is situated south of the state capital, Stuttgart, and developed on both sides of the Neckar and Ammer rivers. about one in thre ...

and Ulm * ''in Rhineland-Palatinate'':

Kaiserslautern Kaiserslautern (; Palatinate German: ''Lautre'') is a city in southwest Germany, located in the state of Rhineland-Palatinate at the edge of the Palatinate Forest. The historic centre dates to the 9th century. It is from Paris, from Frankfu ...

Koblenz Koblenz (; Moselle Franconian: ''Kowelenz''), spelled Coblenz before 1926, is a German city on the banks of the Rhine and the Moselle, a multi-nation tributary. Koblenz was established as a Roman military post by Drusus around 8 B.C. Its na ...

and

Trier Trier ( , ; lb, Tréier ), formerly known in English as Trèves ( ;) and Triers (see also names in other languages), is a city on the banks of the Moselle in Germany. It lies in a valley between low vine-covered hills of red sandstone in the ...

SWR ''regional offices'' are in: *''in Baden-Württemberg'':

Lörrach Lörrach () is a town in southwest Germany, in the valley of the Wiese, close to the French and the Swiss borders. It is the capital of the district of Lörrach in Baden-Württemberg. It is the home of a number of large employers, including the ...

Offenburg Offenburg ("open borough" - coat of arms showing open gates; Low Alemmanic: ''Offäburg'') is a city located in the state of Baden-Württemberg, Germany. With nearly 60,000 inhabitants (2019), it is the largest city and the administrative capital ...

and Villingen-Schwenningen *''in Rhineland-Palatinate'': Bad Neuenahr-Ahrweiler, Betzdorf,

Idar-Oberstein Idar-Oberstein () is a town in the Birkenfeld district in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany. As a ''Große kreisangehörige Stadt'' (large city belonging to a district), it assumes some of the responsibilities that for smaller municipalities in ...

and

Landau Landau ( pfl, Landach), officially Landau in der Pfalz, is an autonomous (''kreisfrei'') town surrounded by the Südliche Weinstraße ("Southern Wine Route") district of southern Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany. It is a university town (since 1990 ...

, as well as a recently opened office in

Worms Worms may refer to: *Worm, an invertebrate animal with a tube-like body and no limbs Places *Worms, Germany, a city ** Worms (electoral district) * Worms, Nebraska, U.S. *Worms im Veltlintal, the German name for Bormio, Italy Arts and entertai ...

. Plans exist for new offices in Traben-Trarbach and Gerolstein. In Baden-Württemberg there are also "Korrespondentenbüros" (roughly: "correspondence offices") for the SWR in

Aalen Aalen () is a former Free Imperial City located in the eastern part of the German state of Baden-Württemberg, about east of Stuttgart and north of Ulm. It is the seat of the Ostalbkreis district and is its largest town. It is also the la ...

, Albstadt-Ebingen, Biberach, Buchen,

Konstanz Konstanz (, , locally: ; also written as Constance in English) is a university city with approximately 83,000 inhabitants located at the western end of Lake Constance in the south of Germany. The city houses the University of Konstanz and was ...

, Mosbach,

Pforzheim Pforzheim () is a city of over 125,000 inhabitants in the federal state of Baden-Württemberg, in the southwest of Germany. It is known for its jewelry and watch-making industry, and as such has gained the nickname "Goldstadt" ("Golden City") ...

Ravensburg Ravensburg ( Swabian: ''Raveschburg'') is a city in Upper Swabia in Southern Germany, capital of the district of Ravensburg, Baden-Württemberg. Ravensburg was first mentioned in 1088. In the Middle Ages, it was an Imperial Free City and an im ...

Schwäbisch Hall Schwäbisch Hall (; "Swabian Hall"; from 1802 until 1934 and colloquially: ''Hall'' ) is a city in the German state of Baden-Württemberg located in the valley of the Kocher river, the longest tributary (together with its headwater Lein) of th ...

Tauberbischofsheim Tauberbischofsheim is a German town in the north-east of Baden-Württemberg on the river Tauber with a population of about 13,200. It is the capital of the Main-Tauber district. It is a popular tourist destination due to its numerous historical ...

and Waldshut-Tiengen.

Programming

SWR provides programs to various TV and radio networks, some done in collaboration with other broadcasters, and others completely independently.

Television channels

Das Erste Das Erste (; "The First") is the flagship national television channel of the ARD association of public broadcasting corporations in Germany. ''Das Erste'' is jointly operated by the nine regional public broadcasting corporations that are memb ...

"Erstes Deutsches Fernsehen" (German Television One) – Collaborative program for the ARD. SWR's portion is 16.95 percent. SWR also contributes to ARD digital, delivered over cable and satellite networks. * SWR Fernsehen ("Unser Drittes") – SWR television – Our Third"– The channel three network for Baden-Württemberg and the Rhineland-Palatinate. The programming is transmitted in two different versions, one for Baden-Württemberg and one for the Rhineland-Palatinate. The Saarländischer Rundfunk (SR, Saarland Broadcasting) retransmits over 70 percent of these programs under the banner "SR Fernsehen" ("SR Television). * Phoenix – Collaborative network programming between the ARD and ZDF. * KiKA – Children's network from ARD and ZDF. *

arte Arte (; (), sometimes stylized in lowercase or uppercase in its logo) is a European public service channel dedicated to culture. It is made up of three separate companies: the Strasbourg-based European Economic Interest Grouping ARTE, pl ...

– Franco-German cultural network *

3sat In logic and computer science, the Boolean satisfiability problem (sometimes called propositional satisfiability problem and abbreviated SATISFIABILITY, SAT or B-SAT) is the problem of determining if there exists an interpretation that satisfies ...

– Cultural network from ARD, ZDF,

ORF ORF or Orf may refer to: * Norfolk International Airport, IATA airport code ORF * Observer Research Foundation, an Indian research institute * One Race Films, a film production company founded by Vin Diesel * Open reading frame, a portion of t ...

(Austrian Broadcasting), and SRG (Swiss Broadcasting). *

EinsPlus EinsPlus was a German free-to-air television channel owned by ARD and operated by SWR. The channel launched on 29 August 1997 under the name ''EinsMuXx'', and was renamed ''EinsPlus'' on 23 April 2005. The channel, along with ZDFkultur wa ...

Radio channels

SWR operates six radio channels on FM and

DAB DAB, dab, dabs, or dabbing may refer to: Dictionaries * ''Dictionary of American Biography'', published under the auspices of the American Council of Learned Societies * ''Dictionary of Australian Biography'', published since 1949 Places * Dąb, ...

, all of which are also streamed on the internet. *SWR1 (''Eins gehört gehört – SWR1''): plays international pop and rock music from 1960–1990, European pop music, German pop and a limited number of contemporary hits to a target audience of adults aged 30–55, in two regional versions: **SWR1 Baden-Württemberg **SWR1 Rheinland-Pfalz *SWR2 (''Lust auf Kultur''): speech-based radio, including features, radio plays, and readings, plus classical music and jazz. *SWR3 (''Mehr Hits – mehr Kicks – einfach SWR3''): plays pop and contemporary music to a target audience of 14- to 39-year-olds. *SWR4 (''Da sind wir daheim''): plays German hits and "oldies" in two regional versions, each with local and sub-local opt-outs at specified times daily: **SWR4 Baden-Württemberg ***''Baden Radio'' (

) ***''Bodensee Radio'' (

) ***''Franken Radio'' (

) ***''Kurpfalz Radio'' (

) ***''Radio Stuttgart'' ( Stuttgart) ***''Radio Südbaden'' (

Freiburg Freiburg im Breisgau (; abbreviated as Freiburg i. Br. or Freiburg i. B.; Low Alemannic: ''Friburg im Brisgau''), commonly referred to as Freiburg, is an independent city in Baden-Württemberg, Germany. With a population of about 230,000 (as o ...

) **** ''Hochrhein Radio'' (

) ****''Ortenau Radio'' (

) ****''Radio Breisgau'' (

) ****''Radio Schwarzwald-Baar-Heuberg'' ( Villingen-Schwenningen) ***''Radio Tübingen'' (

) ***''Schwaben Radio'' ( Ulm) **SWR4 Rheinland-Pfalz ***''Radio Kaiserslautern'' (

) ***''Radio Koblenz'' (

) ***''Radio Ludwigshafen'' (

Ludwigshafen Ludwigshafen, officially Ludwigshafen am Rhein (; meaning "Ludwig's Port upon Rhine"), is a city in the German state of Rhineland-Palatinate, on the river Rhine, opposite Mannheim. With Mannheim, Heidelberg, and the surrounding region, it f ...

) ***''Radio Mainz'' (

) ***''Radio Trier'' (

) * DASDING (''Live – laut – lässig''): youth-oriented programming. *SWR Aktuell: news, topical talk, and coverage of current affairs.

History

SWR was established on 1 January 1998 and the new corporation began broadcasting on 1 September 1998. Its predecessor organizations, SDR and SWF, were formally dissolved at 24.00 on 30 September 1998, SWR legally succeeding them with effect from 0.00 on 1 October 1998. Channel mergers and changes with effect from 1 September 1998: * SWF 1 and SDR 1 became SWR1 Baden-Württemberg and SWR1 Rheinland-Pfalz: regional programmes for their respective states (Länder) * S 2 Kultur became SWR2 * SWF3 and SDR 3 became the pop station SWR3 * S 4 Baden-Württemberg became SWR4 Baden-Württemberg * SWF 4 Rheinland-Pfalz became SWR4 Rheinland-Pfalz * DASDING was unchanged and continued broadcasting * The television channel Südwest 3 became Südwest BW and Südwest RP, and today transmits as SWR Fernsehen A radio news channel, SWR cont.ra, was added in July 2002. This was relaunched with a new programme format on 9 January 2012 as SWRinfo. It was relaunched again as SWR Aktuell on 6 February 2017

Organization

Since 2007, the managing director of SWR has been Peter Boudgoust, who was previously the administrative director of SWR. The managing director's office is located in Stuttgart. Seven other directors serve under him (locations of their offices in parentheses): * Jan Büttner – Administration (Stuttgart) * Dr. Christoph Hauser – Information, Sport, Film, Service & Entertainment (Baden-Baden) * Gerold Hug – Culture, Knowledge, Young Formats (Baden-Baden) * Stefanie Schneider – Regional Programming for Baden-Württemberg (Stuttgart) * Dr. Simone Schelberg – Regional Programming for Rhineland-Palatinate (Mainz) * Dr. Hermann Eicher – Legal Department (Mainz) * Michael Eberhard – Engineering and Production (Baden-Baden)

Transmitter locations

Fernsehturm Stuttgart Fernsehturm Stuttgart ( en, Stuttgart TV Tower) is a telecommunications tower in Stuttgart, Germany. It was the first telecommunications tower in the world constructed from reinforced concrete, and it is the prototype for many such towers worldw ...

(Stuttgart TV Tower – a large TV/radio transmission tower in a steel-reinforced concrete structure, also containing a tower restaurant and viewing deck) *

Rheinsender The ''Rheinsender'' ("Rhine transmitter") is an FM radio transmission site for the German Südwestrundfunk regional public broadcasting system. The Rheinsender is located near Wolfsheim, southwest of Mainz. Historically the Rhinesender ...

at Wolfsheim for FM * Fernsehturm Heidelberg (Heidelberg TV Tower – a large TV/radio transmission tower in a steel-reinforced concrete structure, containing a viewing deck). * Transmitter Aalen for FM and TV * Transmitter Waldenburg for FM and TV * Transmitter

Bad Mergentheim Bad Mergentheim (; Mergentheim until 1926; East Franconian: ''Märchedol'') is a town in the Main-Tauber-Kreis district in the German state of Baden-Württemberg. It has a population of around 23,000. An officially recognized spa town since 1926, ...

-Löffelstelzen for FM and TV * Transmitter Ulm-Kuhberg for VHF * Transmitter

-Lehen for FM and TV * Transmitter Ulm-Ermingen for FM and TV *

Transmitter Hornisgrinde In electronics and telecommunications, a radio transmitter or just transmitter is an electronic device which produces radio waves with an antenna. The transmitter itself generates a radio frequency alternating current, which is applied to the ...

for FM and TV * Transmitter Raichberg for FM and TV * Transmitter Wannenberg for FM and TV * Transmitter Blauen for FM and TV * Transmitter

Bad Marienberg Bad Marienberg (Westerwald) is a town in the Westerwaldkreis in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany, and also the seat of the like-named ''Verbandsgemeinde'', a kind of collective municipality. Geography The community lies in the Westerwald betwee ...

for FM and TV * Transmitter Fernsehturm St. Chrischona (Switzerland) for FM and TV * Transmitter Feldberg im Schwarzwald for FM and TV * Transmitter

Weinbiet The Weinbiet is a hill, , in the borough of Neustadt an der Weinstraße in the German state of Rhineland-Palatinate and is one of the highest hills in the Haardt, the line of mountains and hills forming the eastern edge of the Palatine Forest and ...

for FM and TV * Transmitter Haardtkopf for FM and TV * Transmitter Kettrichhof for FM and TV * Transmitter Witthoh for FM and TV * Transmitter Saarburg for FM and TV * Transmitter

Potzberg The Potzberg, known as "King of the Westrich" (''König des Westrich''), is a wooded hill, (), in the North Palatine Uplands in the German state of Rhineland-Palatinate. Geography & history The Potzberg is one of the "Palatine Domes" (''P ...

for FM and TV * Transmitter

Eifel The Eifel (; lb, Äifel, ) is a low mountain range in western Germany and eastern Belgium. It occupies parts of southwestern North Rhine-Westphalia, northwestern Rhineland-Palatinate and the southern area of the German-speaking Community of ...

for FM and TV * Transmitter

Waldburg Waldburg is a town in the district of Ravensburg in Baden-Württemberg in Germany. It is the home of Waldburg Castle, a medieval castle that sits atop the large hill in the town. The castle dates from the twelfth century, when Waldburg was a ...

for FM and TV * Transmitter Dieblich-Naßheck(

) for FM and TV * Transmitter Donnersberg for FM and TV * Transmitter Linz am Rhein for FM and TV * Transmitter Grünten im Allgäu for FM At present, there is a new TV tower at Waldenburg under construction, which should replacer in 2008 old TV tower Waldenburg.

Orchestras and choruses

SWR operates the following musical organizations: * "SWR Symphony Orchestra Baden-Baden and Freiburg" – an orchestra with a rich tradition dating back to its establishment in 1946. Formerly the SWF Symphony Orchestra in Baden-Baden. Past chief conductors included Hans Rosbaud and Ernest Bour. The Orchestra is best known through the Donaueschingen Festival for new music. * "Radio Symphony Orchestra Stuttgart of the SWR" in Stuttgart. Also originally organized in 1946, this was the former SDR Radio Symphony Orchestra. A former major chief conductor was Hans Müller-Kray. The Orchestra was best known through its festival appearances in

Schwetzingen Schwetzingen (; pfl, Schwetzinge) is a German town in northwest Baden-Württemberg, around southwest of Heidelberg and southeast of Mannheim. Schwetzingen is one of the five biggest cities of the Rhein-Neckar-Kreis district and a medium-size ...

. * "SWR Vocal Ensemble Stuttgart" – originally the "Southern Radio Chorus" Stuttgart, again dating from 1946. * Deutsche Radio Philharmonie Saarbrücken Kaiserslautern – which merged in 1973 from the ''Rundfunkorchester Kaiserslautern'' and the Rundfunk-Sinfonieorchester Saarbrücken. *"SWR Big Band" – originally the "Southern Radio Dance Orchestra", also organized in 1951, and was led for many years by Erwin Lehn. *"SWR 3 Band" – a cover band in which several announcers of SWR3 play (e.g.

Stefanie Tücking Stefanie Tücking (1 April 1962 – 1 December 2018) was a German radio and television presenter. Career Tücking was born in Kaiserslautern Kaiserslautern (; Palatinate German: ''Lautre'') is a city in southwest Germany, located in th ...

, Michael Spleth and Jan Garcia). *"SWR 4 Band" – a cover band in which several music editors of SWR4 Baden-Württemberg

adio Stuttgart Adio may refer to: Business * Adio (company), the former skateboard footwear and apparel company Music Songs * "Adio" (song), a song by Montenegrin recording artist Knez that represented Montenegro at the Eurovision Song Contest 2015 *"Adio", a 1 ...

play (e.g. Wolfgang Gutmann, Rolf-Dieter Fröschlin, Helmut Link, Karlheinz Link and Peter Schönfeld).

Responsibilities within the ARD

Within the ARD, SWR is responsible for the coordination of the joint network programming on the networks

and

as well as the main Internet site for the ARD, ARD.de. The offices for ARTE Deutschland TV GmbH are in Baden-Baden, and the offices for ARD.de are in Mainz.
SWR is also responsible for some of the foreign studios operated on behalf of the ARD: * ARD-Studio Algiers (Algeria, Morocco, Tunisia) * ARD-Studio

Buenos Aires Buenos Aires ( or ; ), officially the Autonomous City of Buenos Aires ( es, link=no, Ciudad Autónoma de Buenos Aires), is the Capital city, capital and primate city of Argentina. The city is located on the western shore of the Río de la Plata ...

(Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Chile, Paraguay, Peru, Uruguay) * ARD-Studio

Geneva Geneva ( ; french: Genève ) frp, Genèva ; german: link=no, Genf ; it, Ginevra ; rm, Genevra is the second-most populous city in Switzerland (after Zürich) and the most populous city of Romandy, the French-speaking part of Switzerland. Situ ...

(covering the Geneva offices of the United Nations, as well as Switzerland and Liechtenstein) * ARD-Studio

Johannesburg Johannesburg ( , , ; Zulu language, Zulu and xh, eGoli ), colloquially known as Jozi, Joburg, or "The City of Gold", is the largest city in South Africa, classified as a Megacity#List of megacities, megacity, and is List of urban areas by p ...

(Angola, Botswana, Lesotho, Mozambique, Namibia, Zimbabwe, South Africa, Swaziland) * ARD-Studio

Cairo Cairo ( ; ar, القاهرة, al-Qāhirah, ) is the capital of Egypt and its largest city, home to 10 million people. It is also part of the largest urban agglomeration in Africa, the Arab world and the Middle East: The Greater Cairo met ...

(Egypt, Iraq, Yemen, Jordan, Qatar, Kuwait, Lebanon, Libya, Oman, Saudi Arabia, Sudan, Syria, United Arab Emirates) * ARD-Studio

Mexico City Mexico City ( es, link=no, Ciudad de México, ; abbr.: CDMX; Nahuatl: ''Altepetl Mexico'') is the capital and largest city of Mexico, and the most populous city in North America. One of the world's alpha cities, it is located in the Valley of ...

(

Anguilla Anguilla ( ) is a British Overseas Territory in the Caribbean. It is one of the most northerly of the Leeward Islands in the Lesser Antilles, lying east of Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands and directly north of Saint Martin. The territ ...

, Antigua and Barbuda, Aruba, Bahamas, Barbados, Belize, Costa Rica, Dominica, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, El Salvador, Grenada,

Guadeloupe Guadeloupe (; ; gcf, label=Antillean Creole, Gwadloup, ) is an archipelago and overseas department and region of France in the Caribbean. It consists of six inhabited islands— Basse-Terre, Grande-Terre, Marie-Galante, La Désirade, and the ...

, Guatemala, Haiti, Jamaica,

Virgin Islands The Virgin Islands ( es, Islas Vírgenes) are an archipelago in the Caribbean Sea. They are geology, geologically and biogeography, biogeographically the easternmost part of the Greater Antilles, the northern islands belonging to the Puerto Ric ...

, Cayman Islands, Colombia, Cuba,

Martinique Martinique ( , ; gcf, label=Martinican Creole, Matinik or ; Kalinago language, Kalinago: or ) is an island and an Overseas department and region, overseas department/region and single territorial collectivity of France. An integral part of ...

, Mexico, Montserrat, Nicaragua, Netherlands Antilles, Panama, Puerto Rico,

St. Kitts and Nevis Saint Kitts and Nevis (), officially the Federation of Saint Christopher and Nevis, is an island country and microstate consisting of the two islands of Saint Kitts and Nevis, both located in the West Indies, in the Leeward Islands chain of ...

, St. Lucia, St. Vincent and the Grenadines, Suriname, Trinidad and Tobago, Turks and Caicos Islands, Venezuela) * ARD-Studio Strasbourg/ Straßburg (covering the offices of the

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and the European Council)

Subsidiaries of SWR

The following companies are subsidiaries of SWR-Holding GmbH: * Südwest-Werbung GmbH – Advertising for radio and TV programs * SWR Media GmbH – Licenses of SWR, including use of excerpts and sponsorships * Südfunk Wirtschaftsbetriebe GmbH – Handles rent/leases for the "Parkhotel Stuttgart" * Fernsehturm Betriebs GmbH – Responsible for the viewing deck and restaurant at the Fernsehturm Stuttgart * Schwetzinger Festspiele GmbH – Responsible for the festival at Schwetzingen * Maran-Film-GmbH – Film production company * Bavaria Film GmbH – Film und TV production company * Telepool GmbH – International management for productions of SWR and other public broadcasting services * Der Audio Verlag GmbH – Production and management for audio recordings * TR-Verlagsunion GmbH – Print publisher of various materials related to broadcasting * Haus des Dokumentarfilms e. V. – Not-for-profit organization responsible for various documentaries

References

External links

SWR.de, SWR's homepage (in German)

SWR Symphony Orchestra homepage (in German)
{{DEFAULTSORT:Sudwestrundfunk ARD (broadcaster) German-language television networks Television stations in Germany Radio stations in Germany Television networks in Germany Baden-Baden Mass media in Mainz Television channels and stations established in 1998 Mass media in Stuttgart

History

Finances

Studios and offices

Programming

Television channels

Radio channels

History

Organization

Transmitter locations

Orchestras and choruses

Responsibilities within the ARD

Subsidiaries of SWR

See also

References

External links