History
Deutschlandradio Kultur's roots derive from the original Deutschlandsender, set up in 1926. After World War II, Deutschlandsender became the main national radio station of the German Democratic Republic (GDR), with programming aimed at all of Germany. In the 1970s it was merged with the main Berlin station Berliner Welle and renamed Stimme der DDR - "The Voice of the GDR". This lasted until February 1990 when it again became Deutschlandsender, and in May 1990 it merged with Radio GDR 2 and was renamed Deutschlandsender Kultur.
In 1994, the broadcasting authorities in the reunited Germany decided to reorganise the radio services of the former GDR and the Federal Republic of Germany.
The western Deutschlandfunk in Cologne and RIAS in Berlin were merged with Deutschlandsender to form Deutschlandradio and brought under the existing Alliance of the Public Broadcasters of Germany (ARD).
In the new structure, Deutschlandfunk became the national information radio station for Germany. Deutschlandsender became "DeutschlandRadio Berlin".
On 7 March 2005, DeutschlandRadio Berlin became Deutschlandradio Kultur.
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