WDR Fernsehen Frequency on Astra 1M at 19.2°E




WDR Fernsehen Frequency on Astra 1M at 19.2°E


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.
In November 2013, a new logo was launched.

WDR Fernsehen Frequency logo
WDR Fernsehen Frequency logo

WDR Fernsehen Frequency on Astra 1M at 19.2°E
Channel: WDR Fernsehen Köln
Stellite: Astra 1M at 19.2°E
Frequency: 12422 H 27500
3/4
Language: German
System: DVB-S
MPEG-4
HD 720
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

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