Soccer match Prussia Munster - Arminia Bielefeld 1925
The football game Preußen Münster against Arminia Bielefeld from 1. November 1925 was the first football game , which in Germany live on the radio has been transferred.
background
On September 15, 1924 in Munster , the West German Radio Hour AG founded. As a result of the occupation of the Ruhr by Allied troops, the headquarters of the radio station was relocated to Münster, as the operation of radio stations was forbidden in the occupied Rhineland and Ruhr area . A year later, the sports journalist Bernhard Ernst , who was employed by Westdeutsche Funkstunde and a member of the Preußen Münster association, planned the first live broadcast of a football game on the radio. In order to carry out the transmission, a three-kilometer cable was laid from the stadium to the broadcasting center. Bernhard Ernst set up his microphone behind one of the gates , so that "the noise of the battle of the fighters enliven the atmosphere even better".
The microphone had to hang vibration-free in order to avoid annoying crackling noises. As additional protection, Ernst stood with a system behind a hockey goal . The day before the game, Ernst had a dress rehearsal held, and everything went perfectly. The live broadcast almost didn't work. When Ernst began his broadcast, his comment was not heard. It turned out that a post office clerk who found the line and couldn't explain the meaning of it, had cut it offhand. The transmission was saved by a technician who simply clamped the microphone to the telephone line that had also been laid to communicate with the broadcasting company.
It is not known how many people watched the broadcast on the radio. It is estimated that there were around 6,000 receivers in Germany in 1925. Arminia Bielefeld won the game of the then first-class Westphalia district class 5-0.
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b c d Sebastian Schug: 90 years ago: Live football on the radio for the first time. WDR , accessed November 10, 2018 .
- ↑ a b Bernadette Winter: The first radio switch from Münster almost fell into the water. Westfälische Nachrichten , accessed on November 10, 2018 .
- ↑ a b Andreas Wittner: The man who brought the football radio. Spiegel Online , accessed November 10, 2018 .