(; "North German Broadcasting"), commonly shortened to NDR (), is a public radio and television broadcaster, based in

Hamburg Hamburg (, ; ), officially the Free and Hanseatic City of Hamburg,. is the List of cities in Germany by population, second-largest city in Germany after Berlin and List of cities in the European Union by population within city limits, 7th-lar ...

. In addition to the city-state of Hamburg, NDR broadcasts for the German states of

Lower Saxony Lower Saxony is a States of Germany, German state (') in Northern Germany, northwestern Germany. It is the second-largest state by land area, with , and fourth-largest in population (8 million in 2021) among the 16 ' of the Germany, Federal Re ...

Mecklenburg-Vorpommern Mecklenburg-Vorpommern (MV; ; ), also known by its Anglicisation, anglicized name Mecklenburg–Western Pomerania, is a Federated state, state in the north-east of Germany. Of the country's States of Germany, sixteen states, Mecklenburg-Vorpom ...

and

Schleswig-Holstein Schleswig-Holstein (; ; ; ; ; occasionally in English ''Sleswick-Holsatia'') is the Northern Germany, northernmost of the 16 states of Germany, comprising most of the historical Duchy of Holstein and the southern part of the former Duchy of S ...

. NDR is a member of ARD, the joint organisation of German public broadcasters.

History

Pre-war

In 1924 broadcasting began in Hamburg, when ''Norddeutsche Rundfunk AG'' (NORAG) was created. In 1934 it was incorporated into the ''Großdeutscher Rundfunk'', the national broadcaster controlled by

Joseph Goebbels Paul Joseph Goebbels (; 29 October 1897 – 1 May 1945) was a German Nazism, Nazi politician and philologist who was the ''Gauleiter'' (district leader) of Berlin, chief Propaganda in Nazi Germany, propagandist for the Nazi Party, and ...

Propagandaministerium The Reich Ministry for Public Enlightenment and Propaganda (, RMVP), also known simply as the Ministry of Propaganda (), controlled the content of the press, literature, visual arts, film, theater, music and radio in Nazi Germany. The ministr ...

, as ''Reichssender Hamburg''. In 1930, NORAG commissioned the Welte-Funkorgel – a large

theatre organ A theatre organ (also known as a theater organ, or, especially in the United Kingdom, a cinema organ) is a type of pipe organ developed to accompany silent films from the 1900s to the 1920s. Theatre organs have horseshoe-shaped arrangements of ...

custom-built by the firm of M. Welte & Sons to meet the specific acoustic requirements of radio broadcasting – and installed it in their radio studio (today the world's oldest such facility still in use) on Rothenbaumchaussee 132, Hamburg, where it continues to be played, now maintained by volunteers.

Post-war

In the British Zone of occupied Germany, the military authorities quickly established ''Radio Hamburg'' to provide information to the population of the area. The British Control Commission appointed

Hugh Greene Sir Hugh Carleton Greene (15 November 1910 – 19 February 1987) was a British television executive and journalist. He was director-general of the BBC from 1960 to 1969. After working for newspapers in the 1930s, Greene spent most of his lat ...

to manage the creation of public service broadcasting in their Zone. On 22 September 1945, ''Radio Hamburg'' became ''Nordwestdeutscher Rundfunk'' (North-Western German Broadcasting), the single broadcasting organisation of the British Zone. The state of

Bremen Bremen (Low German also: ''Breem'' or ''Bräm''), officially the City Municipality of Bremen (, ), is the capital of the States of Germany, German state of the Bremen (state), Free Hanseatic City of Bremen (), a two-city-state consisting of the c ...

, while surrounded by the British Zone, was given to the United States as part of the

American Zone The American occupation zone in Germany (German language, German: ), also known as the US-Zone, and the Southwest zone, was one of the four Allied-occupied Germany, occupation zones established by the Allies of World War II in Germany west of t ...

. A separate broadcaster was established for this state,

Radio Bremen Radio Bremen (), shortened to RB () is Germany's smallest Public broadcasting, public radio and television broadcaster and the legally mandated broadcaster for the city-state Bremen (state), Free Hanseatic City of Bremen (which includes Bremerha ...

. However, Radio Bremen and NDR cooperate in certain programmes and stations.

Länder control

In 1948, the Control Commission transferred the

Nordwestdeutscher Rundfunk Nordwestdeutscher Rundfunk (NWDR; ''Northwest German Broadcasting'') was the organization responsible for public broadcasting in the German Federal States of Hamburg, Lower Saxony, Schleswig-Holstein and North Rhine-Westphalia from 22 September ...

(NWDR) to the control of the constituent Länder (

North Rhine-Westphalia North Rhine-Westphalia or North-Rhine/Westphalia, commonly shortened to NRW, is a States of Germany, state () in Old states of Germany, Western Germany. With more than 18 million inhabitants, it is the List of German states by population, most ...

and

). At first, NWDR had just one radio station, later known as NWDR1. In 1950, it introduced a regional station for the north, ''NWDR Nord'' (later to become NDR2), and a regional station for the west, ''NWDR West'' (later WDR2). That same year, NWDR became a founding member of ARD, a joint organisation of all German regional broadcasters. The NWDR also played a founding role in launching

625-line 625-line (or CCIR 625/50) is a late 1940s European analog standard-definition television resolution standard. It consists of a 625-line raster, with 576 lines carrying the visible image at 25 interlaced frames per second. It was eventually ad ...

television in Germany, starting broadcasts on 25 December 1952.

NWDR split

In February 1955,

decided to establish its broadcaster, whilst

and

continued with the existing joint system. To this end, the NWDR was split into two broadcasters, Norddeutscher Rundfunk (NDR) in the north and

Westdeutscher Rundfunk (; "West German Broadcasting Cologne"), shortened to WDR (), is a German public broadcasting, public-broadcasting institution based in the States of Germany, Federal State of North Rhine-Westphalia with its main office in Cologne. WDR is a const ...

(WDR) in North Rhine-Westphalia. NDR continued to operate out of Hamburg. The split was effective from 1 January 1956, although the radio station NWDR1 remained a joint operation with regional opt-outs. The NWDR television service also remained a joint operation, from 1 April 1956 under the name ''Nord- und Westdeutsche Rundfunkverband'' (North and West German Broadcasting Federation – NWRV). NDR and WDR launched separate television services for their respective areas in 1961.

NDR history

On 1 December 1956 NDR started its third radio channel, NDR3 (from 1962 to 1973, it was operated jointly with

Sender Freies Berlin Sender Freies Berlin (; abbreviated SFB ; ) was the ARD public radio and television service for Berlin from 1 June 1954 until 30 April 2003. On 1 January 1992, SFB became the public broadcaster for the whole of reunited Berlin. However, SFB had ...

). In 1958

Han Koller Han may refer to: Arts, entertainment, and media * "Han", a fifth season episode of ''The West Wing'' * Han (musician), born Han Ji-sung, a South Korean singer-songwriter, rapper, and record producer, member of Stray Kids * Han Lue, a character ...

became the musical director of Hamburg's

NDR Jazz Workshop NDR may refer to: Computing * Non delivery report, a return email message to a sender indicating failed message delivery * Network Data Representation, an implementation of the OSI model presentation layer * Network detection and response, detec ...

, which became a popular radio broadcast. Numerous names in

Jazz Jazz is a music genre that originated in the African-American communities of New Orleans, Louisiana, in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. Its roots are in blues, ragtime, European harmony, African rhythmic rituals, spirituals, h ...

performed on these broadcasts including;

Dave Brubeck David Warren Brubeck (; December 6, 1920 – December 5, 2012) was an American jazz pianist and composer. Often regarded as a foremost exponent of cool jazz, Brubeck's work is characterized by unusual time signatures and superimposing contrasti ...

Kenny Clarke Kenneth Clarke Spearman (January 9, 1914January 26, 1985), known professionally as Kenny Clarke and nicknamed Klook, was an American jazz drummer and bandleader. A major innovator of the bebop style of drumming, he pioneered the use of the ride ...

Lucky Thompson Eli "Lucky" Thompson (June 16, 1924 – July 30, 2005) was an American jazz tenor and soprano saxophonist whose playing combined elements of swing and bebop. Although John Coltrane usually receives the most credit for bringing the soprano sa ...

Wes Montgomery John Leslie "Wes" Montgomery (March 6, 1923 – June 15, 1968) was an American jazz guitarist. Montgomery was known for his unusual technique of plucking the strings with the side of his thumb and for his extensive use of octaves, which gave him a ...

Johnny Griffin John Arnold Griffin III (April 24, 1928 – July 25, 2008) was an American jazz tenor saxophonist. Nicknamed "the Little Giant" for his short stature and forceful playing, Griffin's career began in the mid-1940s and continued until the month of ...

Oscar Peterson Oscar Emmanuel Peterson (August 15, 1925 – December 23, 2007) was a Canadian jazz pianist and composer. As a virtuoso who is considered to be one of the greatest Jazz piano, jazz pianists of all time, Peterson released more than 200 recordin ...

Ben Webster Benjamin Francis Webster (March 27, 1909 – September 20, 1973) was an American jazz tenor Saxophone, saxophonist. He performed in the United States and Europe and made many recordings with Duke Ellington, Billie Holiday, Johnny Hodges, a ...

Sahib Shihab Sahib Shihab (born Edmund Gregory; June 23, 1925 – October 24, 1989) was an American jazz and hard bop saxophonist (baritone, alto, and soprano) and flautist. He variously worked with Luther Henderson, Thelonious Monk, Fletcher Henderson, Tad ...

Carmell Jones Carmell Jones (July 19, 1936 – November 7, 1996) was an American jazz trumpet player. Biography Jones was born in Kansas City, Kansas, United States. He started piano lessons at age five, and trumpet lessons at age seven. His first professional ...

Lee Konitz Leon "Lee" Konitz (October 13, 1927 – April 15, 2020) was an American jazz Alto saxophone, alto saxophonist and composer. He performed successfully in a wide range of jazz styles, including bebop, cool jazz, and avant-garde jazz. Konitz's ass ...

Cecil Payne Cecil Payne (December 14, 1922 – November 27, 2007) was an American jazz baritone saxophonist born in Brooklyn, New York. Payne also played the alto saxophone and flute. He played with other prominent jazz musicians, in particular Dizzy Gilles ...

Slide Hampton Locksley Wellington Hampton (April 21, 1932 – November 18, 2021) was an American jazz trombone, jazz trombonist, composer and arranger. As his nickname implies, Hampton's main instrument was slide trombone, but he also occasionally played tub ...

Phil Woods Philip Wells Woods (November 2, 1931 – September 29, 2015) was an American jazz alto saxophonist, clarinetist, bandleader, and composer. Biography Woods was born in Springfield, Massachusetts. After inheriting a saxophone at age 12, he began t ...

, Jazz Composers Orchestra, Howard Riley,

Barry Guy Barry John Guy (born 22 April 1947, in London, England) is an English composer and double bass player. His range of interests encompasses early music, contemporary composition, jazz and improvisation, and he has worked with a wide variety of or ...

John Surman John Douglas Surman (born 30 August 1944) is an English jazz saxophone, Clarinet family, clarinet, and synthesizer player, and composer of free jazz and modal jazz, often using themes from folk music. He has composed and performed music for danc ...

, the Kuhn Brothers and

Barney Wilen Bernard "Barney" Jean Wilen (4 March 1937 – 25 May 1996) was a French jazz tenor and soprano saxophonist and composer. Biography Wilen was born in Nice, France; his father was an American dentist turned inventor, and his mother was French. His ...

. Some of these have been released since 1987, while the older ones only exist as rare bootlegs, sought after by many

aficionados. On 4 January 1965 NDR, Radio Bremen and Sender Freies Berlin (SFB) began a joint "third channel" television service, ''Norddeutsches Fernsehen'', later ''Nord 3'' and ''N3''. Since December 2001, this service is called ''NDR Fernsehen''. SFB started a separate TV channel for Berlin in 1992, called B1, later SFB1, now RBB Fernsehen. In 1977,

Gerhard Stoltenberg Gerhard Stoltenberg (29 September 1928 – 23 November 2001) was a German politician of the Christian Democratic Union (CDU) and minister in the cabinets of Ludwig Erhard, Kurt Georg Kiesinger and Helmut Kohl. He served as Minister-President ...

, the minister-president of

unilaterally cancelled the ''NDR-Staatsvertrag'', the governing contract of NDR. This caused a discussion on how to organise broadcasting in the North German region. In 1980, NDR signed a new contract with the three Länder, changing the pattern of broadcasting and creating new regional services. NDR1 was divided into three independent radio stations from 2 January 1981: * ''NDR 1 Radio Niedersachsen'' (from 2002, ''NDR 1 Niedersachsen'') for

* ''NDR 1 Welle Nord'' for

* ''NDR Hamburg-Welle 90.3'' (from 2 December 2001, ''NDR 90.3'') for

NDR2 and NDR3 (now NDR Kultur) continued as regional stations. These regional services were further subdivided with opt-outs for specific areas. ''NDR 1 Niedersachsen'' established regions based around Oldenburg-Ostfriesland-Bremen-Cuxhaven, Osnabrück-Emsland, greater Hanover, Braunschweig-southern Lower Saxony and northern Lower Saxony. ''NDR 1 Welle Nord'' was subdivided with studio centres in Flensburg, Heide, Norderstedt, Lübeck and Kiel. Roughly around 1983–1984, " Subways of Your Mind" was recorded from NDR2, with the title of the song remaining completely unknown until forty years after it was played on NDR2. On 30 September 1988 NDR introduced a

Teletext Teletext, or broadcast teletext, is a standard for displaying text and rudimentary graphics on suitably equipped television sets. Teletext sends data in the broadcast signal, hidden in the invisible vertical blanking interval area at the to ...

service on its ''N3'' television channel. Originally called ''Nordtext'', it became ''NDR Text'' on 2 December 2001. The Teletext service also offers information for viewers in the Radio Bremen area under the title ''Radio Bremen Text''. On 1 April 1989, NDR introduced its fourth radio service, NDR4. This service was later renamed ''NDR4 Info'' and since 2 June 2002 has been known as ''NDR Info''. The station is a news and information service for the whole NDR region. On 1 January 1992,

in former

East Germany East Germany, officially known as the German Democratic Republic (GDR), was a country in Central Europe from Foundation of East Germany, its formation on 7 October 1949 until German reunification, its reunification with West Germany (FRG) on ...

joined NDR as the fourth state in the organisation, where it replaced

Fernsehen der DDR Deutscher Fernsehfunk (DFF; German for "German Television Broadcasting") was the state television broadcaster in the German Democratic Republic (GDR or East Germany) from 1952 to 1991. DFF produced free-to-air terrestrial television programmi ...

and

Rundfunk der DDR Rundfunk der DDR (, 'GDR Broadcasting'; from about 1948 to 1972 Deutscher Demokratischer Rundfunk, 'German Democratic Broadcasting') was the collective designation for radio broadcasting organized by the State Broadcasting Committee in the East ...

. The area receives the main NDR radio and television stations, plus the regional ''NDR 1 Radio mV'', which has subregions based in Schwerin, Rostock, Neubrandenburg and Greifswald. In October of the same year, SFB in Berlin stopped relaying the ''Nord 3'' television service in favour of its own ''Berlin 1'' TV channel. On 4 April 1994, NDR introduced ''N-Joy Radio'' (known simply as ''N-Joy'' since 2001), a radio station aimed at 14 to 29-year-old listeners. On 3 October 1997, NDR3 was relaunched as ''Radio 3'', produced in co-operation with Ostdeutscher Rundfunk Brandenburg. At the end of 2000, SFB joined Radio 3. This arrangement lasted until ORB and SFB merged on 1 January 2003 and started its own classical and cultural network. NDR3 became ''NDR Kultur'' on 1 January 2003. On 1 November 2001, NDR and Radio Bremen launched a joint radio station, ''Nordwestradio'', to serve Bremen and northwestern Lower Saxony. This service replaced ''

Radio Bremen 2 Radio Bremen 2 was a German public radio station, owned and operated by Radio Bremen (RB). It used to broadcast a culture and information-based format, featuring classical and modern music. It was replaced by Nordwestradio on 1 November 2001 ( ...

'' and control of the service remains with Radio Bremen. NDR is the organization responsible within ARD for overseeing Germany's participation in the Eurovision Song Contest from 1996 to 2025, with responsibilities transferring to SWR from 2026 onwards. As such, following Germany's victory in the 55th annual contest, NDR organised the 56th annual contest on behalf of ARD. The contest was held in

Düsseldorf Düsseldorf is the capital city of North Rhine-Westphalia, the most populous state of Germany. It is the second-largest city in the state after Cologne and the List of cities in Germany with more than 100,000 inhabitants, seventh-largest city ...

on 10–14 May 2011 despite the city being located outside NDR's broadcasting area.

Studios

NDR's studios in Hamburg are in two locations, both within the borough of

Eimsbüttel Eimsbüttel () is one of the seven boroughs (Bezirke) of Hamburg, Germany. In 2020, the borough had a population of 269,118. History On March 1, 2008 Eimsbüttel lost part of its area to the borough Altona where it formed the Sternschanze quar ...

: the television studios are in the quarter of

Lokstedt Lokstedt () is a quarter of Hamburg, Germany Germany, officially the Federal Republic of Germany, is a country in Central Europe. It lies between the Baltic Sea and the North Sea to the north and the Alps to the south. Its sixteen States ...

while the radio studios are in the quarter of

Harvestehude Harvestehude (; Hamburgisch: ''Harvstehuud'') is a quarter of Hamburg, Germany, in the borough of Eimsbüttel. It is located on the eastern boundaries of the borough near lake Außenalster. Geography Harvestehude borders the quarters of Roth ...

(though they are called "Funkhaus am Rothenbaum"), a little closer to the city centre. There are also regional studios, having both radio and television production facilities, in the state capitals

Hanover Hanover ( ; ; ) is the capital and largest city of the States of Germany, German state of Lower Saxony. Its population of 535,932 (2021) makes it the List of cities in Germany by population, 13th-largest city in Germany as well as the fourth-l ...

Kiel Kiel ( ; ) is the capital and most populous city in the northern Germany, German state of Schleswig-Holstein. With a population of around 250,000, it is Germany's largest city on the Baltic Sea. It is located on the Kieler Förde inlet of the Ba ...

and

Schwerin Schwerin (; Mecklenburgisch-Vorpommersch dialect, Mecklenburgisch-Vorpommersch Low German: ''Swerin''; Polabian language, Polabian: ''Zwierzyn''; Latin: ''Suerina'', ''Suerinum'') is the Capital city, capital and List of cities and towns in Germ ...

. The facility in Hanover is now called the Landesfunkhaus Niedersachsen. In addition, NDR maintains facilities at ARD's national studios in

Berlin Berlin ( ; ) is the Capital of Germany, capital and largest city of Germany, by both area and List of cities in Germany by population, population. With 3.7 million inhabitants, it has the List of cities in the European Union by population withi ...

Organization and finances

Chairmen of the Norddeutscher Rundfunk

* 1955–1961: Walter Hilpert * 1961–1974:

Gerhard Schröder Gerhard Fritz Kurt Schröder (; born 7 April 1944) is a German former politician and Lobbying, lobbyist who served as Chancellor of Germany from 1998 to 2005. From 1999 to 2004, he was also the Leader of the Social Democratic Party of Germany (S ...

* 1974–1980: Martin Neuffer * 1980–1987: Friedrich-Wilhelm Räuker * 1987–1991: Peter Schiwy * 1991–2008: Jobst Plog * 2008–2020: Lutz Marmor * 2020–present: Joachim Knuth

Funding

NDR is in part funded by the limited sale of on-air commercial advertising time; however, its principal source of income is the revenue derived from viewer and listener

licence fee A television licence or broadcast receiving licence is a payment required in many countries for the reception of television broadcasts or the possession of a television set. In some countries, a licence is also required to own a radio or rece ...

s. As of August 2021, the monthly fee due from each household for radio and television reception was €18.36. These fees are collected not directly by NDR but by a joint agency of ARD (and its member institutions),

ZDF ZDF (), short for (; ), is a German public-service television broadcaster based in Mainz, Rhineland-Palatinate. Launched on 1 April 1963, it is run as an independent nonprofit institution, and was founded by all federal states of Germany ( ...

, and

Deutschlandradio Deutschlandradio (DLR; ) is a national German public radio broadcaster. History ''Deutschlandfunk'' was originally a West German news radio targeting listeners within West Germany as well as in neighbouring countries, ''Deutschlandfunk Kultur'' ...

Services

NDR currently provides a number of services on its own or in co-operation with other broadcasters:

Television

* ''

Das Erste Das Erste (; "The First") is the flagship national television channel of the ARD (broadcaster), ARD association of public broadcasting corporations in Germany. ''Das Erste'' is jointly operated by the ARD (broadcaster)#Institutions and member org ...

'' – joint national channel * '' NDR Fernsehen'' (formerly ''N3'' and ) – third public service channel for the NDR area and

, in co-operation with

. * '' Phoenix'' – events channel produced by ARD and ZDF * '' KI.KA'' – children's channel produced by ARD and ZDF * ''

Arte Arte (, , ; ' ('), sometimes stylised in lowercase or uppercase in its logo) is a European Union, European public service Television channel, channel dedicated to culture. It is made up of three separate companies: the Strasbourg-based Europea ...

'' – Franco-German culture channel * ''

3sat 3sat (, ''Dreisat'') is a free-to-air German-language public service television channel. It is a generalist channel with a cultural focus and is jointly operated by public broadcasters from Germany ( ZDF, ARD), Austria ( ORF) and Switzerlan ...

'' – cultural channel, co-produced by ARD, ZDF, ORF, and SRG * ''

tagesschau24 Tagesschau24 (, "Review of the Day 24," stylized as tagesschau24) is a German free-to-air television channel owned by ARD and managed by Norddeutscher Rundfunk. Launched on 30 August 1997 as "EinsExtra", the channel was renamed ''Tagesschau 24'' ...

'' – news channel

Radio

* ' network consists of four independent radio stations: ** ' – Local station for Hamburg, playing music for older listeners. ** '' NDR 1 Niedersachsen'' – Local station for Lower Saxony, run from Hanover with some regional opt-outs. Plays music for older listeners. ** ' – Local station for Schleswig-Holstein, run from Kiel with some regional opt-outs. Plays music for older listeners. ** ' – Local station for Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, run from Schwerin with some regional opt-outs. Plays music for older listeners. * ' – Popular music station for middle-aged listeners. This is a commercial public service station. * ' – Arts and culture station (formerly NDR 3). Plays classical music. * ' – News and information station (formerly NDR 4 or NDR 4 Info). * ' - Same programming as NDR Info with opt-outs for sports, parliament sittings, maritime forecast, multicultural broadcasts and the ARD Infonacht. * ''

N-Joy N-Joy (also ''N-JOY'') is a German, public radio station by the Norddeutscher Rundfunk (NDR) made for listeners with an age between 14 and 39. The headquarters is in Hamburg Hamburg (, ; ), officially the Free and Hanseatic City of Hambu ...

'' – youth station. * ' – Music "away from the charts". * ' – a music station with the programming format ''schlager'' music and easy listening

Broadcasts

* Berichte von heute news program

Musical organizations

NDR has four musical organizations, including two orchestras, a chorus and a "big band": * '' NDR Elbphilharmonie Orchester'' – the ''North German Radio Elbphilharmonie Orchestra''; created in 1945 as the Symphony Orchestra of the NWDR and continued by NDR under the name ''NDR Sinfonieorchester'' between 1955 – 2016. It was renamed in 2016 to its current name. Principal conductors have included

Günter Wand Günter Wand (7 January 1912, in Elberfeld, Germany – 14 February 2002, in Ulmiz near Bern, Switzerland) was a German orchestra conductor and composer. Wand studied in Wuppertal, Allenstein and Detmold. At the Cologne Conservatory, he was a ...

and

John Eliot Gardiner Sir John Eliot Gardiner (born 20 April 1943) is an English conductor, particularly known for his performances of the works of Johann Sebastian Bach, especially the Bach Cantata Pilgrimage of 2000, performing Church cantata (Bach), Bach's church ...

. Currently it is Alan Gilbert. * ''

NDR Radiophilharmonie The NDR Radiophilharmonie is a German radio orchestra, affiliated with the Norddeutscher Rundfunk (NDR) in Hanover, the capital of Lower Saxony. The orchestra principally gives concerts in the ''Großer Sendesaal'' of the '' Landesfunkhaus Niede ...

'' – the ''NDR Radio Philharmonic''; created in 1950 as the Hanover Radio Orchestra of the NWDR and continued by NDR under its current name since 1955. Principal conductors have included Willy Steiner, Bernhard Klee, and Eiji Oue. The orchestra plays light classical or "concert hall" music. * ''

NDR Chor The NDR Chor (North German Radio Choir) is the choir of the German broadcaster Norddeutscher Rundfunk (NDR), based in Hamburg. It was founded in 1946, with Max Thurn as the first director of then 55 singers. The group has participated in premiere ...

'' or —created in 1946 by the NWDR and continued under that name until 2022 when it became NDR Vocal Ensemble. It consists of 21 professional singers on fixed contracts. The director of the NDR Vocal Emsemble is Klaas Stok. The choir specializes in "Alte Musik", but a broad repertory also includes contemporary music. * ''NDR Bigband''; created by the NWDR and continued by NDR in 1955 as the ''NDR Studioband''. Renamed ''NDR Bigband'' in 1971.

Transmitters

FM, MW and TV

* Hamburg Billwerder *

Hemmingen Hemmingen () is a town in the district of Hanover, in Lower Saxony, Germany. It is situated approximately 6 km south of Hanover. Until December 2004, Hemmingen belonged to the Regierungsbezirk Hannover, which was dissolved in January 2005. ...

(for Hannover) *

Flensburg Flensburg (; Danish language, Danish and ; ; ) is an independent city, independent town in the far north of the Germany, German state of Schleswig-Holstein. After Kiel and Lübeck, it is the third-largest city in Schleswig-Holstein. Flensburg's ...

* Kronshagen (for Kiel, no AM broadcasts currently) *

Lingen Lingen (), officially Lingen (Ems), is a town in Lower Saxony, Germany. In 2024, its population was 59,896 with 2,262 people who had registered the city as their secondary residence. Lingen, specifically "Lingen (Ems)" is located on the river Ems ...

FM and TV

* Steinkimmen *

Torfhaus Torfhaus is a village in the borough of the mining town of Altenau in the Harz mountains of Germany and lies at a height of about . It is the highest settlement in Lower Saxony. This small settlement consists mainly of restaurants, youth hostels, ...

() * Zernien * Osnabrück * Aurich-Popens * Göttingen * Lauenburg * Bungsberg * Welmbüttel/Heide (Holstein) *

Sylt Sylt (; ; Söl'ring North Frisian: ) is an island in northern Germany, part of Nordfriesland district, Schleswig-Holstein, with a distinctively shaped shoreline. It belongs to the North Frisian Islands and is the largest island in North Fris ...

Visselhövede Visselhövede () is a town in the district of Rotenburg (district), Rotenburg in Lower Saxony, Germany. Nearby towns include the district capital Rotenburg an der Wümme, Rotenburg, Walsrode and Verden, Germany, Verden. Larger cities within a 100&n ...

* Cuxhaven * Kronshagen (near

)

Mecklenburg-Vorpommern

In Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, in former

, NDR programmes are broadcast from facilities owned by Media Broadcast GmbH, a former subsidiary of Deutsche Telekom AG.

Other facilities

Wittmoor Measurement and Reception Station The Wittmoor Measurement and Reception Station in Holm, Pinneberg district, northern Germany, is an equipment of the Norddeutscher Rundfunk (North German broadcasting company) for the supervision of the broadcasting frequencies in the southern Pin ...

References

External links

* {{Authority control Mass media in Hamburg ARD (broadcaster) Mass media companies of Germany German-language television networks Television networks in Germany Radio stations in Germany