WDR Symphony Orchestra Cologne
The WDR Symphony Orchestra Cologne is a German radio orchestra based in Cologne, where the orchestra mainly performs at two concert halls: the WDR Funkhaus Wallrafplatz and the Kölner Philharmonie.
Rehearsal of the orchestra with Hans Rosbaud in the Großer Sendesaal (Great Hall) of the WDR, Cologne (1954)
Westdeutscher Rundfunk Köln, shortened to WDR, is a German public-broadcasting institution based in the Federal State of North Rhine-Westphalia with its main office in Cologne. WDR is a constituent member of the consortium of German public-broadcasting institutions, ARD. As well as contributing to the output of the national television channel Das Erste, WDR produces the regional television service WDR Fernsehen and six regional radio networks.
One of WDR's buildings in Cologne
Hallo Ü-Wagen with Carmen Thomas in 1982