Radio Bremen, also known as RB, is a state-owned entity headquartered in Germany. Founded in 1924, it employs approximately 280 individuals and reported $126.9M in revenue as of 2024, functioning as a tier 1 media tech buyer. Its main product is broadcast television and radio. The company operates as a public broadcasting corporation (Landesrundfunkanstalt) for the Free Hanseatic City of Bremen. It is the smallest regional broadcasting corporation of the ARD, of which it has been a member since its founding in 1950. Radio Bremen covers the state of Bremen and also reports on the Northwest Metropolitan Region, which largely lies within the broadcasting area of Norddeutscher Rundfunk.

2024 Revenue

Founded

1924

Headcount

276

Headquarters

Germany

Primary Segment

Broadcast television and radio

Ownership

State Owned

News Summary:

Radio Bremen has invited members of its Broadcasting Council to a public meeting on Thursday, February 5, 2026, scheduled for 4:30 PM at the broadcaster's Conference Center, with an agenda for the public meeting to be shared. Previously, on January 30, 2026, the program "3nach9" will feature Bärbel Bas, who has served as Federal Minister for Labor and Social Affairs since May 2025 and, since June, as Federal Chairperson of the SPD alongside Lars Klingbeil. This follows news from January 8, 2026, that Radio Bremen's TV regional magazine "Buten un Binnen" topped the nationwide ranking of regional magazines in 2025, securing a 39.8% average market share among TV viewers in the state of Bremen for the sixth consecutive year. Earlier, on December 19, 2025, ARD, in collaboration with all German public broadcasters, launched "Audio Classics for Children," making iconic children's audio plays like "Peter Pan" and "Kalle Blomquist" permanently available in the ARD Audiothek. On December 15, 2025, the broadcaster highlighted concerns that recently enacted state treaties revising public broadcasting (ÖRR) could negatively impact the sector, describing the Reform State Treaty as an answer to heightened discussions about public broadcasting in recent years.

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Radio Bremen offers 6 products in the media and telecoms services industry. Radio Bremen's product portfolio comprises of media and TV services and broadcast television and radio.
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Radio Bremen's revenues were less than $250M in 2024. Caretta Research has split Radio Bremen's revenue into 3 different product categories, the largest of which is linear (local broadcaster). For full access to Radio Bremen's revenue breakdown subscribe to Caretta Portal.
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Radio Bremen currently holds 4 broadcasting rights for sports competitions including multi-sport.

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