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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. 2.4 Relay stations leasing transmitter time to DWĭeutsche Welle was inaugurated on, with an address by West German President Theodor Heuss as its first shortwave broadcast.On FebruDeutsche Welle underwent a significant rebranding. Deutsche Welle's website is produced in both Berlin and Bonn. The television broadcasts are produced in Berlin. Until 2003 it was based in Cologne, when it relocated to a new building, the ' Schürmann-Bau', in Bonn's former government office area.

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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.