Reichs-Rundfunk-Gesellschaft [SEP] inception
Reichs-Rundfunk-Gesellschaft
The Reichs-Rundfunk-Gesellschaft (RRG) ("Reich Broadcasting Corporation") was a national network of German regional public radio and television broadcasting companies active from 1925 until 1945. RRG's broadcasts were receivable in all parts of the country and were used extensively for Nazi propaganda after 1933.
Historical recordings of RRG broadcasts are today held by the German Broadcasting Archive.
History.
The company was established in Berlin on 15 May 1925 with a start capital of 100,000 Reichsmark as an
nationwide programme known as the "Deutschlandsender" was broadcast on longwave from the Königs Wusterhausen radio transmitter of Deutsche Welle GmbH (a separate company which was, however, 70% owned by the Reichs-Rundfunk-Gesellschaft) .
Regular television programmes were transmitted from Berlin by the Fernsehsender Paul Nipkow.
Headquarters.
On 22 January 1931 the "Haus des Rundfunks" ("House of Broadcasting"), on Masurenallee in Berlin-Westend, was inaugurated as the official seat of the Reichs-Rundfunk-Gesellschaft.