Bayerischer Rundfunk

Bayerischer Rundfunk (BR) is the public broadcaster for the German Freistaat (Free State) of Bavaria, with its main offices in Munich. BR is a member of the ARD.

Opt-outs

In the 70s, Bayerischer Rundfunk was notorious for opting out of national ARD television broadcasts when certain broadcast programmes were deemed too controversial.

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The most well-known opt outs include:

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• Nicht der Homosexuelle ist pervers, sondern die Situation in der er lebt (The homosexual is not perverted, but the situation in which he lives is)
• Sesamstrasse (the German version of Sesame Street was deemed degenerate by Bavarian broadcasting authorities).

Both those and all other opt-outs have since been shown on Bavaria's 3rd channel, Bayrisches Fernsehen and today, Bayrischer Rundfunk no longer opts out of national broadcasts.

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