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| Country | Germany |
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| Broadcast area | Hamburg, Lower Saxony, Schleswig-Holstein, North Rhine-Westphalia |
| Headquarters | West Berlin, Germany |
| History | |
| Launched | 22 September 1945 |
| Closed | 31 December 1955 (10 years, 100 days) |
| Replaced by | NDR and WDR |
Nordwestdeutscher Rundfunk (NWDR; Northwest German Broadcasting) was the organization responsible for public broadcasting in the German Federal States of Hamburg, Lower Saxony, Schleswig-Holstein and North Rhine-Westphalia from 22 September 1945 to 31 December 1955. Until 1954, it was also responsible for broadcasting in West Berlin. NWDR was a founder member of the consortium of public-law broadcasting institutions of the Federal Republic of Germany, the ARD.
On 1 January 1956, NWDR was succeeded by Norddeutscher Rundfunk (NDR) and Westdeutscher Rundfunk (WDR).