Hessischer Rundfunk (Hessian Broadcasting) (HR) is the public broadcaster for the German state (Bundesland) of Hesse. The main offices of HR are in Frankfurt am Main. HR is a member of the ARD.
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The main radio and television studios for HR are located at Bertramstraße 8, Frankfurt am Main. There are additional radio and television studios in Kassel and Wiesbaden, and additional radio studios in Darmstadt, Fulda and Gießen. HR also has offices in Berlin, Eltville, Erbach, Limburg an der Lahn and Marburg. In 2000, HR opened studios on the 53rd floor of the Maintower in the city centre of Frankfurt. HR is also responsible for the ARD Studios in Madrid and Prague.
Licensing fees required for Radio and TV sets are currently €17.98 per month. For radio reception alone, the monthly fee is €5.52 These fees are not collected directly by the HR but by the GEZ that is a common organisation of ARD, it's members , ZDF and Deutschlandfunk.
Like other regional public broadcasting networks in Germany, HR has its own "Channel Three" programming. From 1964 until 1983 it was called 'Hessisches Fernsehprogramm' ("Hessian television programme") and from 1983 until 1997 it was called 'Hessen Drei' ("Hesse Three"). In 1997 it was renamed to 'hessen fernsehen' ("hesse television"), and most recently, in October 2004 it was renamed 'hr-fernsehen' (hr-television).
HR also contributes programming to Das Erste, Phoenix, KI.KA, ARTE and 3sat
hr1 is radio targeted to "middle-aged", playing almost exclusively middle of the road and easy listening music. Until 2004 it was hr's information radio.
hr2 is hr's cultural and classical oriented radio.
hr3 is an adult-oriented popular music programme. It used to be hr's station targeted to young people during the 80s, but has aged together with its audience.
hr4 is hr's radio mostly targeted to older people. It broadcasts regional news and German pop music (aka Schlager-musik).
hr-info (hr-iNFO) is 24-hour news radio. On weekends, it broadcasts special in-depth-reports on several topics.
Today, You FM is the hr's music programme for young people. It has also become famous outside of Hessen and Germany for its Saturday night techno music transmissions.
HR administers two musical organizations:
Each of HR's six radio channels is streamed on the Internet.[1]
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