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Funk Uhr

periodical literature

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionNov 10, 2024
Entity authorityQ1474322
Source-derived summary

Funk Uhr is a German-language weekly television magazine published in Hamburg, Germany. Founded in 1952 it is one of the oldest magazines in the country.

History and profile

Funk Uhr was established in 1952. The magazine was part of Axel Springer SE and was also published weekly by the company. In 2013 the company sold the magazine to Funke Mediengruppe. It is published weekly by Mediengruppe Klambt on Fridays.

The weekly has its headquarters in Hamburg. It offers a comprehensive listings of both radio and television programs. However, the magazine also features articles on finance, insurance, health, environment, travel and leisure.

Circulation

The circulation of Funk Uhr was 1,674,092 copies between October and December 1994.

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Editorial reviewA concise reference frame for defining the subject, testing terminology and identifying the institution closest to the evidence. The current lead gives the account dated anchors—1952, 2013, 1994—that can be checked directly. The linked authority record independently contributes the date 1952-01-01. Its value is orientation rather than verdict, with Funk, periodical and literature providing the first useful test.
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Vocabulary and entity names are the principal evidence signals here, because they determine the precision of every later search. The source revision retrieved here is dated Nov 10, 2024. The linked authority identifier is Q1474322. 2 of 2 selected statements include explicit references; 1 carry qualifiers and 0 use preferred rank. The first chronological checks are 1952, 2013 and 1994.

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This entry incorporates text from Funk Uhr” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.