Deutsche Welle marks 65th anniversary For six-and-a-half decades, Germany’s international public broadcaster has been providing the world with information.

“Dear listeners in faraway countries” — with these words from German President Theodor Heuss, Deutsche Welle (DW) began broadcasting on May 3, 1953. Germany’s foreign public radio station was charged with providing audiences abroad with a political, economic, and cultural picture of the country.