Regionalfernsehen Bitterfeld-Wolfen

Regionalfernsehen Bitterfeld-Wolfen (RBW) is a private regional television broadcaster based in Bitterfeld-Wolfen, Saxony-Anhalt, Germany. It is described as the largest and best-known private TV station in Saxony-Anhalt. The station began broadcasting on 1 October 1997, initially as a city television service for Bitterfeld and Wolfen, and has since expanded its coverage area to include the Salzlandkreis, Saalekreis, Anhalt-Bitterfeld, and Wittenberg districts as well as the independent city of Dessau-Roßlau. According to the Medienanstalt Sachsen-Anhalt (Media Authority of Saxony-Anhalt), RBW has a technical reach of approximately 250,000 households. The main studio remains in Bitterfeld-Wolfen, with additional production studios opened in Köthen in 2005 and in Lutherstadt Wittenberg in 2009. The station is distributed digitally and analogously via around 40 cable systems in its broadcast area. RBW produces most of its programming in-house, with editorial teams conducting daily research. Its flagship news program, rbwAKTUELL, airs daily from 18:00 and covers politics, culture, business, education, and leisure. Other formats include rbwSPORT (Sunday sports news), rbwINFO (Saturday magazine), rbwPINS, rbwAUTOBÖRSE, and rbwORTSZEIT. The operating company, RBW Fernsehgesellschaft mbH, was founded in 1997 with headquarters in Bitterfeld-Wolfen and was re-registered in the Stendal district court in 2001. The company is managed by a single managing director, Lutz Hawel. RBW is also active in the community, co-financing the Gründerpreis Anhalt-Bitterfeld 2013 and sponsoring the Goitzsche-Marathon.

Regionalfernsehen Bitterfeld-Wolfen (RBW) was founded in 1997 as a city television service for Bitterfeld and Wolfen. Its broadcast launch was on 1 October 1997, and it has been producing a full programming schedule since that year. Over time, the station expanded its broadcast area to include the Salzlandkreis, Saalekreis, Anhalt-Bitterfeld, and Wittenberg districts, as well as the independent city of Dessau-Roßlau. The operating company, RBW Fernsehgesellschaft mbH, was established in 1997 with its headquarters in Bitterfeld-Wolfen and was re-registered in the Stendal district court in 2001. The last change in the commercial register was made on 19 January 2004. The company is currently managed by a single managing director, Lutz Hawel. In 2005, a production studio was opened in Köthen, followed by another in Lutherstadt Wittenberg in 2009. The main studio remains in Bitterfeld-Wolfen. According to the Medienanstalt Sachsen-Anhalt, RBW has a technical reach of approximately 250,000 households and is distributed via around 40 cable systems in its broadcast area. In 2013, RBW co-financed the Gründerpreis Anhalt-Bitterfeld together with other organizations such as the Mitteldeutsche Zeitung, Volksstimme, and Hochschule Anhalt. The station is also a sponsor of the Goitzsche-Marathon. In 2019, one of its most popular contributions was an opinion interview with citizens from Köthen about the Ritter family, known from Stern TV.

• 2013

  Co-financed the Gründerpreis Anhalt-Bitterfeld.

• 2009

  Production studio opened in Lutherstadt Wittenberg.

• 2005

  Production studio opened in Köthen.

• 2004

  Last change in the commercial register on 19 January.

• 2001

  RBW Fernsehgesellschaft mbH re-registered in the Stendal district court.

• 1997

  Broadcast launch on 1 October as a city television service for Bitterfeld and Wolfen; RBW Fernsehgesellschaft mbH founded.

Largest and best-known private regional television broadcaster in Saxony-Anhalt, focused on local news and community coverage.

• rbwAKTUELL

  Daily news program from 18:00 covering politics, culture, business, education, and leisure.

• rbwSPORT

  Sunday sports news program.

• rbwINFO

  Saturday magazine program.

• rbwPINS

  Additional broadcast format.

• rbwAUTOBÖRSE

  Additional broadcast format.

• rbwORTSZEIT

  Additional broadcast format.

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2. 2Regionalfernsehen Bitterfeld-Wolfen – Wikipediade.wikipedia.org
3. 3Regionalfernsehen Bitterfeld-Wolfen – Wikidatawikidata.org