Günther Bollhagen

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Günther Bollhagen in the radio studio at Radio Bremen.
Cancellation of the last edition of the Plattenpromenade in 1964 with Günther Bollhagen, Radio Bremen.

Günther Hermann Bollhagen (*  4. August 1927 in Hamburg , †  21st April 2014 in Inca , Mallorca ) was a German radio announcer , presenter and composer .

Life

Bollhagen was drafted as an air force helper at the age of 16 and experienced the end of the war at the front. Its first broadcasting license was granted by the US military government in Hamburg in 1948 . In 1951 he came to Radio Bremen , where he performed a variety of tasks as a presenter, news , program and radio play speaker until his retirement at the end of the 1980s . As a disc jockey he made a name for himself as a jazz expert . In particular, he became known to a young audience with his program Plattenpromenade , other programs were the hit parade and the morning moderation of the Hansawelle .

He was the mentor of the young Werner Reinke , whose broadcasting career began in the late 1960s with an internship at Bollhagen's Plattenpromenade .

An interview by Bollhagen with Willi Bongard on the topic of the stock market under the title All about the stock exchange I was published in the record series Wort und Demokratie .

Bollhagen has lived on Mallorca since 1998, where he worked as a freelance composer and photographer . From his marriage to the gallery owner Gisela († 2001), the children Nicola (* 1958) and Mirko (* 1964) emerged.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c Personal communication from Nicola Bergmann-Bollhagen (email from April 21, 2014).
  2. ↑ a b Obituary at radiobremen.de, ( memento from April 26, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) accessed on August 27, 2018.
  3. ↑ a b Ballast overboard. In: Der Spiegel , No. 52, 1956, p. 45. Retrieved on July 16, 2014.
  4. ↑ Entry in the HörDat radio play database , accessed on July 16, 2014.
  5. ↑ Michael Rauhut , Reinhard Lorenz (ed.): I've had the blues a little longer. Traces of a music in Germany. Ch. Links Verlag, Berlin 2008, ISBN 978-3-86153-495-2 , p. 153.
  6. ↑ Homepage of Werner Reinke, accessed on July 16, 2014.
personal data
SURNAME Bollhagen, Günther
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Bollhagen, Günther Hermann (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German radio announcer, presenter and composer
DATE OF BIRTH 4th August 1927
PLACE OF BIRTH Hamburg
DATE OF DEATH April 21, 2014
Place of death Inca , Mallorca