Belgischer Rundfunk
Encyclopedia
Belgischer Rundfunk (Belgian Broadcasting) is the public-service broadcasting organization
serving the German-speaking Community of Belgium
. Based in Eupen
, with additional studio facilities in Sankt Vith
and Brussels
, BRF produces one television and three radio channels.
German-language broadcasts were first started in Brussels by the Nationaal Instituut voor Radio Omroep / Institut National de Radiodiffusion (NIR/INR) on 1 October 1945. In 1960, the NIR/INR became Belgische Radio en Televisie / Radio-Télévision Belge (BRT/RTB) and in 1961 RTB began a German-language radio channel, broadcasting from Liège.
In 1977, the German-language service was separated from RTB – which became Radio-Télévision Belge de la Communauté française (RTBF
) – and the new company, Belgischer Rundfunk, began broadcasting from Eupen. BRF, however, still uses the old logo of the BRT/RTB.
In October 1999 BRF-TV was created; it broadcasts by cable in the East Cantons. On 25 November 2001, BRF and Deutschlandfunk
began BRF-DLF, a radio station in Brussels for German-speakers in that area.
Public broadcasting
Public broadcasting includes radio, television and other electronic media outlets whose primary mission is public service. Public broadcasters receive funding from diverse sources including license fees, individual contributions, public financing and commercial financing.Public broadcasting may be...
serving the German-speaking Community of Belgium
German-speaking Community of Belgium
The German-speaking Community of Belgium is one of the three federal communities of Belgium. Covering an area of 854 km² within the province of Liège in Wallonia, it includes nine of the eleven municipalities of the so-called East Cantons...
. Based in Eupen
Eupen
Eupen is a municipality in the Belgian province of Liège, from the German border , from the Dutch border and from the "High Fens" nature reserve...
, with additional studio facilities in Sankt Vith
Sankt Vith
St. Vith is a municipality located in the Belgian province of Liège, and in the German speaking community in Belgium. It was named after Saint Vitus....
and Brussels
Brussels
Brussels , officially the Brussels Region or Brussels-Capital Region , is the capital of Belgium and the de facto capital of the European Union...
, BRF produces one television and three radio channels.
History
In 1977, the German-language service was separated from RTB – which became Radio-Télévision Belge de la Communauté française (RTBF
RTBF
Radio Télévision Belge Francophone is the public broadcasting organization of the French Community of Belgium, the southern, French-speaking part of Belgium...
) – and the new company, Belgischer Rundfunk, began broadcasting from Eupen. BRF, however, still uses the old logo of the BRT/RTB.
In October 1999 BRF-TV was created; it broadcasts by cable in the East Cantons. On 25 November 2001, BRF and Deutschlandfunk
Deutschlandfunk
Deutschlandfunk is a German public broadcasting radio station, broadcasting national news and current affairs.-History:Broadcasting in the Federal Republic of Germany is reserved under the Basic Law to the states. This means that all public broadcasting is regionalised...
began BRF-DLF, a radio station in Brussels for German-speakers in that area.
Radio
- BRF1 is the speech and entertainment network with pop and rock music (plus specialist progammes covering classical and modern chanson).
- BRF2 is the popular music network (SchlagerSchlagerSchlager music is a style of popular music prevalent in Central and Northern Europe and the Balkans and also in France and Poland. In Portugal, it was adapted and became pimba music...
and volkstümliche MusikVolkstümliche MusikVolkstümliche Musik is a modern variation on the traditional music of German-speaking countries in general and their Alpine regions in particular...
). - BRF-DLF combines the speech output of BRF1 with that of DeutschlandfunkDeutschlandfunkDeutschlandfunk is a German public broadcasting radio station, broadcasting national news and current affairs.-History:Broadcasting in the Federal Republic of Germany is reserved under the Basic Law to the states. This means that all public broadcasting is regionalised...
.
Television
- BRF TVBRF TVBRF TV is a German-language television channel in Belgium, owned by the Belgian public broadcaster Belgischer Rundfunk and transmitted via cable in the German-speaking Community of Belgium....
broadcasts locally-produced news and documentary programmes and can only be received via cable.