Map of the nine regional broadcasting members of Germany's ARD radio/TV network.

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Legal foundation

BR is a broadcaster for the general public. Its functions are determined by a legal foundation, which creates the broadcaster's principles and its internal organization. These regulations are contained in the Bavarian Broadcasting Law (Bayerischen Rundfunkgesetz), originally passed in 1948, and updated in 1993. At that time, it was comprehensively amended to relevant current media and political needs. This broadcast law is supplemented by the so-called Broadcast State Contract (Rundfunkstaatsvertrag), a multilateral agreement between all 16 German Länder which regulates the relationship of public and private broadcast in the dual broadcast system and which contains fundamental regulations particularly for financing. Just as important for the work of Bavarian Broadcasting is the cooperation of the ARD consortium, consisting of nine other regional broadcasting corporates as well as Deutsche Welle. The broadcasting service is further backed by the relevant European legal bases as well as the media service convention, which contain regulations for the on-line offerings of Bavarian Broadcasting. Bundesland (plural Bundesländer), also known as Land (plural Länder) is the German language name for the federal states of Austria and Germany. ... Current logo ARD (Arbeitsgemeinschaft der öffentlich-rechtlichen Rundfunkanstalten der Bundesrepublik Deutschland – the Consortium of public-law broadcasting institutions of the Federal Republic of Germany), is a joint organization of Germanys regional public broadcasting agencies. ... This article is about the German international broadcaster. ...

Finances

Licensing fees required for Radio and TV sets are €17.03 per month, as of 1 April 2005. For radio reception alone, the monthly fee is €5.52. BR derives 84 % of its income from licensing fees, up to 13 % from other sources of income (e.g. product licensing and investments) and up to 3 % from advertising. For expenditures, 60 % are spent on TV programs, 28 % for radio programs, 8 % for engineering and technical maintenance, and 4 % for management expenses. A television licence (or more correctly broadcast receiver licence, as it usually also pays for public radio) is an official licence required in many countries for all owners of television (and sometimes also radio) receivers. ...

Television series produced by BR

BR produces several series that are well known throughout Bavaria, and some of these are re-broadcast throughout other parts of Germany. These include:

• Rundschau
• quer
• Münchner Runde
• Alpha Centauri
• Kunst und Krempel
• Unter unserem Himmel ("Under our Skies")
• Café Meineid
• Zur Freiheit ("To Freedom")

Advertising

BR's TV channel, Bayerisches Fernsehen (Bavarian Television), as with all regional "Third Channel" broadcasters (as well as arte, 3Sat, KI.KA, Phoenix and BR-alpha) is free of advertising. Advertising is also not permitted on ARD's "Das Erste" or on ZDF on Sundays, holidays, or on any day after 8 pm. On weekdays, only 20 minutes of advertising is permitted, split between breaks between programs. Program sponsoring is not considered to be advertising, and is not subject to these restrictions. Since 7 January 1998 BR has been operating a 2nd tv channel called BR-alpha. Arte is a Franco-German TV network, which aims to promote quality programming related to the world of arts and culture. ... 3sats logo 3sat is the name of a public, advertising-free, television network in Central Europe. ... KI.KA (Der Kinderkanal = The Childrens Channel)is a public television channel based in Erfurt, Germany. ... The principal German public national TV channel. ... Zweites Deutsches Fernsehen (Second German Television), ZDF, is a public service German television channel based in Mainz. ... January 7 is the seventh day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... 1998 (MCMXCVIII) was a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar, and was designated the International Year of the Ocean. ... BR or Br may be: BR Beautiful Revolution, a Korean cosmetic company BR Distribuidora, the fuel retail division of Petrobras BR Korea, ice cream company Baskin-Robbins in South Korea BR postal area, a group of eight postal districts in southeast London Bromine (Br), atomic number 35 BR is the...

Studios

BR operates a main broadcasting facility in Munich as well as studios in Freimann and Unterföhring. There are also regional TV and radio studios in Nuremberg ("Studio Franconia"), Würzburg ("Regional studio Franconia/River Main") and Regensburg ("Regional Studio East Bavaria"). Munich: Frauenkirche and Town Hall steeple Munich: St. ... // Frei may refer to: Frei, a municipality of Norway This list is incomplete; you can help by expanding it. ... Unterföhring is a township in the Upper Bavarian district of Munich and lies on the northeastern edge of the city of Munich. ... Nuremberg (German: Nürnberg) is a city in the German state of Bavaria, in the administrative region of Middle Franconia. ... Würzburg is a city in the region of Franconia which lies in the northern tip of Bavaria, Germany. ... Regensburg (also Ratisbon, Latin Ratisbona) is a city (population 129,175 in 2005) in Bavaria, south-east Germany, located at the confluence of the Danube and Regen rivers, at the northernmost bend in the Danube. ...

Programming

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

Television channels

• Bayerisches Fernsehen - Third TV channel for Bavaria.
• ARD -BR contributes programming to Germany's main network.
• BR-alpha - educational programming
• Phoenix - collaborative network programming between the ARD and ZDF.
• KI.KA - Children's network from the ARD and ZDF.
• arte - Franco-German cultural network
• 3sat - Cultural network from the ARD, ZDF, ORF (Austrian Broadcasting), and SRG (Swiss Broadcasting).

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Radio channels

• Bayern 1 (Bavaria 1) - Main program, with a target audience of adults over 25
• Bayern 2 Radio (Bavaria 2) - Cultural radio
• Bayern 3 (Bavaria 3) - Pop radio, target audience of youth
• Bayern 4 Klassik (Bavaria 4 Classical) - Classical music
• B5 aktuell (B5 up-to-date) - News non-stop (news update every 15 minutes)

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• BR mobil (BR Mobile) - "'Light' music for driving"
• Das Modul (The Module) - unmoderated youth programming, the musical styles change regularly

Musical organizations

BR administers three musical organizations:

• Symphonieorchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks (Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra), founded in 1949. Music directors have included Eugen Jochum, Rafael Kubelík, Sir Colin Davis and Lorin Maazel. Mariss Jansons has been serving in this post since 2003.
• Münchner Rundfunkorchester (Munich Radio Orchestra), founded in the 1920s, reorganized in 1952. The orchestra is known for its Sunday concerts, and youth/children's concerts. As of August of 2005, the orchestra is threatened with dissolution in 2006. Marcello Viotti gave up his post as music director, but continued to conduct the orchestra. He died on 16 February 2005 as a result of a stroke suffered during a performance of "Manon."
• Chor des Bayerischen Rundfunks (Bavarian Radio Choir), founded in 1946 as "Rundfunkchor München" (Munich Radio Choir). The choir has premiered works by Rafael Kubelík and Hans Pfitzner.

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Transmitters

• Transmitter for VHF, AM and shortwave in Ismaning
• Transmitter for VHF, AM and TV on the Dillberg
• Transmitter for VHF, AM and TV in Würzburg
• Transmitter for AM in Hof
• Transmitter for VHF and TV on the Wendelstein
• Transmitter for VHF and TV on the Kreuzberg (Rhön)
• Transmitter for VHF and TV on the Grünten
• Transmitter for VHF and TV on the Brotjacklriegel
• Transmitter for VHF and TV on the Hohen Bogen
• Transmitter for VHF and TV on the Hohen Linie
• Transmitter for VHF and TV on the Ochsenkopf
• Transmitter for VHF and TV on the Büttelberg
• Transmitter for VHF and TV on the Pfaffenberg
• Transmitter for VHF and TV on the Hohenpeißenberg
• Transmitter for VHF and TV on the Hühnerberg
• Transmitter for VHF and TV in Coburg
• Transmitter for VHF and TV in Augsburg
• Transmitter for VHF and TV on the Hochberg

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Podcasts

An ever increasing number of podcasts produced by BR are available through the iTunes Music Store. This includes two podcasts by Bayerisches Fernsehen, six by radio network Bayern 1, ten by Bayern 2, 6 by Bayern 3 and two by Bayern 4. It has been suggested that this article or section be merged into ITunes. ...

History

Managing Directors of BR since 1945:

• Field Horine (Chief of Section, Radio Munich) - 1945-1947
• Edmund Schechter - 1947
• Rudolf von Scholtz - 1947-1956
• Franz Stadelmayer - 1956-1960
• Christian Wallenreiter - 1960-1972
• Reinhold Vöth - 1972-1990
• Prof. Dr. h.c. Albert Scharf - 1990-2002
• Dr. Thomas Gruber - 2002-present

Opt-outs

In the 1970s, Bayerischer Rundfunk was notorious for opting out of national ARD television broadcasts when certain broadcast programmes were deemed too controversial. The 1970s decade refers to the years from 1970 to 1979, inclusive. ...

The best-known opt outs include:

• Sesamstrasse (the German version of Sesame Street was deemed degenerate by Bavarian broadcasting authorities).

This and all other opt-outs have since been shown on Bavaria's third channel, Bayrisches Fernsehen and today, Bayrischer Rundfunk no longer opts out of national broadcasts.

See also: German television As one of the largest industrial nations and with the largest population in Europe, Germany today offers a vast diversity of television stations. ...

External links

• Bayerischer Rundfunk Homepage (in German)

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