| WDR Fernsehen | |
| Picture Format: | 1080p HDTV |
| Owner: | Westdeutscher Rundfunk |
| Country: | Germany |
| Area: | North Rhine-Westphalia, also distributed nationally |
| Headquarters: | Cologne, Germany |
| Former Names: | Westdeutsches Fernsehen (1965–1988) West 3 (1988–1994) |
| Website: | http://www.wdr.de/tv/ |
| Terr Serv 1: | Digital terrestrial television |
| Terr Chan 1: | North Rhine-Westphalia: Channel 3 |
| Online Serv 1: | WDR.de |
| Online Chan 1: | Watch live |
| Online Serv 2: | Ziggo GO (Netherlands) |
| Online Chan 2: | ZiggoGO.tv (Europe only) |
| Online Serv 3: | Horizon |
| Online Chan 3: | Horizon.tv (Switzerland only) |
WDR Fernsehen is a German free-to-air television network owned and operated by Westdeutscher Rundfunk and serving North Rhine-Westphalia. It is one of the seven regional "third programmes" television stations that are offered within the federal ARD network.
The station began broadcasting on 17 December 1965, as Westdeutsches Fernsehen (WDF), changing its name to West 3 in 1988, before settling for WDR Fernsehen in 1994.
Originally airing only in North Rhine-Westphalia, the channel has become available across Germany with the advent of Cable TV and satellite television. The station is also available free-to-air across Europe via Astra 19.2°E.
In November 2013, the channel faced a graphical rebrand.
WDR Fernsehen operates eleven sub-regional opt-out services, each broadcasting a 30-minute local news programme entitled Lokalzeit at 19.30 each Monday to Saturday evening together with a shorter, 5-minute bulletin at 18.00 on Mondays to Fridays:
Lokalzeit aus Aachen
Lokalzeit Bergisches Land
Lokalzeit aus Bonn
Lokalzeit aus Dortmund
Lokalzeit aus Duisburg
Lokalzeit aus Düsseldorf
Lokalzeit aus Köln
Lokalzeit Münsterland
Lokalzeit OWL aktuell
Lokalzeit Ruhr
Lokalzeit Südwestfalen