WDR 5 is a German public

radio station Radio broadcasting is transmission of audio (sound), sometimes with related metadata, by radio waves to radio receivers belonging to a public audience. In terrestrial radio broadcasting the radio waves are broadcast by a land-based radio ...

owned and operated by the

Westdeutscher Rundfunk Westdeutscher Rundfunk Köln (''West German Broadcasting Cologne''; WDR, ) is a German public-broadcasting institution based in the Federal State of North Rhine-Westphalia with its main office in Cologne. WDR is a constituent member of the conso ...

(WDR).

History

WDR 5 went on air on October 7, 1991 on the former frequencies of

WDR 1 WDR 1 was a German public radio station owned and operated by the Westdeutscher Rundfunk Westdeutscher Rundfunk Köln (''West German Broadcasting Cologne''; WDR, ) is a German public-broadcasting institution based in the Federal State of North ...

as the new North Rhine-Westphalia wave. At that time, the old WDR 1 program was initially continued from 6:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m.

External links

Official website
(in German) Westdeutscher Rundfunk Radio stations in Germany Radio stations established in 1991 1991 establishments in Germany Mass media in Cologne {{Germany-radio-station-stub