Deutsche Welle

=== Beginnings ===
DW's first shortwave broadcast took place on 3 May 1953 with an address by the then-West German President, [[Theodor Heuss]]. On 11 June 1953, [[ARD (broadcaster)|ARD]] public broadcasters signed an agreement to share responsibility for {{Lang|de|Deutsche Welle|italic=no}}. At first, it was controlled by [[Nordwestdeutscher Rundfunk]] (NWDR). In 1955, NWDR split into [[Norddeutscher Rundfunk]] (NDR) and [[Westdeutscher Rundfunk]] (WDR), WDR assumed responsibility for {{Lang|de|Deutsche Welle|italic=no}} programming. In 1960, {{Lang|de|Deutsche Welle|italic=no}} became an independent public body after a court ruled that while broadcasting ''to'' Germany was a state matter, broadcasting ''from'' Germany was part of the federal government's foreign affairs function.<ref name="Sjurts 2010 p. 43">{{cite book |last=Sjurts |first=I. |title = Gabler Kompakt-Lexikon Medien: 1.000 Begriffe nachschlagen, verstehen und anwenden |publisher=Gabler Verlag |year=2010 |isbn=978-3-8349-9180-5 |url = https://books.google.com/books?id=T3EpBAAAQBAJ&pg=PA43 |language=de |access-date=10 January 2021 |page=43 }}</ref> On 7 June 1962, DW joined [[ARD (broadcaster)|ARD]] as a national broadcasting station.<ref>{{cite web |date=24 February 2014 |title = Ausarbeitung: Vergleich der Sender CNN, Deutsche Welle, BBC and CCTV |trans-title = Elaboration: Comparison of the channels CNN, Deutsche Welle, BBC and CCTV |url = https://www.bundestag.de/blob/410184/fb231184dbeb8473b6ce405adec4274f/wd-10-012-14-pdf-data.pdf |website=[[Bundestag]] |language=de |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20170829202446/https://www.bundestag.de/blob/410184/fb231184dbeb8473b6ce405adec4274f/wd-10-012-14-pdf-data.pdf |archive-date = 29 August 2017 |url-status = live }}</ref> {{Lang|de|Deutsche Welle|italic=no}} was originally headquartered in the West German city of [[Cologne]]. After [[German reunification|reunification]], when much of the government relocated to Berlin, the station's headquarters moved to Bonn.