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− | <big>'''History'''</big> | + | <big>'''History'''</big><ref>http://www.dw.com/de/unternehmen/60-jahre-dw/s-100250 60 year history of DW, Retrieved 2nd July 2016</ref> |
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| 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 . | | 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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| 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 1962, DW - RADIO expands its programming with many additional broadcasting languages. The reportage tour "Cologne Kabul Express" takes the DW journalists to Afghanistan . |
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− | In 1963, DW begins to expand in Africa by broadcasting in Kiswahili and Hausa . | + | In 1963, DW begins to expand in Africa by broadcasting in Kiswahili and Hausa. |
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| + | In 1964 DW reporters in Cologne were on their way to expand in India. |
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| + | In 1965, The German Wave Training Centre (DWAZ - later DWFZ) starts work and provides the first courses for foreign radio professionals. In addition, the " TransTel " is founded ( Society for German television transcription GmbH ) and put the relay station in Kigali (Rwanda) in operation . |
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| + | In 1970, The Indonesian President Haji Mohamed Suharto , who came to power in 1965, visited the Federal Republic of Germany. In Bonn he gave Deutsche Welle an interview. |
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| + | In 1974, in June 28, the foundation for the new broadcasting center of the DW is laid on Raderberggürtel in the south of Cologne. In the immediate neighborhood at the same, there is a new building for the German radio. The German Service of DW - RADIO is now on the air round the clock. |
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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. |
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