Südwestrundfunk replaces Südwestfunk
SWF 1 and SDR 1 became SWR1 Baden-Württemberg and SWR1 Rheinland-Pfalz: regional programmes for their respective states (Länder)
S 2 Kultur became SWR2
SWF3 and SDR 3 became the pop station SWR3
S 4 Baden-Württemberg became SWR4 Baden-Württemberg
SWF 4 Rheinland-Pfalz became SWR4 Rheinland-Pfalz
DASDING was unchanged and continued broadcasting
The television channel Südwest 3 became Südwest BW and Südwest RP, and today transmits as SWR FernsehenA radio news channel, SWR cont.ra, was added in July 2002. This was relaunched with a new programme format on 9 January 2012 as SWRinfo. It was relaunched again as SWR Aktuell on 6 February 2017