WDR's Controversial Decision: Cosmo is Closing, '1Live Street' is Coming in its Place

WDR, the public broadcaster of Germany's North Rhine-Westphalia state, is undergoing a radical change in its radio channel broadcasting portfolio.

As part of this reform initiative aimed at reaching a younger audience, Cosmo, the broadcaster's only intercultural radio station, is being shut down. In place of Cosmo, a new channel called '1Live Street'…