Radio year 1949

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1949: Cover of the August issue of Radio Electronics

General

In 1949 there were drastic changes in media policy in Germany. In the course of the year a number of radio and transmission systems will be handed over to German authorities by the three Western occupying powers . Thus Radio Munich on 25 January, the Hessian Broadcasting on January 28, Radio Bremen in April and Radio Stuttgart dismissed on July 22 from the direct Allied control. At the same time, the state broadcasting corporations are brought into being under the public law of the federal states.
In Japan , Ibuka Masaru and Morita Akio designed one of the first Japanese post-war tape recorders for the company they founded, Totsuko, the forerunner of Sony , and brought it onto the market towards the end of the year.

February 21st - In France , the state broadcaster Radiodiffusion-télévision française (RTF) is created, under the direct control of the government.

May 12th - end of the Berlin blockade .

May 23 - Adoption of the Basic Law , establishment of the Federal Republic of Germany .

October 1 - Proclamation of the People's Republic of China by Mao Zedong .

October 7th - The German People's Council puts the constitution of the GDR into force, which de facto creates a second German state on the territory of the Soviet occupation zone .

Radio

January 2nd - on the occasion of the 200th birthday of Johann Wolfgang von Goethe , the Northwest German Radio in Hamburg begins broadcasting the 35-part radio play series Goethe tells his life about Hans Egon Gerlach . Mathias Wieman spoke the title role and also directed the fourth part. Ludwig Cremer was previously in charge of the game.

February 28 - Bayerischer Rundfunk broadcasts for the first time on an FM transmitter.

April 1 - With the accession of the former Dominion Newfoundland to Canada , the Canadian CBC takes over the facilities of the Broadcasting Corporation of Newfoundland (BNC).

May 1st - From the area of the Soviet Zone , the Deutschlandsender starts operations with its program, which is primarily intended for the three western occupation zones of Germany.

19./20. May - Bayerischer Rundfunk (BR) broadcasts the debate on the Basic Law live in an 18-hour broadcast. Bavaria is the only German state that initially rejects the constitution.

September 17th - The Hessischer Rundfunk broadcasts the first episode of the radio play series Die Hesselbachs by and with Wolf Schmidt , directed by Karlheinz Schilling .

September - A festival week takes place in Vienna on the occasion of the 25th anniversary of broadcasting in Austria.

October 3 - The BR starts with advertising broadcasts.

November 7 to January 9 1950 - The first miniseries about the British mystery writer and amateur detective Paul Temple of Francis Durbridge starts as a ten-part series titled Paul Temple and the affair Gregory . In this NWDR production , Eduard Hermann and Fritz Schröder-Jahn took turns directing. René Deltgen spoke the title role .

watch TV

In Mexico , the first television license is granted to the private entrepreneur Rómulo O'Farril . In Cuba , a television pilot program goes into operation.

The US retail chain Sears is offering televisions in its mail order catalog for the first time.

January 17 - The US sitcom The Goldbergs premieres.

January 25 - The Emmy Television Award is presented for the first time in Los Angeles . Shirley Dinsdale is honored as the best television actress .

June 27th - Captain Video and His Video Rangers series airs for the first time. The approximately 30-minute show, which is presented live, may be the first science fiction series on television.

August 7th - The US broadcaster MBS is broadcasting the first episode of the Martin Kane crime series , Privat Eye with William Gargan in the title role.

October 9th - The first edition of the religious weekly program Le Jour du Seigneur (The Day of the Lord) airs in France .

Born

January 15 - Götz Kauffmann , Austrian actor, was born in Vienna († 2010).
January 17 - Andy Kaufman , American comedian and actor ( Taxi , TV series, 1978–1982) was born in New York City . († 1984)
January 24th - John Belushi , American actor and singer, is born in Chicago . († 1982)
February 1 - Peter Millowitsch , German actor, dramaturge and long-time director of the Millowitsch Theater is born in Cologne .
March 17 - Patrick Duffy , American actor ( Bobby Ewing in Dallas , 1978–1991) was born in Montana .
March 26th - Patrick Süskind , German screenwriter (including Der absolutely normal Wahnsinn , Monaco Franze ) is born in the community of Münsing on Lake Starnberg .
May 2nd - Alfons Schuhbeck , German TV chef, was born as Alfons Karg in Traunstein .
May 12th - Wolfgang Kos , Austrian radio journalist (including Die Musicbox , Diagonal - radio for contemporaries ), historian and museum director, is born in Mödling .
May 16 - Karlheinz Hackl , Austrian actor, is born in Vienna .
May 24th - Hermann Stümpert , German radio journalist ( Saarländischer Rundfunk ) was born in Pirmasens († 2005).
June 22 - Meryl Streep , American actress ( Holocaust - The Story of the Weiss Family ) is born in Summit , New Jersey .
September 19 - Susanne Scholl , Austrian radio and television journalist, is born in Vienna . From the mid-1980s she became known as a long-time correspondent for Russia and Eastern Europe for the ORF .
September 25th - Michael Schrott , Austrian radio journalist ( Die Musicbox , Diagonal - radio for contemporaries ) is born in Vienna .
December 15 - Don Johnson , American actor, is born in Missouri .
December 24th - Barbie Millowitsch-Steinhaus (nee Barbie Steinhaus), German actress and radio play speaker, is born in Cologne.

Died

March 11th - Hans Langmaack , German actor ( Ohnsorg-Theater ), radio play speaker, director, reciter and drama teacher dies at the age of 78 in Hamburg .

Web links

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 23, 2016 ; accessed on December 23, 2016 .
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