Effective period / Period of releases: 1958 - 2010

Members: Peter Falk (2), Dimitrij Kitaenko, Timm-Johannes Trappe, Wolfgang Läubin, Klaus Pohlers, Michael Hasel, Ursula Kepser, Werner Peschke, Heinz Hepp, Bodo Hersen, Christian Geldsetzer, Peter Wolf (16), Danusha Waśkiewicz, Bertram Banz, Christian Lampert (2), Arnt Martin

The Frankfurt Radio Symphony Orchestra is affiliated to the Hesse Broadcasting Company (Hessischer Rundfunk) and carried the name "Radio-Sinfonie-Orchester Frankfurt" from 11 July 1971 until 2005, when it was renamed to hr-Sinfonieorchester. Before 1971 it was called .
It was founded in 1929 as "Frankfurter Rundfunk-Symphonie-Orchester" with Hans Rosbaud as its first principal conductor.

Principal conductors between 1971 and 2005:
Dean Dixon (1961–1974)
Eliahu Inbal (1974–1990)
(1990–1997)
Hugh Wolff (1997–2006)