Marcus Lorenz

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Marcus Lorenz (born November 8, 1967 ) is a German radio presenter , radio journalist , radio and television reporter and music producer .

Life

At the age of 16, Marcus Lorenz gained his first experience with the radio medium with his own pirate station in Heidelberg . Before graduating from high school in Heidelberg, he ran his first full program, the private broadcaster Radio-NCM in the cable network in Rhineland-Palatinate , in 1986 together with the later RTL radio presenter and VIVA television editor Paulo Ferreira from Ludwigshafen am Rhein . At the start of the first Baden-Württemberg private broadcaster Radio Regenbogen , based in Mannheim , he was part of the founding team as a presenter and reporter.

After three years he switched to public broadcasting, where he quickly established himself as a moderator and reporter. After a year at the Süddeutscher Rundfunk in Mannheim, Marcus Lorenz switched to the cult broadcaster SWF3 in 1992 , for which he worked as a presenter for almost four years alongside well-known colleagues such as Elmar Hörig , Stefanie Tücking , Anke Engelke and Patrick Lynen . Shortly before the merger of SWR and SDR, Marcus Lorenz moved from Baden-Baden to Cologne to join the new WDR youth channel Eins Live . As a presenter from the “first hour”, alongside presenters such as Jürgen Domian , Jörg Thadeusz , Thorsten Otto, Thomas Bug , Stefan Raab and Miriam Pielhau, he made a significant contribution to the success of EinsLive as the most successful “young radio” in Germany. At the same time, Marcus Lorenz made a name for himself as an all-round radio host on other public radio stations. His stations include HR XXL, HR3 and Bayern3. He gained his first experience with the medium of television as a reporter for ZDF and Sat.1 .

After almost 18 years of broadcasting, Marcus Lorenz temporarily withdrew from the media landscape at the end of 2003. He currently lives in Australia.

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