Broadcasting year 1984

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The Apple Macintosh introduced in 1984

General

• In Germany this year, the channels RTL plus and Sat.1 will be the first private television channels that can be received terrestrially. The media landscape in the Federal Republic of Germany is thus taking the step from the broadcasting monopoly of ARD and ZDF to the dual broadcasting system , to which non-commercial broadcasting will later be added as a “third pillar”.
• January - The music label Stock Aitken Waterman (SAW) is founded in London . Through hits they produced such as Venus von Bananarama (1986), Never Gonna Give You Up by Rick Astley (1987) and above all I Should Be So Lucky by Kylie Minogue (1988), SAW gained significant influence on commercial pop music in the late 1980s Years.
• January 24th - Apple introduces its first Macintosh series computer . The graphical user interface with the help of which the Macintosh can also be operated by non-computer users is considered revolutionary . The market launch takes place with a comprehensive advertising campaign for which, among others, Ridley Scott is shooting an elaborately designed commercial .
• August 2nd - In Germany, Werner Zorn receives the first email at the University of Karlsruhe .
• November 19 - Members of the Chaos Computer Club (CCC) break into the BTX account of the Hamburger Sparkasse and transfer DM 135,000 to the club's account . The action, which has no criminal background whatsoever, but is intended to point out weak points in data traffic , brings the topic of “bank robbery by computer” into the public debate for some time.

Radio

• January 1st - WDR 4 starts broadcasting . The target group of the initially ad-free station, which is mainly dedicated to pop music, are people over 45 years of age.
• January 2 - The BR broadcasts the first edition of the youth and music show Live from Alabama .
• May 19 - Ö1 broadcasts the first issue of the magazine program Diagonal - Radio für Zeitgenossen , initiated by Wolfgang Kos and Michael Schrott . The program is dedicated not only to the presentation of “current records and music ideas”, but also city portraits (in the first year of broadcast, among others, Czernowitz and Trieste ) and general phenomena of the present. In the first broadcast, following a programmatic quote from Michel Serres , a portrait of the American composer Robert Ashley can be heard.
• June 18th - The first episode of the weekday series Radiocolg is broadcast on Ö1 . The series replaces the old school radio and opens up more to adult education .
• August 11 - US President Ronald Reagan hit the headlines at a microphone rehearsal before his weekly radio address when he ("jokingly") announced the "bombing of Russia".

watch TV

• January 1st - PKS (today Sat.1 ) starts broadcasting .
• January 1st - The fantasy comedy Die Visitors can be seen as a 15-part children's series on German television .
• January 2nd - RTL plus starts broadcasting .
• January 5th - RTLplus broadcasts the big hit parade lion hunt .
• January 28th - The anime series about animal stories from all over the world Tao Tao can be seen for the first time on ZDF.
• Jan 28 - Michael Jackson's hairstyle caught fire while filming a commercial for a Pepsi campaign . As only after Jackson's death in 2009 became known through reports in the tabloid newspaper The Sun , the singer is said to have suffered a partial loss of his head hair in this accident.
• January 28 - The television series The Denver Clan and Fame are honored at the 41st Golden Globes .
• February 1st - ZDF shows Bret Maverick to viewers .
• February 18 - RTLplus takes over the travel quiz show A day like no other .
• February 22nd - Shackleton - The Man in the Shadow of the Pole can be seen for the first time on Bayerischer Rundfunk .
• February 26th - British TV station ITV broadcasts the first episode of the satirical series Spitting Image .
• February 28th - ZDF shows ravioli for the first time .
• April 1st - ZDF shows Loves this Earth .
• April 7th - start of the game show with Rudi Carrell , Die verflixte 7 on German television.
• April 11th - The English miniseries Moonfleet can be seen in German for the first time on RTLplus .
• April 29th - The English miniseries The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy starts on German television.
• May 6th - The TV series from Italy Alone Against the Mafia is shown on ZDF.
• May 12th - Angelo and Luzy can be seen for the first time on ZDF.
• May 26 - The US sitcom series Familienbande premieres on ZDF.
• June 17th - The Dutch youth series The Secret of the Seventh Way (original title: De Zevensprong ) is taken over by German television as the first German broadcast.
• June 18 - German television broadcasts the first episode of the crime series Magnum in the German dubbed version.
• July 7th - The mini-series Colorado Saga (orig .: Centennial ) celebrates its German-language premiere on German television. It tells the 200-year history of the fictional city of Centennial on the Platte River, from the time the USA was founded until the 1970s.
• August 11th - The US music series Fame - The Road to Fame premieres on German television .
• September 8 - The German television series Matt in 13 Trains premieres on German television.
• September 14th - The MTV Awards are presented for the first time in Los Angeles . The video for You might think by the American new wave band The Cars was named Music Video of the Year .
• September 14th - The 203-part crime series Der Fahnder premieres on German television.
• September 16 - The 11-part contemporary history series Heimat - Eine deutsche Chronik can be seen for the first time on German television . She tells the life of the farmer Maria Simon from her birth in 1919 to 1982.
• September 20 - NBC starred in the Bill Cosby Show pilot . The series, which features black actors in all of the main characters, is also a success with white audiences. For the first time, an upper-middle-class black family can be seen on American television.
• September 24th - The half-hour sketch comedy show with Diether Krebs and Beatrice Richter , Sketch Up can be seen for the first time on German television.
• September 28 - The Miami Vice crime series premieres on NBC .
• September 28th - German television broadcasts the 11-part series The Flying Ferdinand for the first time .
• September 29th - ZDF begins with the German series Mensch Bachmann for the first time .
• September 30th - CBS airs the first episode of Murder Is Her Hobby .
• September 30th - The British series The Citadel can be seen on S3 .
• October 1 - The ARD program is renamed from Deutsches Fernsehen to Erste Deutsches Fernsehen (with the number one in the logo).
• October 3 - ZDF shows the British series Robin Hood .
• October 4th - Claus Kruesken s, Computerzeit premieres on First German Television .
• October 7th - The Sunday after-table for children is on ZDF .
• October 11th - First German TV broadcasts for the first time Own stove is worth gold .
• October 13th - PKS (today Sat.1 ) shows stories from Shillingbury for the first time .
• October 14th - The 11-part series Morgen Already can be seen for the first time on ZDF.
• October 20 - FS2 of the ORF shows Falco - heroes of today . The one-hour film contribution designed by DoRo visually implements the title of Falco 's second album Junge Roemer , which was released in 1983 .
• October 28th - The show with the mouse celebrates its 500th show.
• November 11th - The 4-part television film Pogo 1104 can be seen for the first time on First German Television.
• November 17th - The ZDF takes over my black hour for the first time .
• November 25th - The First German Television takes over the 4-part puppet play from the Augsburger Puppenkiste , Das Tanzbärenmädchen .
• December 1st - The culture channel 3sat , initiated and financed by ZDF, ORF and SRG SSR , goes into operation. ZDF has a 67 percent share, ORF 29 percent and Swiss television 4 percent. The aim is, among other things, to bring quality television productions from the three public broadcasters closer to a pan-European audience. On the first day of broadcast, however, only a few thousand cable households in Munich can receive the new program.
• December 6th - The last episode of the Kottan crime parody can be seen on FS1 . Episode title: Mabuse Returns .
• December 8th - The German dance school series Tanzschule Kaiser can be seen for the first time on First German Television .
• December 9th - The Australian mini-series Delie & Brenton with 8 episodes premieres at S3 .
• December 15 - The last ZDF hit parade moderated by Dieter Thomas Heck goes on air.
• December 15th - During the live broadcast of the Saturday evening show Wetten, dass ..? An incident occurs from the Bremen city ​​hall when environmental activists storm onto the stage and unroll a banner to protest against the construction of the Hainburg power station . Among the betting guests is the Austrian Chancellor Fred Sinowatz . Host Frank Elstner reacts to the incident and gives the activists the opportunity to make a brief statement.
• December 25th - ZDF broadcasts the first part of the 6-part Christmas series Patrik Pacard .
• December 30th - The Italian 13-part children's series Anna, Ciro & Co can be seen for the first time in Das Erste .

Born

• March 9 - Iréna Flury , Austrian-Swiss actress, is born in Vienna . Flury became known throughout Austria in 2007 in the role of Verena Huber in the soap opera Mitten im 8en .
• March 20 - Christy Carlson Romano , American actress, is born in Milford , Connecticut. 2002–2007 she lent her voice to the cartoon character Kim Possible .
• April 8 - Taran Noah Smith , American actor, born in San Francisco. His best-known role is that of Marcus Jason "Mark" Taylor in the sitcom Listen Who's That Hammering .
• April 22 - Michelle Ryan , British actress ( EastEnders ), is born in Enfield , Middlesex.
• November 22nd - Scarlett Johansson , American actress, is born in New York .

Died

• January 19 - Wolfgang Staudte , German director dies at the age of 77 in Slovenia. Staudte is especially remembered for his directorial work Der Seewolf and Lockruf des Goldes (1975).
• February 23 - Walter Jokisch , German actor and radio play speaker , dies in Munich at the age of 69
• March 1 - Jackie Coogan , American actor and child star, dies in Santa Monica at the age of 69 . Coogan also became known to a younger audience through the role of Uncle Fester in the television series The Addams Family .
• March 19 - Ivo Veit , German radio director ( RIAS ), actor and cabaret artist dies in Berlin at the age of 74 .
• May 2 - Jack Barry , American showmaster, dies in New York at the age of 66 .
• May 16 - Andy Kaufman , American comedian, dies in Los Angeles at the age of 35. The breakthrough in his career came with the role of Latka Gravas in the sitcom Taxi, produced from 1978 to 1983 .
• June 28th - Claus Gatterer , Austrian television journalist ( telephoto lens ) dies at the age of 60 in Vienna .
• August 26th - Hans Tügel , German actor, radio play speaker, director and author dies at the age of 90 in his native Hamburg. For many years he worked for the NWDR Hamburg and the NDR as a radio play director and speaker.
• October 9th - Heinz von Cleve , German actor and radio play speaker, dies in Düsseldorf at the age of 87 . He appeared in several Paul Temple radio plays and in the street sweeper Das Halstuch , among others .
• October 12th - Rudolf Beiswanger , German actor, radio broadcaster and theater director dies at the age of 81 in Hamburg . Among other things, he was a spokesman for NORAG and one of the main actors in the FS series Kümo Henriette .
• October 18 - Jon-Erik Hexum , American actor and model ( hotel , A dream man on the front page ) dies a few weeks before his 27th birthday.

See also

Portal: Radio  - Overview of Wikipedia content on radio

Portal: TV  - Overview of Wikipedia content on TV

Web links

• Gijsbert Hinnen: International radio and television chronicle. In: rfcb.ch. Archived from the original on May 7, 2016 ; Retrieved May 7, 2016 . 
• TV programs from yesterday and the day before yesterday : TV Chronicle 1980–1997

Individual evidence

1. ↑ The "1984" commercial from Apple on the English Wikipedia.
2. ↑ The radio protocol begins today , Arbeiter-Zeitung , June 18, 1984, page 14, accessed on May 26, 2010
3. ↑ "US President Reagan irritates the world public during a microphone test" ( Memento of the original from March 11, 2009 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , DeutschlandRadio Berlin , August 11, 2004 (accessed February 26, 2009). 
4. ↑ Michael Jackson was underweight, bald, injured Austria-online , accessed June 30, 2009
5. ↑ Ident Logo ARD - First German Television 1980s on YouTube .
6. ↑ This is 3SAT (Sa, 2): Without us . In: Arbeiter-Zeitung . Vienna December 1, 1984, p. 24 ( berufer-zeitung.at - the open online archive - digitized).