WDR 3

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WDR 3
Programming

Broadcast area	North Rhine-Westphalia: FM, DAB+ National: DVB-S, DVB-C Europe: DVB-S Worldwide: Internet
Language	German
Format	Culture (Brokered programming)
Ownership
Operator	Westdeutscher Rundfunk (WDR)
Sister stations	1LIVE 1LIVE diggi WDR 2 WDR 4 WDR 5 WDR Event
History
First air date	29 March 1964 (1964-03-29)
Links
Webcast	Listen Live
Website	wdr3.de

WDR 3 is a German public radio station owned and operated by the Westdeutscher Rundfunk (WDR). It broadcasts a culture and politics-based talk programme with a musical focus on classical music.

As of 2023, WDR 3 has more than 388,000 daily listeners.^[1] It is commercial-free.^[2]

References

↑ "Hörfunknutzung der ARD-Programme - ma Audio 2023 II" (in German). Retrieved 2023-07-13.
↑ "Radio - Werben im Radio". WDR mediagroup (in German). Retrieved 2024-05-19.

Public broadcasting in Germany

Broadcasters

ARD

Current	BR HR MDR NDR RB RBB SR SWR WDR DW

Former	NWDR ORB SFB SDR SWF

Television channels

National

ARD	Das Erste tagesschau24 ARD-alpha one DW-TV

ZDF	ZDF ZDFinfo ZDFneo

ARD and ZDF	3sat arte KiKA phoenix Funk

Regional

ARD	BR Fernsehen hr-fernsehen MDR Fernsehen NDR Fernsehen Radio Bremen TV RBB Fernsehen SR Fernsehen SWR Fernsehen WDR Fernsehen

Radio stations

National	DLR Deutschlandfunk Deutschlandfunk Kultur Dokumente und Debatten Deutschlandfunk Nova
International	Deutsche Welle

Regional
(ARD)

BR	Bayern 1 Bayern 2 Bayern 3 BR-Klassik BR24 BR24live BR Heimat BR Schlager BR Verkehr Puls

HR	hr1 hr2-kultur hr3 hr4 hr4 Mitte hr4 Nord hr4 Rhein-Main hr-info You FM

MDR	MDR Sachsen [ de ] MDR Sachsen-Anhalt [ de ] MDR Thüringen – Das Radio [ de ] MDR Aktuell MDR Jump MDR Klassik MDR Kultur MDR Schlagerwelt MDR Sputnik MDR Tweens [ de ] Sorbischer Rundfunk

NDR	NDR 1 NDR 1 Niedersachsen (Lower Saxony) NDR 1 Radio MV [ de ] (Mecklenburg-Vorpommern) NDR 1 Welle Nord [ de ] (Schleswig-Holstein) NDR 1 Welle Nord [ de ] (Hamburg) NDR 2 [ de ] NDR Blue [ de ] NDR Info [ de ] NDR Info Spezial [ de ] NDR Kultur [ de ] N-JOY NDR Schlager [ de ]

RB	Bremen Eins Bremen Zwei Bremen Next Bremen Vier Bremen Fünf [ de ] Cosmo

RBB	Antenne Brandenburg COSMO Fritz [ de ] Inforadio [ de ] radio3 [ de ] rbb 88.8 [ de ] Radio Eins [ de ] Sorbischer Rundfunk

SR	Antenne Saar [ de ] SR 1 [ de ] SR kultur [ de ] SR 3 Saarlandwelle [ de ] Unserding [ de ]

SWR	DASDING SWR1 [ de ] SWR1 Baden-Württemberg SWR1 Rheinland-Pfalz SWR Kultur [ de ] Archivradio SWR3 [ de ] SWR4 [ de ] SWR4 Baden-Württemberg SWR4 Rheinland-Pfalz SWR Aktuell [ de ]

WDR	1LIVE 1LIVE diggi COSMO WDR 2 WDR 3 WDR 4 WDR 5 WDR Event

Discontinued

Television channels	ARD 1 Plus ARD 2 [ de ] Deutscher Fernsehfunk EinsPlus RBB Berlin RBB Brandenburg ZDF 2 ZDF Musikkanal ZDFdokukanal ZDFkultur ZDFtheaterkanal

Radio
stations

International	Berliner Welle [ de ] Deutschlandsender Radio Berlin International Stimme der DDR [ de ]

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