For WDR, choose the Lokalzeit area and then its current programme, live stream or previous editions. For MDR, select the state below the web player when needed; the documented starting choice is Sachsen. A regional live feed follows the current transmission and does not itself retrieve an earlier full bulletin.
Decide whether the request is about now or an earlier edition
A request such as “the local news about that event” contains a place and a subject, but may still leave the date and item type open. Establish whether you want the channel now, a full dated bulletin or one report. That decision changes which official entry will be useful.
Keep the place from the original recommendation. A regional selection is an editorial choice, not simply a way to change a logo. If the date is uncertain, retain an approximate day and the subject while comparing the available programme entries.
WDR: enter through the local area
WDR’s Lokalzeit directory gives separate regional entries with current programme, live and previous-edition routes. Choose the intended area before choosing one of those actions. Weekend and special Lokalzeit formats are listed separately, so their names should be retained when they are part of the request.
For a complete bulletin, open the dated full programme. For a remembered report, compare the story entry if provided. If you return through a general WDR result, check the area label again before sharing the result. That prevents a familiar city or a related story from silently replacing the requested edition.
MDR: inspect the choice below the video
MDR’s web reception help describes Sachsen as the starting stream, with Sachsen-Anhalt and Thüringen selectable below the player. Choose the state needed for the regional transmission. The help also explains that individual programme parts can be excluded for rights reasons.
Do not interpret a selected stream as a promise about every scheduled item. If the issue concerns a specific part, retain the state label, programme and approximate point. If it concerns an old bulletin, return to the programme search: changing today’s live state does not identify yesterday’s edition.
Keep a compact record of the result
For a useful recommendation, retain broadcaster, region, programme date and item type. “Lokalzeit, the chosen area, the full dated edition” is substantially clearer than “WDR news”. The corresponding MDR request should likewise preserve its state.
When troubleshooting, describe what remains unresolved: finding the region, finding a complete programme or a programme-related live exception. Those observations guide the next check. Repeatedly opening a generic channel result loses the evidence needed to tell the problems apart, while the dated official entry gives someone else a concrete item to inspect.