- Station name Station name
- WDR COSMO
- Description Description
- On May 12, 2023, the station was closed. WDR VERA was WDR's traffic channel, started on 30 January 1997 as part of the North Rhine-Westphalian DAB pilot project, it was broadcast via DAB+ and as a telephone announcement service (+49/221/1680 3050).
- Launch date Launch date
- 30 January 1997
- Owner Owner
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WDR COSMO
Germany
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128kbps • MP3
WDR VERA was a German, public radio station owned and operated by Westdeutscher Rundfunk (WDR). To increase broadcasting capacity and enable more regional stations, Vera was removed from DAB + on July 6, 2020 and could only be heard via WDR apps and websites.
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| Country Country |
Germany
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|---|---|
| Language Language | German |
| Stream status Stream status | Ok |
| Homepage Homepage | cosmoradio.de |
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Coverage area
North Rhine-Westphalia
First air date
30 January 1997
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| Station ID | 825 |
|---|---|
| Region | Germany, North Rhine-Westphalia |
| Branding | WDR VERA |
| Broadcast area | North Rhine-Westphalia |
| Launched | 30 January 1997 |
| Website | cosmoradio.de |
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| Last check | 6 hours ago |
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| Track seen | 4 days ago |
| Stream host | wdr-cosmo-live.icecast.wdr.de |
| Final host | d131.rndfnk.com |
| HTTP status | 200 |
| Content type | audio/mpeg |
| Server software | rocketstreamingserver |
| Latency | 27 ms |
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| Current stream format | MP3 |
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WDR VERA was a German, public radio station owned and operated by Westdeutscher Rundfunk (WDR). To increase broadcasting capacity and enable more regional stations, Vera was removed from DAB + on July 6, 2020 and could only be heard via WDR apps and websites.
On May 12, 2023, the station was closed. WDR VERA was WDR's traffic channel, started on 30 January 1997 as part of the North Rhine-Westphalian DAB pilot project, it was broadcast via DAB+ and as a telephone announcement service (+49/221/1680 3050). VERA was a backronym for VErkehr (traffic) in Real Audio or Verkehrsradio. The 24-hour schedule consisted entirely of traffic information updated and compiled by WDR's Traffic Department. All traffic information and messages were provided through a speech synthesis system, which was then read by a male, computer-generated voice. There was no live on-air announcer.
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