From Reichssender to ARD broadcaster
Bayerischer Rundfunk was founded on 25 January 1949 as a public-law institution — as successor to the Reichssender München, whose main building had been badly damaged during the war. The broadcasting house at Arnulfstraße 42 was built from 1949 onwards and extended several times in subsequent decades; a striking high-rise has shaped the Marsfeld skyline ever since.
Today BR employs around 3,500 permanent staff plus numerous freelancers. The broadcasting house houses the radio channels (B1 to B5, Bayern 2, BR-Klassik), online editorial teams and administration; television has been based since the 1960s in the extensive studio complex in Freimann. The BR Symphony Orchestra — founded in 1949, from Eugen Jochum to Sir Simon Rattle — is regarded as one of the world's leading orchestras.
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