Belgischer Rundfunk

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BRF headquarters in Eupen.

Belgischer Rundfunk (BRF) (English: Belgian Broadcasting) is the public service broadcaster for the German-speaking communities of Wallonia in Belgium. BRF is based in Eupen, with studio facilities also at Sankt Vith and Brussels.

BRF produces one television and three radio channels.

1 History
2 Services
- 2.1 Radio
- 2.2 Television
3 External links

[edit] History

Logos of the BRF radio and television services.

German language broadcasts were started in Brussels by l'Institut National Belge de Radiodiffusion (INR-NIR) on 1 October 1945. In 1960, the INR became Radio-Télévision Belge (RTB) and in 1961 it began a German-language radio channel, broadcast from Liège.

In 1977, the German-language service was separated from RTB (which became Radio-Télévision Belge Francophone or RTBF) and the new company, Belgischer Rundfunk, began broadcasting from Eupen. BRF still uses the former logo of the INR-NIR.

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.

[edit] Services

[edit] Radio

BRF1 is the speech and entertainment network.
BRF2 is the popular music network.
BRF-DLF combines the speech output of BRF1 and that of Deutschlandfunk.

[edit] Television

BRF-TV primarily rebroadcasts programming from the ARD stations, from ORF and from SRG. BRF-TV also broadcasts locally-produced news and documentary programmes.