Sorbischer Rundfunk
The Sorbischer Rundfunk Lower Sorbian: Serbski rozgłos, Upper Sorbian: Audio file "Serbski rozhłós.ogg" not found) is the Sorbian language program of Mitteldeutscher Rundfunk (MDR) and Rundfunk Berlin-Brandenburg (RBB), both of which are regional public broadcaster in Germany.[1]
History
Origins–1955
From the 1920s on, there were sporadic attempts of individuals (e.g., Bjarnat Krawc) to broadcast Sorbian program via German channels. The archives of the MDR contain an incompletely dated vocal recording in Sorbian, that was probably produced in 1928 by the Mitteldeutsche Rundfunk AG in Leipzig.[2]
During the years 1946/47 the Czechoslovakian Broadcast in Prague produced various Sorbian shows that were initiated by the Sorbian National Council.[3]
The first radio program in Sorbian language to be produced in Germany appeared on October 14, 1948, following the demands of then Domowina leader Pawoł Nedo. The program had a duration of 15 minutes and was available on a two-weekly basis on Sender Dresden (sometimes Sender Leipzig).[3][4] Since 1953, program in Lower Sorbian followed in Sender Potsdam. As the time slots and channels kept switching, there was not much take-up.
Again on the demand of the Domowina, on March 22, 1953, the public broadcasting committee of the GDR founded a Sorbian Studio, located in Görlitz. Although this is outside the contemporary Sorbian settlement area, it was well-equipped. The studio director, Klaus Hammo from Krauschwitz, was the only Sorbian journalist in the GDR's public broadcast.[3][5] His staff had no formal training. An archive of music or other input was nonexistent and had to be created along the way. The program was 70 minutes a week during the first years and was broadcasted by Sender Reichenbach, close to Löbau.
The program of Görlitzer Studios was initially exclusively in Upper Sorbian. From 1955 on, there was sporadic input in Lower Sorbian. Since April 1, 1956, the Sorbian time slot got extended to 90 minutes a week, thereof 20 minutes were in Lower Sorbian.[3]
Radio GRD and its Sorbian editorial office
Effective December 31, 1956, the Sorbian Studio at the public broadcasting committee was dissolved. Its members were sent to the Sorbian editorial offices of Radio GDR 1 and Sender Cottbus. Program from the Sorbian Studio Bautzen in Upper Sorbian and the one of Sender Cottbus in Lower Sorbian were broadcasted via Sender Hoyerswerda/Zeißig. This came at a time of conflict between the Sorbian minority and the GDR government.[6]
https://www.ceeol.com/search/article-detail?id=1042140
It was not until fall 1988 that religious shows became available. They were initiated by the studio director of Bautzen, Helmut Richter (Sorbian: Helmut Rychtaŕ), who got transferred there from Cottbus.[3] From 1987 on, he enlarged the Sorbian program, resulting in a daily program of several hours.
Since 1990
In the aftermath of the Peaceful Revolution, the GDR's broadcasting system was revised. The newly created regional broadcaster took over the Sorbian program beginning in 1990.
On January 1, 1992, the new public broadcasters came into operation. From then on the Upper Sorbian editorial office belongs to the MDR and the Lower Sorbian one to ORB which became a part of RBB.[3]
On April 19, 1992, the ORB broadcasted the Lower Sorbian edition Łužyca for the first time.[7][8] The Upper Sorbian edition of MDR Wuhladko followed in 2001.[9] Since 1996, the Sandmännchen is available in Sorbian too.
From January 6, 2020, the Sorbische Rundfunk of MDR broadcasts 27.5 hours a week (unlike the 21.5 hours it produced before).
Criticism
The Domowina maintains that, because the presence of Sorbian language and culture in the media is important to the languages survival, the amount of broadcasting time be enlarged considerably.[8]
Radio
The program of RBB is called Bramborske Serbske Radijo (English Sorbian Radio of Brandenburg) and broadcasted from Cottbus in Lower Sorbian language. (It can be accessed online at www.rbb-online.de/radio/sorbisches_programm/sorbisches_programm.html for a whole day after emission.)[7]
The Upper Sorbian program of MDR Serbski Rozhłós (English Sorbian broadcast) is produced in Bautzen (accessible on the internet via livestream only at www.mdr.de/serbski-program/rundfunk).
Broadcasting schedule
The Sorbian program is not broadcasted the whole day through, but only some hours of the day. The rest of the time, some other programs in German will be available on those channels. The time slots are:
- Monday to Friday from 5 to 9 am – MDR breakfast edition
- Monday to Friday from 12 am to 1 pm – RBB program
- Monday: Łužyca cora a źinsa (English Lusatia then and today)
- Tuesday: Muzika – rad słyšana (English Music – a delight to hear)
- Wednesday: Magacin k połudnju (English The current midday edition)
- Thursday: Łužyske impresije (English Lusatian impressions)
- Friday: Muzika a porucenja (English Music and service)
- Monday to Friday from 7 to 8 pm – RBB program
- First Thursday of the month: ca. 12:10 pm, thirty minutes youth edition Bubak[8]
- Monday from 8 to 10 pm – Youth edition Radio Satkula by MDR
- Saturday from 6 to 10 am – MDR morning edition
- Sunday and on public holidays from 11 am to 2:30 pm – MDR family program
- Sunday and public holidays from 12:30 to 2 pm – RBB family program
Radio reception
| Channel | Site | ERP | Programme outside of Sorbian broadcasting schedule |
|---|---|---|---|
| {{0}}93.4 MHz | Cottbus/Calau | 30.2 kW |
Inforadio |
| 100.4 MHz | Hoyerswerda/Zeißig | .0}} kW |
MDR Saxony (with its regional program from Bautzen) |
| DAB+ Kanal 9A |
Hoyerswerda |
{{0}}8.5 kW |
MDR Saxony (Channel packagae)[10] |
TV program
MDR and RBB are both broadcasting TV program in Sorbian via SES Astra satellites. Therefore, the it is accessible almost everywhere in Europe.
The first Saturday of the month, MDR is broadcasting from 11:45 am to 12:15 pm the show Wuhladko in the Saxonian program (in Thuringia and Saxony-Anhalt, a different show will be broadcasted at that time).[11] It will be repeated the following Tuesday at 5:50 am and on RBB on the second Saturday of the month from 1:30 to 2:00 pm. The RBB broadcasts its Sorbian TV show Łužyca every third Saturday of the month from 2 to 2:30 pm. It is repeated the following Tuesday during the night and in MDR (Saxonian progam) the forth Saturday of the month at 12:20 pm.
References
- ↑ Nationale Minderheiten, Minderheitensprachen und die Regionalsprache Niederdeutsch in Deutschlan (PDF) (in Deutsch) (4 ed.), Berlin: Bundesministerium für Inneres, Bau und Sicherheit, November 2020, p. 64, archived from the original (PDF) on 25 May 2024, retrieved 29 November 2022
- ↑ "Die Geschichte des sorbischen Rundfunks" [The history of the Sorbian broadcast] (in Deutsch). MDR. Retrieved 29 November 2022.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 3.4 3.5 Richter, Helmut. "Rundfunk" [Broadcast]. Sorabicon (in Deutsch). Serbski Institut. Retrieved 29 November 2022.
- ↑ Gerdesowa, Monika (2003). "50 lět Serbski rozhłós - hłosy ze Serbow do Serbow". Rozhlad (in hornjoserbsce). Bautzen: Domowina Verlag. 53 (3): 81–82.
- ↑ Lil, Wolfgang (27 April 2018). "Sorbischer Rundfunk Studio Görlitz Heinzelstraße". www.radiomuseum.org (in Deutsch). Retrieved 29 November 2022.
- ↑ Carbonneau, Jean-Rémi (2022). "„Institutionelle Vollständigkeit" als Dimension kultureller Sicherheit: Das Beispiel der Lausitzer Sorben" ["Institutional Completeness" as a Dimension of Cultural Security: The Example of the Lusatian Sorbs]. Lětopis (in Deutsch). Bautzen: Serbski institut. 69 (1): 21–53. ISSN 0943-2787.
- ↑ 7.0 7.1 Stensel, Marion. "rbb-Sorbisches/Wendisches Programm & Łužyca" (in Deutsch). Cottbus City. Archived from the original on 29 November 2022. Retrieved 29 November 2022.
- ↑ 8.0 8.1 8.2 Budde, Vanja (9 November 2017). "Minderheiten in den Medien - Der Rundfunk als Retter der sorbischen Sprache?" [Minorities in the media - Broadcasting as savior for the Sorbian language] (in Deutsch). Deutschlandfunk. Retrieved 29 November 2022.
- ↑ "Sorbische MDR-Sendung „Wuhladko" feiert Jubiläum" [Sorbian MDR show "Wuhladko" celebrates its jubilee]. Sächsiches Zeitung (in Deutsch). Dresden: DDV Mediengruppe. 1 November 2021. Retrieved 29 November 2022.
- ↑ "Sender-Tabelle Sachsen (DAB)". UKW/TV-Arbeitskreis e. V. Retrieved 27 February 2017.
- ↑ Miriam, Schönbach (6 May 2022). "Sorbisches TV-Magazin mit neuem Chef". Sächsische Zeitung (in Deutsch). Dresden: DDV Mediengruppe. Retrieved 29 November 2022.
External links
- Seiten des Sorbischen Programms auf der Website des MDR (mit Livestream)
- Seiten des Sorbischen Programms auf der Website des rbb
- Geschichte des Sorbischen Rundfunks
This article "Sorbischer Rundfunk" is from Wikipedia. The list of its authors can be seen in its historical and/or the page Edithistory:Sorbischer Rundfunk. Articles copied from Draft Namespace on Wikipedia could be seen on the Draft Namespace of Wikipedia and not main one.
|
This page exists already on Wikipedia. |
