Friedrich Wilhelm Rauker

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Friedrich Wilhelm Rauker (1981)

Friedrich Wilhelm Räuker (born September 1, 1928 in Bückeburg ; † June 24, 2015 ) was a German journalist and broadcast director .

Life

Friedrich Wilhelm Räuker attended grammar school in Bückeburg until 1944 and was drafted as an air force helper towards the end of the war . In 1945 he was taken prisoner by the Americans for a few months . Then he made up his Abitur in Bückeburg and initially worked as an assistant interpreter. In 1949 he began studying philosophy in Göttingen and continued his studies in Bonn and Wilhelmshaven with the subjects of German, history, political and social sciences. He also wrote for the Göttinger Tageblatt . In 1958 he began as a trainee at Radio Bremen , where he rose to become editor and production group leader. In 1963, after a short time as a freelance writer and employee of UFA, he switched to Westdeutscher Rundfunk . There he became department head in 1965 and in 1969 chief department head for education and science in the Third.

In 1975 the CDU member Räuker became television program director of the North German Broadcasting Corporation (NDR). In 1980 he was elected director of the NDR. From 1984 to 1986 he was chairman of the ARD . After many political disputes inside and outside the station and a heart operation, Räuker resigned in 1987 for health reasons .

Friedrich Wilhelm Räuker died in June 2015 at the age of 86.

Publications

  • as publisher: In the fifth century after Wittenberg - On the situation of Protestantism . Rowohlt Verlag, Reinbek 1970, ISBN 978-3-499-60023-4 .
  • What does the media expect from Christians? Idea, Wetzlar 1983

literature

  • Health reasons - it sucks . In: Die Zeit , No. 49/1981
  • Black channel. The Christian Democratic NDR director Räuker sees himself as an agent of his party. Critics fear that “Bavarian conditions” are threatened on the station . In: Der Spiegel . No. 52 , 1982 ( online ).
  • Directors. How broken . In: Der Spiegel . No. 51 , 1986 ( online ).
  • Friedrich Wilhelm Räuker , in: Internationales Biographisches Archiv 02/1988 of January 4, 1988, in the Munzinger Archive ( beginning of article freely available)

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b NDR mourns former director Friedrich Wilhelm Räuker. In: presseportal.de. Norddeutscher Rundfunk (NDR), June 25, 2015, accessed on June 25, 2015 .
  2. ↑ The secret of the punch card. Education politicians are planning new television and radio programs for schools and universities . In: Der Spiegel . No.  20 , 1971, p. 63-70 ( online ).
personal data
SURNAME Räuker, Friedrich Wilhelm
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German journalist and broadcast director (NDR)
DATE OF BIRTH September 1, 1928
PLACE OF BIRTH Bückeburg , German Empire
DATE OF DEATH June 24, 2015