Pál from Romania and Miranda from England interested in the radio station in Germany. Radio is important for you all: If you learn German, it's a good way to improve your listening skills. In Germany there are many different radio stations. I'll try to explain to you the system.
First, there is the so-called public radio stations. This means that they are financed by fees. Every German who has a radio pays for this fee. Even if he has, for example, a car radio. Of this money, the public radio stations will be funded. These stations have a so-called educational mission. They will entertain the listeners not only, but also inform.
The public channels broadcast their programs from across the country. Almost every province has its own transmitter. Here in Bavaria, for example, there is the Bavarian Radio. It is divided into five different radio stations. Each channel has different contents. Bayern1 for example, plays more music from the 60s. Bayern2 sends a lot of spoken content, and even radio plays. Bayern3 the ground wave, which most people listen to that station. There, a typical program is made, contemporary music from the charts, so moderators of the top ten of the charts, many jokes and funny. I like this kind of radio is not so much. Bayern4 sends all day classical music, so Mozart and Beethoven and so on. And Bayern5 is a pure information channels, here the whole time news magazines and run with journalistic content.
It is similar in other states. There is the SWR in Baden-Wuerttemberg, North Rhine-Westphalia in the WDR, the Berlin-Brandenburg RBB and so on. By the way: All of these stations also have podcasts! Just google it or look at iTunes once. I recommend you at this point, for example, the interview podcast SWR1 people.
In addition to public radio stations, there are also private broadcasters. These stations are financed not by fees, but through advertising. Private radio stations exist in Germany for almost 30 years. These stations are usually more specialized in entertainment, there are often heard Contests and lots of music, spoken text less.
A few terms that you should know in connection with the radio. The people who speak on the radio, called moderators. Important elements of a radio program are often the news on the hour or half hour, the weather forecast and traffic reports - so where are traffic jams or accidents just happen. To find a particular radio station, you should know its frequency, then the search is simple. For each transmitter sends its program on a particular frequency, namely, for example, 97.3 FM, which stands for Very High Frequency, the American is the FM.
Meanwhile, one receives the majority of radio stations on the Internet or can download podcasts of individual shows. If you find a good radio podcast that is suitable for learners of German, then please write it in the comments on slowgerman.com, then enjoy the other handset.
That's it for today, I thank you for listening! Soon there will be some changes to slowgerman.com, so keep your eyes open. If you have suggestions for topics for me, write to podcast@slowgerman.com and I would like to take this opportunity to thank all of you who have supported me! Greetings from Germany, your Annik.
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Pál from Romania and Miranda from England interested in the radio station in Germany. Radio is important for you all: If you learn German, it is a good way, Your ...
