Karl Blöchliger

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Karl Blöchliger (2005)

Karl Blöchliger (born January 2, 1916 in Zurich ; † February 23, 2008 in Lucerne ; resident in Uznach ) was a Swiss publisher and media manager.

Life

Blöchliger was the son of Karl Blöchliger and Marie nee Huter. He grew up together with his older sister Margrith and his younger brother Walter first in Zurich, then in Solothurn , where he attended schools. At the age of 14 he began an apprenticeship as a typesetter in Bern . He then worked in this profession in Solothurn, then as chief butcher in the print shop of the Catholic daily newspaper Vaterland in Lucerne (print shop Räber) and as a setting factor in Münsingen . In 1950 he became managing director of the Thurgauer Volkszeitung in Frauenfeld .

In 1957, Blöchliger was appointed director by the administrative board of Vaterland AG, the publisher of the fatherland , and tasked with setting up the new Maihof printing company, which would print the newspaper in place of the previous Räber printing company, which was found to be too expensive, and compensate for the deficits of the newspaper with print jobs. In 1959 the new print shop was opened. The “Tandem” ad pool he initiated with the liberal Luzerner Tagblatt was a first, early step on the way to the merger of the two newspapers in 1991.

As president of the study commission for the media training center (MAZ) in Kastanienbaum LU from 1981 he was significantly involved in its establishment; it opened in 1983. Later he worked in various Swiss committees, including a. Member of the SRG Board and Committee and the Federal Expert Commission on Press Law and Press Funding (“ Kopp Commission ”).

From 1970 to 1982 he was a member of the board of directors and the committee of the Swiss Dispatch Agency . From 1966 he was on the board, from 1971 to 1980 central president of the Swiss Association of Newspaper Publishers (today Association of Swiss Media), then an honorary member. From 1976 to 1983 he was President of the Board of Trustees of the Institute for Journalism of the Department of Communication Studies and Media Research (DCM) at the University of Freiburg , which he co-founded. In 1984 the university awarded him an honorary doctorate .

The replacement of the director's post in Maihof in 1981 with Hans Richenberger (1940–2003), who came from the NZZ business editorial team, resulted in a “bitter departure” for him, according to Alois Hartmann . After that he lived very withdrawn. From 1980 to 1984 he was President of the Swiss Coordination Commission for the Pope's visit in 1984.

Most recently he lived in the Rosenberg nursing home in Lucerne, where he died at the age of 93.

Private

Blöchliger had been married to Josy born Sager (1906-1996) since 1940 and had a son with her, also named Karl (* 1942), and a daughter, Marlis (* 1946).

literature

  • Konrad Suter: Press History of the Canton of Lucerne from 1945 to 1970 (= Urs Altermatt (Ed.): Religion - Politics - Society in Switzerland. Vol. 16). Universitätsverlag Freiburg, Freiburg 1996, ISBN 3-7278-1088-2 .
  • David Luginbühl: From a “central organ” to an independent daily newspaper? Paulusverlag, Freiburg 2007, ISBN 978-3-7278-1577-5 .

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b Martin Merki : He was a «partner on many levels». In: Neue Luzerner Zeitung . February 29, 2008, p. 26.
  2. ↑ David Luginbühl: From the "central organ" to the independent daily newspaper? Paulusverlag, Freiburg 2007, p. 111 f. ( limited preview in Google Book search).
  3. ↑ Company history LZ Medien. NZZ media group .
  4. ↑ a b Alois Hartmann : Christliche Medienchronik 2008–2008. In: Annual Report 2007 of the Swiss Catholic Press Association (PDF; 1.2 MB).
  5. ↑ Ruedi Estermann: «I don't want to miss a single year». In: Fatherland. June 21, 1980, p. 14.
  6. ↑ 50 years of DCM. University of Freiburg , April 7, 2016.
  7. ↑ Documentation. University of Freiburg. Annual report 2007, p. 74 (PDF; 1.86 MB).
  8. ^ Press conference of the Swiss bishops on the Pope's visit. Preparations in progress. In: Walliser Bote . March 2, 1984, p. 9.
personal data
SURNAME Blöchliger, Karl
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Swiss media manager
DATE OF BIRTH January 2, 1916
PLACE OF BIRTH Zurich , Switzerland
DATE OF DEATH February 23, 2008
Place of death Lucerne