Frankfurt alarm clock

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The Frankfurt alarm clock was in the years 1952 bis 1967 a working day from 6:30 am broadcast in the summer radio-early morning program of the Hessian Radio .

history

The director of the Hessischer Rundfunk Eberhard Beckmann brought the idea of ​​the Frankfurt alarm clock back from a study trip to the USA. In Los Angeles he had seen a live broadcast with orchestra and soloists that started at 6 a.m. and ran until 8 a.m. So it came to the Frankfurter Wecker , which ran from Monday to Saturday under the direction of the program director Hans-Otto Grünefeldt and always took place in front of an audience, even if it came from the Frankfurter Funkhaus. So the audience could see the big pop stars for free, while entry was required for the colorful evenings . This attracted a large number of visitors regardless of the time of day. Conversely, musicians could quickly become famous with the show.

The alarm clock started on May 4, 1952. During the summer months, they also went on tour through the broadcasting area and broadcast from the town halls and from the marketplaces of Hessian cities. The show got its special flair from great singing stars, from the accompanying radio dance orchestra (mostly under Willy Berking ) and from the conference of well-known moderators. In the first year only Peter Frankenfeld and Hans-Joachim Kulenkampff alternated. Then there were other moderators such as Otto Höpfner , Heinz Erhardt , Wolf Schmidt , Fred Metzler , Maxi Böhm or Heinz Schenk .

The program began traditionally with the Frankfurt Wecker March "Good morning, good morning, I just sing softly in your ear for you ..." . In the heyday of the alarm clock , the second part of the program was taken over by Radio Bremen and NDR from 7:05 a.m. Numerous artists appeared in the Wecker , including on July 26, 1957 on the occasion of the 10th anniversary of the music industry in the “Stogahalle” in Nauheim , when the singing group of the “ Jacob Sisters ” performed for the first time. In 1967, the Frankfurt alarm clock was replaced by the studio show Good Morning Everybody , which led to protests from the listeners. The last alarm clock took place in Obervellmar on July 8, 1967 , moderated by Heinz Schenk. In retrospect, this broadcast is considered a milestone or a cult show.

Other meanings

  • In the 1950s, the Frankfurt jeweler Uhren Christ produced a Frankfurt alarm clock that played the radio program's signature melody as a wake-up signal and was successfully sold all over the world.
  • Starlifter and Galaxy , both transport aircraft of the US Air Force , sometimes did not adhere to the prescribed course after taking off from the Rhein-Main Air Base and moved eastwards north of the target course after take-off. As a result, some of them flew over Frankfurt- Mitte. These flights were referred to as "Frankfurter Wecker" because of the noise from the Frankfurt population, alluding to the former music broadcast.

Web links

literature

  • Lonny Kellner: Peter Frankenfeld, That was my life, recorded by Lonny Kellner-Frenkenfeld . FA Herbig Verlagbuchhandlung, Munich and Berlin 1982. ISBN 3-7766-1228-2

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Henri Hoffmann: Hesse in front? Regional radio in the Hessischer Rundfunk . Springer Fachmedien, Wiesbaden 1990, ISBN 978-3-8244-4099-3 ( full text in the Google book search).
  2. ↑ Peter Frankenfeld, That was my life, chapter Frankfurt alarm clock
  3. ↑ HR chronicle: 1949 - 1959. May 4, 1952 "Der Frankfurter Wecker". (No longer available online.) In: hr-online.de. Hessischer Rundfunk, May 12, 2011, archived from the original on January 21, 2014 ; Retrieved December 6, 2011 . 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. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.hr-online.de
  4. ↑ not known. Archived from the original on April 7, 2005 ; Retrieved October 3, 2008 .
  5. ↑ http://www.biegas.de/de/presse/originalberichte/ffekt_vom_10.htm ( Memento from August 17, 2010 in the Internet Archive )