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Line 22: + − Deutsche Welle first broadcasted with a speech from the then Federal President Theodor Heuss on May 3rd 1953<ref>http://www.dw.com/de/unternehmen/60-jahre-dw/s-100250 Broadcast by Theodor Heuss, Retrieved 2nd July 2016</ref> from the Nordwestdeutschen Rundfunks (NWDR) studio in Cologne on behalf of the broadcasters of the Federal Republic of Germany .+ + +
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<big>'''History'''</big>
<big>'''History'''</big>
Deutsche Welle first broadcasted with a speech from the then Federal President Theodor Heuss on May 3rd 1953<ref>http://www.dw.com/de/unternehmen/60-jahre-dw/s-100250 Broadcast by Theodor Heuss, Retrieved 2nd July 2016</ref> from the Nordwestdeutschen Rundfunks (NWDR) studio in Cologne on behalf of the broadcasters of the Federal Republic of Germany .
In 1956, DW took over the broadcasting regulatory responsibility from NWDR - which replaced the Westdeutsche Rundfunk (WDR) and Norddeutscher Rundfunk (NDR). On the new broadcasting station Jülich the first shortwave transmitter becomes operational.
In 1962, DW - RADIO expands its programming with many additional broadcasting languages. The reportage tour "Cologne Kabul Express" takes the DW journalists to Afghanistan .
In 1963, DW begins to expand in Africa by broadcasting in Kiswahili and Hausa .