Deutsche Welle Warning: You are not logged in. Your IP address will be publicly visible if you make any edits. If you log in or create an account, your edits will be attributed to your username, along with other benefits.Anti-spam check. Do not fill this in! === Precursor === A predecessor with a similar name was ''Deutsche Welle GmbH'', which was founded in August 1924 by German diplomat and radio pioneer [[Ernst Ludwig Voss]] in Berlin and broadcast regularly from January 7, 1926. The station was initially owned by 70% by [[Reichs-Rundfunk-Gesellschaft]] and 30% by the [[Free State of Prussia]]. From 1931 onwards, Deutsche Welle broadcast from the [[Haus des Rundfunks|Berlin Broadcasting House]]. On January 1, 1933, Deutsche Welle GmbH was officially transferred to [[Deutschlandsender|Deutschlandsender GmbH]]. The station sees itself in the tradition of the first German foreign broadcaster, the Weltrundfunksender (world broadcaster) of the [[Weimar Republic]]. The Weltrundfunksender was renamed to [[Deutscher Kurzwellensender|deutscher Kurzwellensender (German Shortwave Broadcaster)]] by the [[Nazi Germany|Nazis]] in 1933. Summary: Please note that all contributions to Christianpedia may be edited, altered, or removed by other contributors. If you do not want your writing to be edited mercilessly, then do not submit it here. You are also promising us that you wrote this yourself, or copied it from a public domain or similar free resource (see Christianpedia:Copyrights for details). Do not submit copyrighted work without permission! Cancel Editing help (opens in new window) Discuss this page