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Radio Berlin International was the International Broadcaster for the German Democratic Republic (East Germany). It started in May 1959 to counter Deutsche Welle , the West German international broadcaster. Much of its output was news reports and information about the GDR. It offered a very professional and much more balanced (compared to other Eastern European broadcasters) perspective on life in a Communist Country . The broadcaster ceased operations on 2 October 1990 following German Reunification . Much of its staff and facilities were taken over by Deutsche Welle. Radio Berlin broadcast in many languages, with many of its announcers at the different services — such as English, French and even Danish — coming from their country's respective communist parties. It was one of the major international broadcasters of the Cold War era. SEE ALSO |
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