Radio year 1938
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Other events
1938: According to media reports, the radio play War of the Worlds , directed by Orson Welles, triggers a mass panic.
Events
Radio
- January 1 : The BBC Empire Service , the forerunner of the later BBC World Service , offers programs in a non-English language, namely Arabic , for the first time .
- January 16 : On this day, two groundbreaking music recordings are made in Vienna and New York . In Vienna, which is the 9th Symphony of Gustav Mahler by the Vienna Philharmonic under Bruno Walter recorded at New York's Carnegie Hall leads Benny Goodman and his Orchestra the famous Carnegie Hall Concert on (in 1950 from the also a legendary Columbia Records released) Record recording is made.
- March 11th : Hours before the German troops march into Austria, the Austrian Chancellor Kurt Schuschnigg , who had been forced to resign by Hitler shortly before, reports on the radio and announces that he is "giving way to violence" and is not ready to shed "German blood". He closes his speech with the words: "God protect Austria". The Austrian Radio Verkehrs AG (RAVAG) ceases its independent broadcasting operations and takes over the programs of the German Reichs-Rundfunk-Gesellschaft from now on . That night, a report from a gathering of National Socialists who were previously illegal in Austria was broadcast from Ballhausplatz in front of the Federal Chancellery.
- March 12th to 15th : The annexation of Austria to the German Reich is also a media event that is reflected in the radio. There are live reports from Adolf Hitler's entry into Linz, and the mass rally on Heldenplatz is also broadcast live. Edward R. Murrow reports for the American CBS . As the voice of Radio Wien , the later “Reichssender Wien”, reports the Nazi functionary and native New Yorker Eldon Walli .
- April 14 - "On Economic Condition" is the title of the 12th edition of Fireside Chats ( fireside chats ) by US President Franklin D. Roosevelt .
- June 24th : In the 13th issue of Fireside Chats , Franklin D. Roosevelt speaks about the primaries ("On Party Primary").
- August: Radio Tirana , the first Albanian radio station, goes into operation.
- October 30 : The radio play version of the British HG Wells' utopian novel War of the Worlds, staged by Orson Welles , triggers a mass panic in the USA.
- November 10 : For the political news program Zeitfunk of the "Reichssender Wien", the Nazi journalist Eldon Walli reports in a report from the destroyed synagogue in Tempelgasse in Vienna- Leopoldstadt about the effects of the November pogroms . Walli thanks the NSDAP cynically : “Here you have to ascribe to the party again that Judaism was saved from the greatest misfortune, even if popular opinion and the masses of the population bitterly oppose the Jews, it is always the party that will at least save their lives and keep them from complete ruin. "
watch TV
- April 19 - The BBC broadcasts the first football match in television history, an encounter between England and Scotland.
- August 10 - With Telecrime , the BBC launches the world's first crime series specially written for television.
Born
- Christian Günther , German radio presenter ( Hitline International , Please, Mr. DJ ) was born in Potsdam († 2001). Günther's voice became known nationwide because he spoke the introductory monologue for the German dubbed version of the television series Knight Rider .
- January 1st - Heino Jaeger , German radio author ( Dr. Jaeger's practice ), satirist and graphic artist was born in Hamburg. († 1997)
- March 21st - Fritz Pleitgen , German television journalist and director of the WDR from 1995 to 2007 , was born in Duisburg .
- June 19 - Karl Moik , Austrian TV presenter and entertainer is born in Linz . († 2015)
- July 27 - Jerry Juhl , American ( The Fraggles , Sesame Street ) screenwriter is born in St. Paul , Minnesota . († 2005)
- July 29 - Peter Jennings , Canadian-American journalist, anchorman of ABC ( World News Tonight ) is born in Toronto († 2005).
- August 10th - Ernst Wolfram Marboe , Austrian journalist and television director, is born in Vienna . († 2012)
- September 2nd - Ursula Lillig , German actress and radio play speaker , best known for her role as Helga Legrelle in the 7-part television series Raumpatrouille , was born in Magdeburg († 2004).
- November 25th - Hans Brenner , Austrian actor was born in Innsbruck († 1998).
- December 19 - Karel Svoboda , Czech composer was born in Prague († 2007). Svoboda became known to a wide audience primarily for his theme melodies and sound designs for series such as Wickie and the Strong Men , Maya the Bee and The Visitors .
See also
Web links
- Radio report on the destruction of the Leopoldstädter Temple during the November pogroms 1938 ( Austrian Media Library )
- Nicole Kiefer: Timeline of the history of broadcasting / broadcasting legislation In: Saarland University
- Gijsbert Hinnen: International radio and television chronicle. In: rfcb.ch. Archived from the original on December 25, 2016 ; Retrieved December 25, 2016 .
- TV programs from yesterday and the day before yesterday
Individual evidence
- ^ Last radio address by the Austrian Chancellor Schuschnigg. (Audio, 2:51 minutes) with a declaration of non-violence in the event of a German invasion. (No longer available online.) In: Austria “am Wort”. Austrian Media Library , March 11, 1938, archived from the original on January 24, 2017 ; Retrieved May 6, 2013 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ^ "History of the radio news" , history online , accessed on October 7, 2009.
