Jan Weyrauch

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Jan Weyrauch (r.) In an interview with Mousse T.

Jan Weyrauch (born March 6, 1968 in Berlin ) is a German journalist and program director of Radio Bremen .

Life and work

During his studies at the FU Berlin ( theater studies ) and the German School of Journalism (DJS) in Munich , Weyrauch worked as a reporter and freelancer for the Süddeutsche Zeitung , the Berliner Zeitung and the Sender Freies Berlin (SFB). In 1991 he started radio at the SFB-Jugendwelle Radio 4U and from 1993 he helped to build up the Jugendwelle Fritz , a cooperation between ORB and SFB. Until 2001 he was editor and presenter of the morning show on this radio station.

In May 1997, Weyrauch set a new Guinness record in quick kissing as Fritz moderator : he kissed 80 women in three minutes.

Between 1997 and 1999 he brought out two books: " Somehow, somewhere, sometime : the 80s" (with Frauke Langguth) and " Boygroups : Das Teenie -FANomen der 90er".

In 2000 Weyrauch was awarded the Kurt Magnus Prize , which promotes qualified young talents in German radio.

In 2001 he became program manager at the then youth wave of the Hessischer Rundfunk (HR) " hr XXL " and after its relaunch and renaming in 2004 also for the successor " You FM ". The station was one of the first in Germany to offer a podcast .

From 2009 Weyrauch played a key role in the development and production of the weekly night program “ LateLine ”. In 2010 the cross-media format " Coldmirror " was developed, a broadcast for radio , television and the Internet in cooperation with You FM and EinsFestival . In 2011 the program received a nomination for “Best Innovation ” at the German Radio Prize .

On September 1, 2011, Jan Weyrauch was elected as the successor to Dirk Hansen as program director of Radio Bremen and has since been trimedially responsible for television, radio and online.

Many program innovations were created in Bremen under his leadership . The regional magazine " buten un binnen " was renovated in 2014 and expanded in 2016 by the online regional platform butenunbinnen.de. With Bremen Next , a new, cross-media program was started in 2016, specially geared towards 15 to 25-year-olds from the region with a high proportion of migrants . The information and culture wave Nordwestradio was modernized and renamed Bremen Zwei .

Jan Weyrauch also played a key role in the creation of “ funk ”, the online media offering from ARD and ZDF for teenagers and young adults. Radio Bremen provides here successful productions such as the report format " Y-joint 'or the award-winning Mystery - Webserie Wish List on your own Youtube channel to that in 2017 with the German Television Award , the Webvideopreis Germany , the price of cross-media program innovation and the Grimme Prize was awarded.

Together with the program director of the SWR , Gerold Hug , Jan Weyrauch developed the idea of ​​a “ Netflix for the ears” in 2016 , from which the ARD Audiothek emerged. He led the project until the ARD release the app in November 2017th

At the Bremen TV Prize , Weyrauch also guides the ARD presenter Frank Plasberg through the awards ceremony in the Radio Bremen event studio every year .

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Radio 4 U With OB van report from the last broadcast on December 31, 1992, accessed on November 10, 2018
  2. ↑ The Fritz kiss record ends up in the Guinness Book , Radio Fritz , May 21, 1997, with audio clip, accessed on November 10, 2018
  3. ^ Tainted Love or: Looking Back in Grace Article in Die Welt of October 13, 1999, accessed on November 10, 2018
  4. ↑ Bumdadabum article in Die Zeit of January 9, 1998, accessed November 10, 2018
  5. ↑ Nominated in the “Best Innovation” category: You FM with Cold Mirror , German Radio Prize 2011, accessed on November 10, 2018
  6. ^ The program management of Radio Bremen , Radio Bremen Organization, accessed on November 10, 2018
  7. ↑ buten un inside is convincing more and more viewers - press releases: television. Retrieved February 26, 2018 .
  8. ↑ Radio Bremen presents regional online information in the new Infosat guise of June 8, 2017, accessed on November 10, 2018
  9. ↑ You can stand behind it, even if it sometimes hurts Kress-News from September 19, 2016, accessed on November 10, 2018
  10. ↑ Radio Bremen starts with four formats for "funk" , Radio Bremen Corporate News from September 29, 2016, accessed on November 10, 2018
  11. ↑ Bremer Y-Kollektiv wins web video award as "Newcomer" article in nordbuzz on June 2, 2017, accessed on November 10, 2018
  12. ↑ Prize for cross-media program innovations 2017 awarded , Radio Bremen Corporate News from March 3, 2017, accessed on November 10, 2018
  13. ↑ Wishlist (RB / MDR / FUNK) 53rd Grimme Prize 2017, accessed on November 10, 2018
  14. ↑ heise online: Including downloads: ARD audio library is ready. November 10, 2017, accessed on November 10, 2018 (German).

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DATE OF BIRTH March 6, 1968
PLACE OF BIRTH Berlin