
With German reunification in 1990, Radio Berlin International (RBI) of East Germany ceased to exist. On 7 June 1962, it joined the ARD as a national broadcasting station. In 1960, Deutsche Welle became an independent public body after a court ruled that broadcasting from Germany was part of the federal government's foreign-affairs function. In 1955, when this split into the separate Norddeutscher Rundfunk (NDR) and Westdeutscher Rundfunk (WDR) networks, WDR assumed responsibility for Deutsche Welle programming. At first, it was controlled by Nordwestdeutscher Rundfunk (NWDR). On 11 June 1953, the public broadcasters in the ARD signed an agreement to share responsibility for Deutsche Welle.
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Deutsche Welle, which in English means "German Wave", is similar to international broadcasters such as the BBC World Service, France 24, Voice of America, Radio Canada International, Radio Free Europe and Radio France Internationale.ĭeutsche Welle has broadcast regularly since 1953. It has a satellite television service (DW (TV)), that is available in four languages, and there is also an online news site.

It broadcasts news and information on shortwave, Internet and satellite radio in 30 languages (DW (Radio)). The service is aimed at the overseas market. Deutsche Welle ( German pronunciation: ) or DW is Germany's international broadcaster.
