Gerhard Schröder (General Manager)
Gerhard Karl Theodor Hans Schröder (born March 3, 1921 in Bad Wildungen , † January 22, 2012 in Hamburg ) was a German broadcast director .
Life
After graduating from high school, the son of a hotel director began an apprenticeship as a locksmith with the aim of becoming an aircraft manufacturer, and then joined the Air Force as a conscript . After the end of the Second World War , he studied law and economics in Marburg . In 1946 he joined the SPD and was involved during his studies in the Socialist German Student Union (SDS), of which he was the deputy federal chairman in 1949/50.
After the state examination in law, Schröder worked in the Lower Saxony Ministry of Culture , became head of the radio, film and press department and later took over the management of the art and culture department. In this capacity he was involved in the negotiation of the state treaty establishing the North German Broadcasting Corporation (NDR) and was sent to the NDR administrative council in 1955, which he later took over as chairman.
Between 1961 and 1973 he was director of the NDR and 1970/1971 at the same time ARD chairman. During his tenure in Hamburg there were repeated disputes over critical television programs such as B. Panorama . In 1973 the CDU representatives on the NDR's administrative board therefore refused to extend his artistic director's contract any further.
Schröder then moved to the post of artistic director at Radio Bremen a year later as the successor to Klaus Bölling , where he was in office until 1985. During his time at the Bremer Landesrundfunkanstalt the start of the talk show 3 nach 9 , the quiz show Amlauf Band (both 1974) and the introduction of the regional television magazine buten un in (1980).
Schröder was married twice; the first marriage had two children.
Web links
- Former Radio Bremen director Gerhard Schröder turns 85 , press release from February 27, 2006.
- Former Radio Bremen director Gerhard Schröder is dead , press release from January 23, 2012.
- Gerhard Schröder in the Munzinger archive ( beginning of article freely accessible)
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Schröder, Gerhard |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Schröder, Gerhard Karl Theodor Hans (full name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German broadcasting director |
| DATE OF BIRTH | March 3, 1921 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Bad Wildungen |
| DATE OF DEATH | January 22, 2012 |
| Place of death | Hamburg |