Press hour
| Television broadcast | |
|---|---|
| Original title | Press hour |
 | |
| Country of production |
 Austria
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| Year (s) | since 1979 |
| Production company |
ORF |
| length | 55 minutes |
| Broadcasting cycle |
mostly on Sundays at 11:05 a.m. on ORF 2 |
| genre | Discussion broadcast |
The press hour is a discussion broadcast by the Austrian Broadcasting Corporation (ORF). The discussions will take place on Sundays from 11:05 a.m. and will be broadcast live on ORF 2 .
description
During the press hour , one guest, occasionally two guests, discusses with a journalist from a print medium and one from ORF, who is also the main presenter of the program. Guests are mostly active Austrian politicians or representatives of the social partners or the church , as well as former politicians and people who are in public in other ways and who comment on current events and topics.
The first press hour was broadcast on October 28, 1979 with Hannes Androsch as a guest, who was Vice Chancellor at the time.