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In 1980, a survey carried out by the International Shortwave Club reveals that DW is the most popular foreign TV channel - followed by BBC, Radio Netherlands, Voice of America and Radio Australia.
In 1980, a survey carried out by the International Shortwave Club reveals that DW is the most popular foreign TV channel - followed by BBC, Radio Netherlands, Voice of America and Radio Australia.
In 1991, at the Frankfurt Book Fair, the DW Literature Prize is awarded to Eva Lisina and Olga Kowbasjuk in the presence of Russian and German literature writer Lew Kopelev.
In 1992, in April 1, the director Dieter Weirich starts the worldwide international television via satellite in Berlin DW - TV. First, there was a three, two- hour blocks (German and English ) broadcast. From November, the airtime was increased to 14hours and then, from July 1993, it was extended to 16 hours. Spanish was later on added as a third language. This was preceded by an agreement to acquire RIAS TV
In 1993, DW interviews former Soviet President and Nobel Peace Michael Gorbachev.
In 1993, an association of German peacekeepers were sent, from 1993 to 1994, to support the peacemaking UN operation in Somalia UNOSOM . The families of the military personnel was supplied with information from DT – TV and DW – Radio via satellite.
In 1997, in Nauen near Berlin one of the most modern shortwave transmitters in Europe is put into operation: The transmission power of the DW is amplified. DW - Radio can be received via short wave, especially in areas of conflict and in better quality
In 1998, the Asia editorial team received, after a quiz lottery in 1993 many letters. This turned out to be the most successful handset competition there was 1998: About 163,000 letters from around the world reached DW -radio. The survey asked about the style of the Cologne Cathedral.
In 1999, there was a protest against Budget cuts: About 400 employees of DW protest in Berlin were against the plan of the Federal Government to cancel funds for the international broadcaster amounting to more than 50 million marks .
In 2000, in the presence of the then Mayor, Bärbel Dieckmann, The Richtfest is celebrated in the new DW - radio house in Bonn. Three years later, The Deutsche Welle moves into the building complex that was originally intended for the members of the Bundestag.
In 2002, the 24 - hour GERMAN TV is launched in the US. The full program of ARD, ZDF and DW is offered for a fee. It contains more than 40 percent of informational programs, including Tagesschau and Heute Journal, including talk shows, political magazines and documentaries. 2006, the federal government cuts the funding and brings an end for GERMAN TV.
In 2005, the then Chancellor Gerhard Schroeder starts in Kuwait, together with Director General Erik Bettermann, symbolically the new Arabic TV channel DW . Immediately it broadcasts three hours daily in Arabic language. The DW is the first European station that presented TV news with Arabic Moderators in Arabic.
In 2008, more than 1000 participants from 100 countries took part in the DW Global Media Forum. The Iranian Nobel Price Laureate Shirin Ebadi asks in the conference that, “the digital gab between North and South to be closed as soon as possible.” At the same time, she criticized the censorship and open attack against journalists by the Iranian Government.
In 2009, in Bonn , the new master's program " International Media Studies " is set to begin. The first 22 students from 13 countries are welcomed in the presence of prominent guests. Almost 700 applications from around the world had reached the DW for the four-semester, bilingual study course.