The Reichs-Rundfunk-Gesellschaft, the Reich Broadcasting Corporation, was the national umbrella body of German regional public radio and later television broadcasters from 1925 until 1945. It was founded in Berlin on 15 May 1925 by regional stations of the Weimar Republic, and from 1926 the state-owned Deutsche Reichspost held the majority of its shares. Its seat from 1931 was the Haus des Rundfunks on the Masurenallee in Berlin, designed by Hans Poelzig. After the Nazi seizure of power in 1933 the company was brought under state control and used by the propaganda ministry under Joseph Goebbels to dictate programming; in 1939 it was renamed Grossdeutscher Rundfunk. Its engineers also contributed advances in sound recording technology, and historical recordings are kept by the German Broadcasting Archive.
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The company was established in Berlin on 15 May 1925
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was a national network of German regional public radio and television broadcasting companies active from 1925 until 1945
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was a national network of German regional public radio and television broadcasting companies active from 1925 until 1945
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was inaugurated as the official seat of the Reichs-Rundfunk-Gesellschaft
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was a national network of German regional public radio and television broadcasting companies active from 1925 until 1945
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was a national network of German regional public radio and television broadcasting companies active from 1925 until 1945
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