Roger Handt
Roger Handt (born September 19, 1945 in Fehmarn ) is a retired German radio presenter .
Life
Through a BBC radio interview with Dave Lee Travis on New Year's Eve 1972 (turn of the year 1972/73), the WDR became aware of Roger Handt. From January 1973 to March 2013 he then worked as a music editor and presenter at WDR. During this time he moderated various programs: Popmeeting , Popcorner , Pop old - Pop new and Treffpunkt Musik as well as the radio library on WDR 2 on Friday evening - at that time with the oldie quiz program Question Mark . He put the music together for various magazines. On Saturday mornings, as music editor, he moderated the show Freie Fahrt ins Wochenend on WDR 2 together with Alfred Zerban . This was an unusual magazine show in which on the one hand the subject of cars and traffic played a prominent role and on the other hand there was a place for reports on pop music. There was also a half-hour format called Flashback , in which Handt presented an oldies show.
After a three-year stay in Portugal (1981 to 1984), Roger Handt returned to WDR and from 1984 hosted on WDR radio programs, initially programs such as the meeting point on Friday afternoon, the above. Free travel to the weekend on Saturday morning and the oldie show on WDR 2. The latter became Roger Handt's regular program and ran on Sunday evenings from 8:05 pm to 10:00 pm as part of the Musikclub series . With the introduction of WDR 5 on October 7, 1991, there was a program reform for the previous WDR radio waves. The oldie show moved to WDR 1's program on October 13, 1991 and stayed there until January 1, 1995. Since WDR 1 was converted into Jugendwelle Eins Live on April 1, 1995 , the oldies show moved back to WDR 2 .
From January 7, 1995, Handt designed and moderated the three-hour oldie show follow-up program Yesterday on Saturdays , in the first hour of which listeners' requests were still fulfilled. In the second hour the “Yesterday Quiz” began, which Handt had developed and which showed similarities with the Question Mark section of the earlier radio library. Listeners (and on every second Saturday of the month also studio guests in the so-called WDR2 arena) could play in it by including a. Answered questions about politics, music, sport, culture and zeitgeist. Correctly solved quiz questions were rewarded with CDs of choice or concert tickets, and at times with WDR fan articles such as bathrobes.
In addition, Roger Handt moderated WDR 2 Roxy from 1996 to 2001 (Mondays 10:05 p.m. to 11:30 p.m.) and since 2002 the WDR 2 Classics (program name from 2008: WDR 2 Musikclub-Classics , Mondays 9:05 p.m. to 11:30 p.m.) . At the end of August 2010, he handed over the moderation and design of this program to Detlev Steinmetz and Udo Vieth. As an explanation, he said on the program: "I'm going into a bit of partial retirement." The last track on his last show on August 30, 2010, Handt played at 11:26 pm Dancing in the Dark by Bruce Springsteen .
From September 8, 2008, for the first time since the move to the new WDR2 program center within the broadcasting house on Wallrafplatz at the end of 1999, individual vinyl records were played directly on Roger Handts' programs . This was not possible since the complete digitization until the end, because the studios were not equipped with analog technology (turntables, tape machines) as standard.
In February 2013, Roger Handt announced that he would be leaving WDR for reasons of age; With an ironic undertone, he pointed out that he was from the same year as Eric Clapton , who was next on the program, and added: "At some point you have to quit." On March 30, 2013, the last edition of his show was Yesterday aired. A few years later, on March 16 and October 26, 2018 and on September 6, 2019, Roger Handt could be heard again on the radio, this time as a guest and contemporary witness during the 70s and 80s weekends on WDR 4 .
Roger Handt is married to the former WDR director Monika Piel . He has a daughter and lives in the Voreifel .
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| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Handt, Roger |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German radio presenter |
| DATE OF BIRTH | September 19, 1945 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Fehmarn |