At the European Broadcasting Conference in Stockholm in 1952, which was responsible for the coordination of frequency waves in Europe, the GDR – not recognised politically by most countries at the time – was only allocated two frequency channels.
Ved den europæiske radiokonference i Stockholm i 1952, som stod for koordineringen af sendefrekvenserne i Europa, fik DDR, som på det tidspunkt ikke var politisk anerkendt af de fleste stater, kun tildelt to tv-frekvensområder.