Historical commission of the ARD
The ARD Historical Commission is a special commission of the ARD that aims to support research on broadcasting history. It deals with the history of broadcasting in Germany , especially public service broadcasting since the end of the Second World War .
Members
The commission has twelve members. There is one representative each from the nine regional broadcasting corporations of the ARD as well as the Deutschlandradios , Deutsche Welle and the German Broadcasting Archive . In addition, a ZDF representative takes part in the deliberations as a permanent guest.
The member of the respective managing ARD broadcaster is in charge of the commission. The commission also has a chairman - since 2010 this has been the former director of Radio Bremen , Heinz Glässgen .
history
The Historical Commission was established in 1954. In 1972 it was temporarily dissolved as part of a structural reform of the ARD, but convened again in 1986. Since 1994, the commission has organized media history conferences and eyewitness interviews at irregular intervals.
Chairperson
- Kurt Magnus (1954–1962)
- Hans Bausch (1962–1972 and 1986–1991)
- Dietrich Schwarzkopf (1992-2010)
- Heinz Glässgen (since 2010)
Publications (selection)
- Historical commission of the ARD (ed.): Die Ideologiepolizei. The radio-related activities of the Ministry for State Security of the former GDR in the GDR as well as in the Federal Republic of Germany , Stiftung Deutsches Rundfunkarchiv, Frankfurt am Main 2008
- Hans Bausch (Hrsg.): Rundfunk in Deutschland , 5 volumes, dtv, Munich 1980
- Dietrich Schwarzkopf (Ed.): Broadcasting Policy in Germany: Competition and the Public , 2 volumes, dtv, Munich 1999
literature
- Andreas Dan: Excursus: The ARD Historical Commission in: Markus Behmer / Birgit Bernard / Bettina Hasselbring (eds.): The memory of broadcasting. The archives of the public broadcasters and their significance for research , pp. 85 ff., Springer VS, Wiesbaden 2014, ISBN 978-3-531-18319-0