Sender Freies Berlin

Sender Freies Berlin
TypeTerrestrial radio and television
Country
Broadcast area
Berlin
Launch date
1 June 1953 (1953-06-01)
Dissolved1 May 2003 (2003-05-01)
Replaced byRundfunk Berlin-Brandenburg (RBB)

Sender Freies Berlin (German: [ˈzɛndɐ ˈfʁaɪəs bɛʁˈliːn] ; abbreviated SFB [ˌɛsʔɛfˈbeː] ; English: "Radio Free Berlin") was the ARD public radio and television service for Berlin from 1 June 1954 until 30 April 2003. On 1 January 1992, SFB became the public broadcaster for the whole of reunited Berlin. However, SFB had long had a significant audience in East Berlin for some time before German reunification. On 1 May 2003 it merged with Ostdeutscher Rundfunk Brandenburg to form Rundfunk Berlin-Brandenburg.