Radio year 1955

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Other events

1955: Elvis Presley appears on American television for the first time

General

With the signing of the Austrian State Treaty (May 15) in the Belvedere in Vienna and the dissolution of the Allied offices of the Western occupying powers in the Federal Republic of Germany , the occupation and thus the immediate post-war period in both countries ended.

Radio

May 22nd - The Jack Benny program switches from CBS radio to television.

July 27th - The last frequencies of the American occupation transmitter Red-White-Red are switched off. On the same day, Die Russische Stunden - a propaganda program of the Soviet occupying power on Radio Vienna - is discontinued.

November 17 - The French-speaking public broadcasters in France, Belgium, Canada and Switzerland join forces to form the Communauté des radios publiques de langue française (CRPLF).

December 20 - The first issue of the news magazine Wir fade in Wir fade in can be heard on ORF radio .

watch TV

January 2nd - The first edition of the quiz show What am I? premiere with Robert Lembke.
January 15 - The Benny Hill Show premieres on the BBC , but moves to the newly founded ITV that same year .
April 1 - The US TV channel DuMont Television Network is broadcasting the last episode of the science fiction series Captain Video and His Video Rangers .
April 23rd - The SDR begins broadcasting its own regional television program.
August 1st - The television station on the Brocken , which also broadcasts GDR television programs to the west, starts operations.
August 1st - The ORF starts its public television test operation. The program starts with the logo of Austrian television with St. Stephen's Cathedral in Vienna. The first broadcast is a panel discussion between the editors-in-chief of the most important Austrian daily newspapers.
September 22nd - Independent Television (ITV) launches the UK's first private television operator.
September 28 - In the US, the World Series will be broadcast in color for the first time.

Born

Udo Huber - Austrian Hit Parade Presenter is born in Vienna .
January 6th - Rowan Atkinson , British comedian ( Mr. Bean ) is born in County Durham in north-east England.
February 24 - Steve Jobs , American entrepreneur and co-founder of the Apple computer company , is born in San Francisco († 2011).
March 22nd - Günter Brödl , Austrian music journalist ( Die Musicbox ) and songwriter was born in Vienna († 2000).
April 24th - Helmut Brandstätter , Austrian television journalist and media manager, is born in Vienna .
April 24th - John de Mol , Dutch television producer, is born in Hilversum .
August 30th - Helge Schneider , German cabaret artist and jazz musician, was born in Mülheim an der Ruhr .
October 5th - Michał Lorenc , Polish film composer (including music for Die Flucht ) is born in Warsaw

literature

Arbeiter-Zeitung (ed.): In the spotlight of the television camera . Vienna August 3, 1955 ( berufer-zeitung.at [accessed on May 14, 2017] newspaper article about the TV launch in Austria).

Web links

Nicole Kiefer: Timeline of the history of broadcasting / broadcasting legislation In: Saarland University
Gijsbert Hinnen: International radio and television chronicle. In: rfcb.ch. Archived from the original on December 26, 2016 ; Retrieved December 26, 2016 .
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