Böttcher & Fischer

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As comedy duo Böttcher & Fischer , also announced as Die BöFis , the radio presenters Thomas Böttcher (born August 7, 1965 in Löbnitz ) and Uwe Fischer (born December 8, 1968 in Halle / Saale ) appeared on the Saxon radio station Radio PSR from 1995 to 2016 , antenna axes and last R.SA on.

Biographical

Thomas Böttcher (left) and Uwe Fischer, 2013.

Thomas Böttcher grew up in Delitzsch north of Leipzig and attended the polytechnic high school "Otto Grotewohl" there from 1972 to 1982. The trained electrician started his career as a resident DJ in a Delitzsch youth club. He has been working as a radio presenter since 1992. He lived in Delitzsch until 1998, later in Seeligstadt and since 2004 in the Sörmitz district of Döbeln . He has been married for the second time since 2006; he has two children from his first marriage.

Uwe Fischer comes from a family of teachers and spent his childhood and youth in Halle (Saale). He started school in 1975 at the 1st Polytechnic High School in Halle-Neustadt . At VEB Kraftverkehr Halle , he completed an apprenticeship as a car mechanic. He first worked as a radio presenter in 1990 for the Halle radio station on Radio DDR II , and then worked for MDR . Fischer lived in Leipzig, Dresden and Liemehna near Leipzig , among others . He is divorced and has three sons.

collaboration

Radio PSR

Böttcher began his presenter activity at Radio PSR and went on the air for the first time on July 1, 1992 at 2 p.m., two hours after the start of this private radio program. First, he moderated the nighttime show, soon afterwards the daily morning show from 5 to 8 a.m. Fischer also switched to PSR the following year, where he took over the morning show following Böttcher's airtime. After a while they started moderating the time shortly before the handover, around 7.50 a.m., and filling it with gags and stupid things, which was well received by the listeners. From October 1995 they then presented the entire morning program as a duo under the title “Böttcher & Fischer - the two from six to nine”. At first, Fischer appeared as the funny guy and Böttcher led through the show. In this constellation they were still on stage in September 1996 at the Day of the Saxons in Torgau. Immediately after their failure there, they switched roles.

Since then, Böttcher has mostly played the part of the cunning, cheeky Saxon speaking with an Eastern dialect, whereas Fischer has always been the supposedly wiser. Components of the program included the 70s hit parade “Milestone” and the “Hit & Shit of the Week”. Due to the success of the duo, the number of listeners on Radio PSR increased significantly. The last joint broadcast by Böttcher & Fischer at PSR was on the morning of February 5, 1998. After they had terminated their freelance contracts later in the day on March 30 to switch to the rival channel Antenne Sachsen, the station's management took that away Duo immediately out of the program. Radio PSR then led a legal dispute over the “Böttcher & Fischer” brand, which PSR lost, against its two former employees against the background of their station change.

Antenna Saxony

From April 1, 1998, Böttcher and Fischer resumed their joint moderation work in Dresden at Antenne Sachsen, the predecessor of Hitradio RTL Sachsen . There they moderated the program “Der Antenne-Morgenmix mit Böttcher & Fischer” from Monday to Friday, their gag writer during this time was Carsten Weidling . In addition, Böttcher and Fischer performed numerous live performances on stages. At the beginning of February 2000, however, Uwe Fischer got out of the dispute, whereupon Böttcher continued moderating first alone and then with changing partners (Tommi Schminke and morning family; from August 2000, Böttcher and Heike Leschner at “Fettgeweckt”). After it became known that Böttcher wanted to switch to the R.SA forerunner Oldie.fm, the station management canceled the morning show by Böttcher and Leschner shortly after the broadcast on February 22, 2002. In the meantime, Fischer worked as a consultant at Energy Sachsen from July 10, 2000 , then at Antenne Mecklenburg-Vorpommern , where he worked as deputy program manager until June 2002.

R.SA

After their reconciliation in spring 2002, Böttcher and Fischer appeared together again. On November 8, 2002, Peter Flache's dialect comedy “Der Wetterhahn” premiered in the Radeberger Biertheater , which ran three times a week with the help of Böttcher and Fischer. From September 1, 2003, they hosted the “Big Colorful BöFi Show” at R.SA Monday to Friday from 5 to 10 am, thus indirectly returning to Radio PSR (Radio PSR and R.SA are program brands of the radio company REGIOCAST). The outstanding importance of this program was expressed in how the two morning presenters were the slogan of the entire station in a unique way in Germany : "R.SA with Böttcher & Fischer". Components of the program included "The fastest radio quiz in the world from Ata to MZ " and the role-playing game "Frau Böttcher and Herr Fischer". For the moderation of their radio show and for the best station promotion, Böttcher and Fischer each received the Central Germany Radio Prize on July 20, 2012. In 2015 they were nominated for the German Radio Prize in the category Best Morning Show, which, however, went to Andreas Kuhlage and Jens Hardeland from N-JOY .

In December 2016, Böttcher interrupted his involvement, accompanied by press reports on health problems, and only returned briefly in March 2017. On May 12, 2017, R.SA announced the final separation from Böttcher and justified this with the fact that "the basis for further cooperation is unfortunately no longer given". A few days later, Böttcher declared that he would now be "in perfect health and full of energy [...] not just sitting at home or retiring early". He owes that "to the many loyal and cordial people who have so incredibly supported and stuck to me in the recent past."

Selection of publications

  • CD "Böfi - Volume 1", May 1998
  • CD "Böfi - Volume 2", March 1999
  • CD "Die Partymacher", September 2005
  • "Man and woman in a team - The BöFi relationship guide"

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Thomas Sparrer: “I don't stick my head in the sand” - Thomas Böttcher remains a brand . In: lvz.de . Döbeln, May 17, 2017. Retrieved January 4, 2018.
  2. ↑ Björn Meine: The morning man from Döbeln. In his private life, moderator Thomas Böttcher is a solid do-it-yourselfer and gardener - and he can make sushi. In: Döbelner Allgemeine , ed. July 11, 2009, p. 15.
  3. ↑ Kerstin Decker: Böttcher & Fischer, what a nice surprise! In: Leipziger Volkszeitung , ed. January 15, 1997, p. 19.
  4. ↑ André Böhmer: Moderator Roulette at Radio PSR: Böttcher & Fischer change channels. Successful duo quit and go to Antenne / Sendung immediately discontinued / Grandpa Unger & Peggy S. Successor. In: Leipziger Volkszeitung , ed. February 7, 1998, p. 4.
  5. ↑ André Böhmer: Radio PSR wants to ban “Böttcher & Fischer”. Negotiation before the regional court in Leipzig about the legally protected morning broadcast / settlement failed. In: Leipziger Volkszeitung , ed. March 18, 1998, p. 1.
  6. ↑ Kerstin Decker: The presenter duo can keep their old program title. The judge was not aware of the Böttcher & Fischer brand. In: Leipziger Volkszeitung , ed. April 8, 1998, p. 4.
  7. ↑ Norbert Wehrstedt: After three and a half years, Saxony's most popular radio comedy duo is returning. R.SA is now attacking - with Böttcher & Fischer. In: Leipziger Volkszeitung , ed. September 1, 2003, p. 10.
  8. ↑ Company | REGIOCAST. Retrieved on July 23, 2018 (German).
  9. ↑ lifepr.de: "Ecki" - soon as well known as the Baskerville dog - seven outstanding radio reports from commercial radio were awarded the "Central Germany Radio Prize 2012" . July 23, 2012. Retrieved January 4, 2018.
  10. ^ Norbert Wehrstedt: Radio Prize Central Germany. BöFi superstars. In: Leipziger Volkszeitung , ed. July 21, 2012, p. 14.
  11. ↑ rsa-sachsen.de: We are nominated for the German Radio Prize! August 26, 2015. Retrieved September 4, 2015.
  12. ↑ Kerstin Decker: Out for the moderator duo "Böttcher & Fischer" - Thomas Böttcher disembarks after burnout. In: lvz.de . May 12, 2017. Retrieved July 15, 2017 .
  13. ↑ R.SA: R.SA says goodbye to moderator Thomas Böttcher. May 12, 2017. Retrieved July 15, 2017 .
  14. ↑ Thomas Böttcher: Vita. May 17, 2017. Retrieved July 15, 2017 .
  15. ↑ Jens Hoyer: My life in Saxon . In: sächsische.de , Dresden, October 4, 2017. Accessed November 23, 2018.