WDR Fernsehen
| WDR Fernsehen | |
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| Launched | December 27, 1965 |
| Owned by | Westdeutscher Rundfunk |
| Picture format | 16:9 576i (SDTV) 720p (HDTV) |
| Country | Germany |
| Broadcast area | North Rhine-Westphalia, also distributed nationally and in: Austria Belgium Liechtenstein Luxembourg Netherlands Switzerland |
| Headquarters | Cologne, Germany |
| Formerly called | Westdeutsches Fernsehen West 3 |
| Website | http://www.wdr.de/tv/ |
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Availability
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| Terrestrial | |
| DVB-T (North Rhine-Westphalia) | Channel 3 |
| Satellite | |
| Astra 19.2°E (Europe) | 11.836 GHz Horizontal SR: 27500 FEC: 3/4 SID: 28111 Video PID: 601 Audio PID: 602 Stereo |
| Astra 19.2°E (DVB-S2 HDTV) (Europe) | 12.421 GHz Horizontal SR: 27500 FEC: 3/4 SID: 28325 Video PID: 5501 Audio PID: 5502 Stereo, 5506 Dolby Digital |
| Astra 19.2°E (Europe) | Sub-regional windows (19:30-20:00 hours): Bielefeld, Dortmund, Düsseldorf, Essen, Münster & Essen 12.421 GHz Horizontal SR: 27500 FEC: 3/4 |
| Astra 19.2°E (Europe) | Sub-regional windows (19:30-20:00 hours): Aachen, Bonn, Duisburg & Wuppertal 12.604 GHz Horizontal SR: 22000 FEC: 5/6 |
| Cable | |
| Kabel Deutschland (Germany) | Yes (SD) |
| UPC Cablecom (Switzerland) | Channel 54 (HD, Mediabox) Channel 54 (SD, DigiCard) Channel 94 (HD, DigiCard) |
| Ziggo (Netherlands) | Channel 56 (SD) |
| Streaming media | |
| WDR.de | Watch live |
| Horizon | Horizon.tv (Netherlands only) Horizon.tv (Switzerland only) |
WDR Fernsehen is a regional public service television channel owned and operated by Westdeutscher Rundfunk and serving North Rhine-Westphalia. It is one of the seven regional "third programmes" that are offered within the federal ARD network.
The station began broadcasting on December 17, 1965, as Westdeutsches Fernsehen (WDF), changing its name to West 3 in 1988, before settling for WDR Fernsehen in 1994.
Originally transmitted only in North Rhine-Westphalia, the channel has become available across Germany with the advent of cable and satellite television. The station is also available free-to-air across Europe via Astra 19.2°E.
News sub-regions
WDR Fernsehen operates eleven sub-regional opt-out services, each broadcasting a 30-minute local news programme entitled Lokalzeit at 19.30 each Monday to Saturday evening together with a shorter, 5-minute bulletin at 18.00 on Mondays to Fridays:
- Aachen: Lokalzeit aus Aachen
- Wuppertal: Lokalzeit Bergisches Land
- Bonn: Lokalzeit aus Bonn
- Dortmund: Lokalzeit aus Dortmund
- Duisburg: Lokalzeit aus Duisburg
- Düsseldorf: Lokalzeit aus Düsseldorf
- Cologne: Lokalzeit aus Köln
- Münster: Lokalzeit Münsterland
- Bielefeld: Lokalzeit OWL aktuell
- Essen: Lokalzeit Ruhr
- Siegen: Lokalzeit Südwestfalen
