Radio year 1946

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February 21 - The weekly newspaper Die Zeit, later co-edited by Marion Countess Dönhoff , appears for the first time in Hamburg .

April 29th - The Tokyo Trials begin .

May 7th - Morita Akio and Ibuka Masaru found the Tōkyō Tsūshin Kōgyō Kabushiki Kaisha ( 東京通信工業株式会社 , for example: Tokyo communications industry company ), abbreviated to Totsuko , the predecessor of the later Sony , which initially developed itself into the production of electrical ones Specialized in rice cookers, soon relocated to the manufacture of radio sets.

September 30 / October 1 - In Nuremberg , the judgments in the Nuremberg Trial of the Major War Criminals announced.

November 23rd - The first Indochina War begins with the bombing of the North Vietnamese port city of Hải Phong by French planes in which 6,000 civilians are killed .

February 7th - DIAS goes on air as a wire radio in the American sector of Berlin .

March 17th - Start of Radio Saarbrücken . It is under the control of the French occupation forces .

September 5th - The DIAS station broadcasts for the first time via a medium wave transmitter. As a result, the station was renamed RIAS for short in broadcasting in the American sector . The equipment comes from the holdings of the former soldier broadcaster Belgrade . His programs are valued equally in West and East Berlin . Especially the unmistakable pause sign with the triad and the words "Here is RIAS Berlin. A free voice of the free world" becomes the acoustic symbol of the later " Walled City " of Berlin.

September 29th - The BBC starts its 3rd radio program under the name Third Program .

February 4 - US electronics manufacturer RCA demonstrates a prototype fully electronic color television system .
June 7th - The BBC resumes its television service - which was interrupted due to the war in September 1939 - after a break of around seven years. As the first British television presenter, Jasmine Bligh appears on the screens with the words: Good afternoon erverybody. How are you? Do you remember me, Jasmine Bligh?

January 20 - David Lynch , American director ( Twin Peaks , mystery television series, 1990–1991) is born in Missoula , Montana .
February 13 - Robert Matejka , Austrian radio director, was born in Vienna († 2011).
April 24th - Mo Schwarz , German actress ( Der absolut normal Wahnsinn , 1979) is born in Munich .
June 2nd - Lasse Hallström , Swedish film and video director, is born in Stockholm . Hallström was best known for numerous music videos and a tour film for the Swedish pop group Abba between 1974 and 1982 .
July 2 - Ron Silver , American actor (best known for his role as Bruno Gianelli in the NBC series The West Wing (1999-2006)) was born Ronald Arthur Silver in New York City († 2009).
August 20 - Hans Meiser , German TV presenter ( emergency call ) is born in Bad Rothenfelde .
November 9th - Josef Broukal , Austrian television journalist and SPÖ politician, is born in Vienna.
November 22nd - Friedhelm Mönter , German radio presenter ( NDR 90.3 ) was born in Duisburg († 2009).

June 14th - John Logie Baird , Scottish television pioneer, dies at the age of 57 in Bexhill-on-Sea , East Sussex .

↑ ^a ^b Deutschlandradio Kultur 60 years RIAS from December 1, 2005, accessed on October 24, 2009
^ Memories of RIAS Berlin , private homepage, accessed on November 13, 2009.