Dieter Seefranz

Dieter Seefranz (born April 12, 1941 , † September 28, 1983 in Vienna ) was an Austrian television presenter and sports journalist.

Life

Dieter Seefranz had a doctorate in law. He became known to a broader public in Austria as the presenter of the ORF news program Ten to Ten , later in Bild 2 , as the host of Club 2 and as a book author. He also moderated the show " Sport-ABC " more often . After one of the most memorable editions of Club 2 on August 9, 1979, it was banned from broadcasting by the then ORF leadership under Otto Oberhammer under the title “What is wrong with youth culture?” . The reason: the invited punk singer Nina Hagen demonstrated masturbation techniques during the live broadcast, which led to weeks of heated discussions in public.

In 1980 he left the ORF. Then he appeared in smaller roles in films. For example, in Neon (1980) by Gerhard Kleindl he played a taxi driver and in Den Tüchtigen (1982) by Peter Patzak a television announcer belongs to . In March 1983 he returned to ORF as a news presenter for ZIB 2. He hosted his last show Ten to Ten on July 30, 1983.

Shortly before his death in 2001, Robert Hochner , who later became the anchorman of the time in picture 2 , described Seefranz as one of his journalistic role models in an interview with the Viennese city newspaper Falter .

His final resting place is in the Sieveringer Friedhof (18-3-9) in Vienna.

Awards

1974 Golden Camera

Publications

The white intoxication. From skiing in Austria. Vienna 1976.

Web links

Dieter Seefranz in the Internet Movie Database (English)
Club 2 with Nina Hagen (1979) (youtube-link)

Individual evidence

^ TV program ORF 1 from June 28, 1975
↑ TV scandal about the wild Nina: The German rock singer Hagen provoked in "Club 2" - Seefranz has to go . In: Arbeiter-Zeitung . Vienna August 11, 1979, p. 4 ( berufer-zeitung.at - the open online archive - digitized).
↑ Poidinger spoke to Dieter Seefranz before his ORF comeback: “What is important is what is and what will be” . In: Arbeiter-Zeitung . Vienna February 23, 1983, p. 16 ( Arbeiter-zeitung.at - the open online archive - digitized).

personal data
SURNAME	Seefranz, Dieter
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	Austrian television presenter and sports journalist
DATE OF BIRTH	April 12, 1941
DATE OF DEATH	September 28, 1983
Place of death	Vienna

[1] TV program ORF 1 from June 28, 1975

[2] TV scandal about the wild Nina: The German rock singer Hagen provoked in "Club 2" - Seefranz has to go . In: Arbeiter-Zeitung . Vienna August 11, 1979, p. 4 ( berufer-zeitung.at - the open online archive - digitized).

[3] Poidinger spoke to Dieter Seefranz before his ORF comeback: “What is important is what is and what will be” . In: Arbeiter-Zeitung . Vienna February 23, 1983, p. 16 ( Arbeiter-zeitung.at - the open online archive - digitized).