Fritz (radio broadcaster)

Fritz
Radio station ( public law )
reception	terrestrial ( UKW , DAB + ), cable , satellite , live stream
Reception area	Berlin Brandenburg
Broadcaster	Broadcasting Berlin-Brandenburg
Intendant	Patricia Schlesinger
Start of transmission	March 1, 1993
Program type	Youth radio
List of radio stations
Website

Fritz is a radio broadcaster of the public broadcasting company Berlin-Brandenburg (RBB).

It offers a 24-hour radio program with contemporary music from all pop culture genres such as independent , urban , electro , hip-hop and heavy metal . Fritz also broadcasts news, reports, reviews, talks, cultural reports, readings and live broadcasts of concerts and events.

Fritz is part of the ARD radio portfolio , this type of radio program is offered by the responsible state broadcaster in every broadcasting area.

In 2012 Fritz had 312,000 listeners a day and a market share of 5.8 percent in the broadcast area. In 2018 there were 61,000 listeners per hour.

Fritz sees himself as a training radio and offers students the possibility of a six-week editorial internship at any time. In addition, Fritz cooperates with the school radio network and introduces schoolchildren to radio as a medium in holiday workshops.

history

Fritz emerged from the Brandenburg youth radio Rockradio B and the SFB -Jugendradio Radio 4U . On March 1, 1993 in the morning at 6 o'clock the youth radio started its program from the former studios of the GDR radio in the Nalepastraße in Berlin - at that time still a joint production of SFB and ORB. Fritz is regarded as an experiment in one of the first East-West media projects after the fall of the wall .

The forerunner was Radio DT64 until 1992 , which had emerged from a youth program of the GDR radio . The direct DT64 successor Sputnik from MDR were and Fritz then together with the existing since 1986 youth radio Bremen Vier of Radio Bremen pioneer for all subsequent projects of public-service broadcasting, such as N-Joy from NDR , HR XXL , today You FM from hr , DASDING from Südwestrundfunk , 103.7 UnserDing from Saarländischer Rundfunk or 1LIVE from WDR .

At the end of 1993 the Fritz editorial team moved from Nalepastraße to Potsdam- Babelsberg to the new broadcasting studios of the ORB.

The radio station has regularly broadcast the Love Parade in Berlin since 1993 and produced the FritzLoveRadio for the day.

In 1997 there was a change in the executive suite - the previous editor-in-chief Helmut Lehnert became the new head of Radio Brandenburg and prepared the start of broadcasting for Radio Eins. The new Fritz editor-in-chief became Konrad Kuhnt, previously deputy editor-in-chief.

In 1998 the ColumbiaFritz was opened. The former cinema of the allied armed forces became Fritz's new home base in Berlin and the venue for numerous concerts and parties.

Since 1999 Fritz has been received all over the world via a live stream via the website, until 2008 it was still a RealAudio stream, but then the decision was made to use the more popular mp3 format, which is compatible with all playback software.

After the Fuckparade was banned in 2001, Radio Fritz expressed its solidarity and broadcast the music planned for the original Fuckparade at the same time as the demonstration for the right to demonstrate and free choice of the means of demonstration . The organizers of the demonstration called on their participants to bring radios and the like. So the music ban should be circumvented with civil disobedience in an effective way and thus caricatured. Motto: "Radio Fritz makes the fuck parade on the radio". The assembly authority then imposed the so-called radio ban and enforced it on the demo parking lot with a huge police presence.

Fritz has been the radio media partner of the Echo Music Prize since 2001 and reports for the entire ARD. In February 2008, the station received an echo in the “Best Media Partner” category. In 2002, Die Toten Hosen played their first radio concert in the FritzStudios.

Fritz celebrated the tenth anniversary with the book "An, Laut, stark - Das Buch zum Radio" and a big party in Berlin's Columbiahalle and ColumbiaFritz.

In 2003, Rundfunk Berlin-Brandenburg was founded from the merger of the broadcaster Free Berlin (SFB) and Ostdeutscher Rundfunk Brandenburg (ORB). Fritz had managed this merger ten years earlier. In 2004 the music fair Popkomm moved to Berlin, and Fritz became its radio partner. The station offered a look behind the scenes of the music industry around the clock, invited artists, sent listeners to the concerts and broadcast them live.

The FritzClub in the Postbahnhof at Berlin's Ostbahnhof opened in 2005 and has become one of the most popular locations for concerts and parties in Berlin. The club offers space for around 4,100 guests on over 4,000 m². In the same year Stefan Warbeck took over the editor-in-chief from Fritz. At the international radio exhibition in 2006 Fritz presented his new design. From then on, a musical wave adorns Fritz's face. In 2007 Fritz organized the first “Fritz Night of Talents”, with which the radio has since promoted new talents in the fields of music and speech. At this always sold out event, the audience is the jury.

In the same year Fritz carried out his most extensive program reform to date. New music has been in the foreground ever since. For many previously unknown artists, Fritz offers the first platform to be presented to a large audience. In cooperation with arte, the rbb broadcast the real-time documentary “24h Berlin - A Day in Life” in 2009, exactly one year after it was recorded. Fritz also took part in the project that was awarded the Grimme Prize . In 2010 the first edition of the “ Neue Deutschpoeten ” took place in the Astra Kulturhaus in Friedrichshain . The first Berlin Music Week was opened in 2010 by the ARD youth waves with the presentation of the New Music Awards . Since then Fritz has been reporting on the events, workshops and discussions that take place on and behind the stage in the music world. In the same year Fritz's website was updated. From now on, the timeline determines the image of fritz.de. Here, users can navigate into the past and the future of the program, call up playlists and information on all artists and read, listen to and comment on key topics in the program.

The station's editor-in-chief has been Karen Schmied since July 1, 2012 , who succeeded Stefan Warbeck , who stepped down following the dismissal of KenFM and the resignation of Ken Jebsen .

The radio station was regularly present in Berlin and Brandenburg with the Fritz pub quiz with Tommy Wosch .

Theme melody

The nine-tone signature melody in the jingle is a major variation of the theme from the song Radioactivity by the band Kraftwerk , so it uses the polysemy of this term to suggest a play on words (radioactive - active on the radio).

program

Fritz broadcasts for and with his listeners using daily talk routes that are unique in the entire broadcast area. In the High Noon, current topics are discussed Monday through Friday between noon and 1 p.m. The Blue Moon covers all youth-relevant topics such as education, politics, relationships, leisure time, multimedia, etc., Monday to Friday and Sunday from 10 p.m. to midnight.

At MeinFritz, the listeners create the program themselves Monday to Friday from 7 p.m. to 8 p.m. by playing the songs they want by phone or via the Internet.

There is also a fixed slot for them on Sundays between 5 and 8 p.m. On the show "Unsigned", Fritz introduces young musicians and bands who do not yet have a record deal .

In addition, Fritz is networking with new media, such as the Internet. The Trackback program runs every Saturday between 6 and 8 p.m. and deals extensively with topics such as social media , network politics and multimedia jobs.

Compared to other youth radio stations, Fritz had an above-average number of verbal contributions up until the program reform on July 16, 2007. There is also the daily talk show Blue Moon , which listeners can call on a specific topic. In this context, some members of the CCC were guests every last Wednesday of the month (with the exception of December) and present the Chaos Radio until February 2019

On every Wednesday at 8:10 a.m. and 6:10 p.m. Fritz runs the program Neues vom Kangaroo by Marc-Uwe Kling .

Live connections to regional events are an integral part of the program.

Program scheme (as of August 1, 2020)

time	Monday	Tuesday	Wednesday	Thursday	Friday	Saturday	Sunday
00:00	Nightflight
01:00
02:00	The young night of the ARD					The young night of the ARD
03:00
04:00
05:00	Fritz with Caro Korneli | Konrad Spremberg
06:00						Fritz with Daniel Claus	Fritz with Caro Korneli & Simon Dömer
07:00
08:00
09:00	Fritz with Laura Larsson | Selin Kahya
10:00
11:00
12:00						Fritz with Jule Jank & Maurice Gajda	Fritz with Salwa Houmsi | Tim Schultheiss
13:00
14:00	Fritz with Claudy Kamieth | Timm Lindenau
15:00
16:00	Fritz with Max Ulrich | Daniel Claus
17:00
18:00						Fritz with your wishes	Fritz with celebrities
19:00
20:00	Best music					Best music	Unsigned
21:00
22:00	Blue moon						Best podcasts
23:00

organization

Fritz has 25 permanent and around 100 freelance employees. The average age of freelancers is under 30 years (as of February 2018)

• Program Director Karen Schmied
• Word chief Tom Kölm
• Music director Aditya Sharma
• Head of the service Heike Mohr, Marie-Luise Stiller, Selin Güngör, Jonte Weiland
• Media partnerships Marion Schmidt
• Online Elisabeth Kirchner
• Moderation Caro Korneli, Daniel Claus, Max Ulrich, Tim Schultheiß, Laura Larsson, Salwa Houmsi, Selin Güngör, Chris Guse , Konrad Spremberg, Bruno Dietel, Jule Jank, Maurice Gajda

Off-air activities

Fritz sees itself as a communication and action radio and relies on intensive listening contact. The station is very active in the off-air through concerts, events and other projects.

Fritz has been presenting events, DJs, concerts and a wide variety of clubs (e.g. Tresor ) and discos, such as the Fritz Disco, which designed the music playlist every two weeks with its own DJs in Berlin and Brandenburg. In 1998, Fritz was the first German radio station to not only sponsor a cooperation but also to sponsor a club - the "ColumbiaFritz" in Berlin (until 2003). In January 2005 the permanent party location changed to the FritzClub in the Postbahnhof at the Ostbahnhof.

The "Fritz Night of Talents" has been held annually since 2006. Whether with music, jokes or text - the talents on stage have to inspire the audience in three minutes. They decide the trophy receives in the areas of "alternative" and "music".

Together with the young ARD programs, Fritz has been in charge of organizing the “New Music Award” since 2008 and promoting musical talents. Young bands and musicians can apply to the regional broadcasters every year. The radios will determine their favorites from all submissions. These talents present their live qualities in front of a large audience and a jury of experts in Berlin. In addition to the trophy, the winner will receive music equipment worth 10,000 euros. The winners of the New Music Award in recent years were the Berlin avant electro punks from Bonaparte , the Chemnitz band Kraftklub , the electro duo Captain Capa from Bad Frankenhausen, Jona: S from Gießen and the indie popper tape recorder from Hamburg.

Since April 2008 Fritz has been on tour every Saturday in clubs in Brandenburg with his series “FritzDJs on the Road”.

Since 2010 the station has organized the "Fritz Winter Flea Market" every year. At the covered event there are market stalls for listeners and Berlin designers as well as live DJs.

Since 2011 Fritz has presented the concert event “Die Neuen DeutschPoeten”, a festival with around 10,000 visitors, at which only young, German-speaking musicians and bands perform. Among others, in the series of events Wir sind Helden , Marteria , Bosse , Philipp Poisel , Kraftklub , Tim Bendzko , Silbermond , MIA. and Max Herre played.

Every first Monday of the month, Fritz invites you to a “ pub quiz ”. Fritz tests the knowledge of his listeners live in different locations in Berlin and Brandenburg.

The first Fritz Tram concert took place in 2012 - the band Die Orsons gave a live concert on a moving Berlin tram .

Awards

In 1995, the magazine “Audio” voted Fritz second among the best German-speaking radio stations.

In 2000 Fritz won the “Online Music Award” advertised by MTV and Yahoo.

In the same year Fitz was awarded the Civis Media Prize for the “Hörmal” in Brussels .

Marc-Uwe Kling won the German-speaking Poetry Slam Championships in 2006 and 2007 and the German Radio Prize in the “Best Comedy” category with his FritzRadio-Comedy .

In 2007, Ken Jebsen and Susanne Wündische received the Civis Media Prize in the “Short Programs” category for their feature “Somewhere in between”.

In 2008 the station received the echo in the category “Media Partner of the Year”. The jury gave the reason for “sustainable funding and innovative presentation of music”.

In 2008 Julia Friese won first prize for her contribution “Diary of an Unfaithful” and Meral Al-Mer for “Ich bin ein Berliner” third prize in the radio category at the Axel Springer Prize for young journalists.

The Fritz reporter Magdalena Bienert received the Civis Media Prize in 2010 for her original sound feature “A bloody sheet - your whole future. Of new innocence for one night ”. For this she also won the Axel Springer Prize for young journalists in the same year.

Jörg-R. In the same year Schneider received the third prize in the radio sector at the Axel Springer Prize for young journalists for his contribution “Emergency exits from the crisis”.

In 2010 Fritz restarted his website. In 2011 it received the creative and industry award for the digital economy, the “DMMA OnlineStar 2011” - bronze in the “Corporate Websites” category.

In 2012, the short feature series “The first time” by Daniel Hirsch and Martin Schneider was awarded the Axel Springer Prize for young journalists for an outstanding performance in the radio category. In 2009 Fritz broadcast the first season - so successfully that new episodes have been produced every year since then.

Moderators

Over the years, many presenters have been active in different programs. These changed regularly. Moderators who also gained notoriety beyond the station are Maurice Gajda , Paul van Dyk , Momo Faltlhauser , Holger Klein , Caroline Korneli , Jakob Kranz , Stephan Michme , Pyranja , Marcus Richter , Hadnet Tesfai , Kathrin Thüring , Nina Zimmermann and Kraftklub . Among the former presenters, these are above all Fettes Brot , Die Toten Hosen , Anja Caspary , Ina Dietz , Erci Ergün , Barry Graves , Johnny Haeusler , Steffen Hallaschka , Henning Harnisch , Thaddeus Herrmann , Elmar Hörig , Ken Jebsen , Tim Koschwitz , Jürgen Kuttner , André Langenfeld , Mike Lehmann , Marcos Lopez , Fabian Maier , Marusha , Luci van Org , Marion Pinkpank , Tim Pritlove , Lou Richter , Katty Salié , Anja Schneider , Lutz Schramm , Olli Schulz , Robert Skuppin , Noah Sow , Max Spallek , Susanne Stichler , Heinz Strunk , Christian Ulmen , Konstantina Vassiliou-Enz , Jan Weyrauch , Oliver Welke , Volker Wieprecht and Tommy Wosch .

reception

antenna

Analogue ( VHF )

The program is broadcast throughout Berlin and Brandenburg on the following regional frequencies with the specified transmission powers :

• Berlin and Potsdam : 102.6 MHz (radiated from the Berlin TV tower ) with 15 kW
• Cottbus : 103.2 MHz with 100 kW
• Frankfurt (Oder) : 101.5 MHz with 30 kW
• Fläming : 91.9 MHz with 30 kW
• Prignitz : 103.1 MHz with 60 kW
• Uckermark : 100.1 MHz with 50 kW

Digital (DAB +)

Fritz has been receivable in Berlin and the surrounding area on channel 7D via DAB + since August 2011 . The expansion of the 10B for the whole of Brandenburg and Berlin began in 2017 and is expected to continue until 2020.

• Berlin TV tower : Channel 7D with 10 kW
• Berlin-Scholzplatz : Channel 10B with 25 kW and 7D with 10 kW
• Frankfurt / Oder : Channel 10B with 10 kW
• Pritzwalk : Kanal 10B with 10 kW
• Cottbus City : Canal 10B with 1 kW
• Calau : Channel 10B with 10 kW
• Casekow : Channel 10B with 10 kW
• Templin : Channel 10B with 5 kW
• Belzig : Channel 10B with 10 kW

electric wire

• Berlin : 89.85 MHz
• Potsdam : 95.65 MHz
• Frankfurt (Oder) : 101.95 MHz
• Brandenburg an der Havel : 88.05 MHz

In addition, Fritz can be received in many cable networks, mainly in East Germany. In addition, Fritz can be received nationwide via digital cable ( DVB-C ).

satellite

• Astra DVB-S Digital - Astra 19.2 ° E - APID 0353h (851d) - Provider: ARD rbb - 12267 MHz , Transponder 30, FEC 3/4, 27500 KSymbols / s

Internet

• Live Stream (via Live Player on the Fritz home page or as an MP3 - or WMA -Stream)
• as a channel via the Zattoo player.

Individual evidence

1. ^ ^{A b} Erik Wenk: Fritz celebrates his birthday: radio with a chaos factor. In: www.pnn.de. Latest news from Potsdam, February 27, 2018, accessed on March 1, 2018 . 
2. ^ The Fritz farewell broadcast from the little hall in Berlin. Chaos Radio, February 2, 2019, accessed May 10, 2020 . 
3. ↑ Fritz Podcast Page ( Memento of the original from April 30, 2011 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. to the show News from the Kangaroo 
4. ↑ Page of the satire News from the Kangaroo ( Memento of the original from April 30, 2011 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. 

literature

• Ronald Galenza, Kerstin Topp and Philip Meinhold : On, loud, strong! Fritz - The book on the radio. Berlin 2003, ISBN 3-89602-440-X
• Marco Seiffert and Kerstin Topp: The 90s - Everything will change when we grow up. Berlin 2004, ISBN 3-936324-25-5

Web links

• Information from the ABC of ARD
• Fritz's website
• Address of the live stream from Fritz