Alter Sendesaal, Bremen

Alter Sendesaal, Bremen is a live performance and recording venue in Bremen-Schwachhausen (Germany) that is known under this name since 2009. The building itself originally went operational in 1952 and previously was known as Radio Bremen Sendesaal. From 1952 on it initially was used by Radio Bremen for more than 50 years. When Radio Bremen eventually moved to a new building in 2007, it had given up the old premises including the broadcasting hall. The citizens' initiative "Verein Freunde des Sendesaales" (Friends of the Broadcasting Hall Association), whose members include all the former music directors of Radio Bremen, had been fighting against the threatening demolition of the building since 2002. Since March 2009, the association now is running the entire studio complex, which in addition to the broadcasting hall also includes a small spoken word studio and a state-of-the-art radio play studio.