Type | Broadcast radio and television |
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Country | |
Headquarters | West Berlin, Germany |
History | |
Launch date | 7 February 1946 |
Closed | 31 December 1993 |
Replaced by | |
Coverage | |
Availability | National |
RIAS (German: Rundfunk im amerikanischen Sektor; English: Radio in the American Sector) was a radio and television station in the American Sector of Berlin during the Cold War. It was founded by the US occupational authorities after World War II in 1946 to provide the German population in and around Berlin with news and political reporting.