Berliner Rundfunk 91.4 streams a 24-hour run of 1970s and 1980s pop and evergreens across Berlin and Brandenburg, carrying a name that once belonged to one of East Germany's most significant state broadcasters.
Born as Soviet-Administered Radio
The original Berliner Rundfunk was set up in 1945 by the Soviet Military Administration in Germany, broadcasting from the Haus des Rundfunks on Masurenallee in Charlottenburg, according to Wikipedia. For more than four decades it operated as a voice of East Berlin and the GDR state media apparatus, a role that ended only with German reunification.
From State Broadcaster to Commercial Oldies Station
On January 1, 1992, a private, commercial successor took over the Berliner Rundfunk name and frequency, according to German Wikipedia, shifting the station from state-run political programming to an Oldie-Based AC format built around the slogan "Die besten Hits aller Zeiten," or "The best hits of all time." Today it operates out of the Medienzentrum Berlin alongside sister stations 98.8 Kiss FM and 94.3 rs2, run by Sebastian Cochois with Simone Panteleit hosting the morning show.
Why Tune In
Berliner Rundfunk 91.4 turns a name with deep Cold War-era history into a straightforward oldies station for Berlin and Brandenburg listeners today. For anyone drawn to 70s and 80s pop with a genuinely historic call sign behind it, that contrast is part of the appeal.