| Evangeliums Rundfunk (ERF) | |
| Type: | Evangelical Media Distributor |
| Founded Date: | 1959 |
| Key People: | Jörg Dechert, president |
| Area Served: | Germany, European countries |
ERF Medien e. V. is a German evangelical media corporation, based in Wetzlar, Hesse. The Corporation is producing Radio- and TV as well as online content with Christian-evangelical messages. The organization was founded in 1959 as Evangeliums-Rundfunk (ERF) (gospel broadcast). Theologically, ERF Medien is close to the Evangelical Alliance in Germany. ERF is partner of Trans World Radio.[1]
The funding is almost exclusively through donations from listeners, viewers, online users and friends with annual revenues of 17.3 million euros (as of 2018).[2] In addition, there is an ERF Foundation since 2001,whose statutory purpose is to provide financial support to the broadcaster.
The TV program ERF1 is distributed via Satellite (DVB-S at Astra 1M),[3] Live-stream and since 1 April 2009 also in some digital cable networks in Germany (DVB-C).