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Establishment of the radio station cosmo in 2017 as a counterpoint to cosmo tv, previously on air as funkhaus europa
Where
Germany
Germany
When
2020
2020
Who
Broadcaster wdr (westdeutscher rundfunk köln) , radio bremen, broadcaster rbb (rundfunk berlin-brandenburg)
Broadcaster wdr (westdeutscher rundfunk köln) , radio bremen, broadcaster rbb (rundfunk berlin-brandenburg)
Website of the policy/measure
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Description of the policy/measure
Main aims: providing a publicly produced, multilingual radio schedule with an international focus for people from across the globe, specifically highlighting information and news for recent refugees target groups: people from all over the world who live in north rhine-westphalia, bremen, berlin and brandenburg as well as newly arrived refugees expected results: having cosmo radio further develop its media output for multilingual listeners in germany to promote their participation in cultural life; communicating cultural diversity and a broad spectrum of perspectives through spoken-word and musical contributions; introducing a complementary daily jazz and world music slot on culture radio channel wdr 3, with output including music of diverse styles from outside europe
2005 Convention Monitoring Framework Goal(s)
Area(s) of Monitoring
Transversal Priority(ies)
Results achieved
Listeners addressed in german and in ten other languages: turkish, italian, greek, spanish, russian, polish, bosnian, croat, serbian, kurdish; up to a million listeners reached per day across germany in 2019; the panoply of global pop music made available to listeners in germany in eleven languages as global sounds radio; programme segments offered in arabic under the name refugee radio, with news, information and services for recent refugees; non-european music of diverse styles presented in the daily jazz and world music slot on the culture channel wdr 3