Broadcasting year 1980
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Other events
General
- The Dutch electronics group Philips presents the LaserVision laser disc system . The signal is recorded in analogue and offers the highest picture and sound quality up to now, so that the video disks are also used in the professional sector. LaserVision is rarely used in Europe, but can achieve significant market shares in the USA and Japan .
- The GPS time starts on January 6, 1980 at 00:00:00
- January 21st - The ORF is one of the pioneers in the European market and starts its teletext offer .
- March 7th - start of color television in Portugal .
- March 17th - The Austrian Chancellor Bruno Kreisky repeats his proposal from 1972 for a third Austrian television channel, which is to be controlled and financed by the Austrian newspaper publishers as a counterweight to the monopoly of the ORF.
- April 30 to May 5 - The events surrounding the occupation and hostage-taking at the Iranian embassy in London in the run-up to the first Gulf War can be seen live on television.
- May 22nd - The Japanese company namco releases Pac-Man , one of the most famous and popular arcade and video games of the 1980s.
- June 1 - American media entrepreneur Ted Turner founds CNN , the world's first news network , in Atlanta , Georgia .
- September - The edition of the German music and pop culture magazine Spex appears in Cologne .
- September 12th - The population of Turkey is informed about the military coup and the new rulers from 4:45 a.m. by radio with regular announcements and marching music .
Radio
- January 7th - The Saarländischer Rundfunk starts its third radio program under the name Saarlandwelle .
- April 4th - The Ö3 broadcast Musicbox broadcasts an edition about the Czech underground band The Plastic People of the Universe .
- March 20 - Radio Caroline ship capsizes in heavy seas off the coast of Essex .
- October 4th - Start of Bayern 4 Klassik , an early radio station broadcaster programmed exclusively with classical music.
watch TV
- January - The US-American network PBS shows the 10-part series Free To Choose , in which the economist Milton Friedman of the University of Chicago explains the principles of the free market economy .
- January 2 - The 9-part US miniseries Weißes Haus, back entrance , premiered in German on ZDF .
- January 4th - The German television series Felix and Oskar can be seen for the first time on ZDF.
- January 8 - ZDF begins the German-language first broadcast of the 26-part French cartoon series Once upon a time ... the human being designed by Albert Barillé (original title: Il était une fois ... l'Homme ). The series, which is produced by numerous European, American and Japanese broadcasters, is aimed at children of primary school age and tells the story of humanity. In the German dubbed version, the character of the narrator ( maestro ) is spoken by Josef Meinrad , while Arnold Marquis can be heard as another memorable voice . The title song ( 1000 years are one day ) is sung by Udo Jürgens .
- January 8th - The TV series Ein Fall für alle can be seen on ZDF.
- January 22nd - In the joint program of the ARD ( German television ) the broadcast of the German television series Die Menschen vom Domplatz begins.
- January 31st - German television broadcasts the first edition of the hidden camera show hosted by Kurt Felix Do you understand fun? out.
- March 4th - The 45-part mystery series for children Anderland premieres on ZDF.
- March 26th - The New Zealand series Don't give up your dreams can be seen for the first time on ZDF.
- April 11th - ABC shows the first edition of the late night show Fridays . It results in direct competition with Saturday Night Live on NBC .
- April 20 - The English series What happened to Adelaide Harris? can be seen on German television .
- April 23rd - The cheerful quiz show Rate mal with Rosenthal goes on air on ZDF.
- May 2nd - Two series start in the joint program of ARD (German television): My friend Winnetou and Der Landpolizist .
- May 10th - The US comedy series Die Bären are Los loses its German premiere on ZDF .
- June 12th - The cabaret show Scheibenwischer , moderated by Dieter Hildebrandt and produced by the SFB , can be seen for the first time.
- June 23 - NBC premiered the David Letterman Show .
- June 25th - ZDF shows the first episode of the ABC series Taxi . This is the first time - largely unnoticed - the US comedian Andy Kaufman appears on German screens.
- July 19 - August 3 - Due to the boycott of the Summer Olympics in Moscow , in which the USA and other countries also joined the Federal Republic of Germany, ARD and ZDF decide to withdraw from live reporting. West German sports fans can only see live images from the Olympic Games in border regions of the GDR in which the programs of the GDR television can be received.
- August 6th - ZDF takes over the series from Great Britain, Die Füchse , for the first time .
- September 1st - Radio Bremen breaks away from the NDR network and offers its own regional television program.
- September 2nd - The 13-part miniseries from the USA Captain Paris can be seen on German television for the first time.
- September 5th - The WWF Club premieres on German television.
- September 15 - The Shogun adventure series premieres on US television. In the 5-part miniseries Richard Chamberlain portrays the British navigator John Blackthorne , stranded in Japan in 1600 , who is drawn into the intrigues of the local feudal lords.
- October 12 - The first part of directed by Rainer Werner Fassbinder incurred and the WDR produced a total of 13-part adaptation of the novel by Alfred Doblin , Berlin Alexanderplatz is broadcast. It is not only one of Fassbinder's main works, but also the most complex series production of the WDR to date.
- November 15 - The 26-part youth series The Adventures of Tom Sawyer and Huckleberry Finn , a German-Canadian co-production, premieres on German television.
- November 21 - The 58th episode of the Dallas series airs for the first time in the USA and breaks previous records with an audience rate of more than 53 percent. She breaks up the cliffhanger of episode 54 of the series (A House Divided), which went on the screens in March 1981, in which a main character, JR Ewing, collapses when being shot.
- November 24th - The 13-part family series from Great Britain Joan and Harry is broadcast for the first time in the joint program of ARD (German television).
- November 30th - The 4-part marionette game from the Augsburger Puppenkiste , Die Opodeldoks , premieres on German television.
- December 8 - During the live coverage of a match between the Miami Dolphins football teams and the New England Patriots , US sports commentator Howard Cosell surprises millions of viewers when he announces the death of John Lennon : “ Yes we have to say it. Remember this is just a football game, no matter who wins or loses. An unspeakable tragedy confirmed us by ABC News in New York City: John Lennon, outside his apartment building on the West Side of New York City, the most famous, perhaps of all the Beatles, shot twice in the back, rushed to Roosevelt Hospital, dead on arrival. Hard to go back on the game after that news flash, which in duty bound, we have to take. ”(German:“ Yes, we have to say it. Let's remember that this is just a football game, no matter who wins or loses. An inexpressible tragedy is confirmed by ABC News in New York City: John Lennon, probably the most famous the Beatles, was shot twice in the back, admitted to Roosevelt Hospital, and died before he got there. After this special report, it is difficult to get back to the game, but we must dutifully do it. ")
- December 11th - The American television station NBC airs the first episode of the crime series Magnum, PI .
- December 21st - German television shows The Rebels from Liang Shan Po .
Born
- January 20 - Felicitas Woll , German actress ( Berlin, Berlin ) is born in Homberg (Efze) , state of Hesse.
- January 21 - Maria Popistașu , Romanian actress, was born in Bucharest .
- January 22nd - Christopher Masterson , American actor ( Malcolm in the middle ) is born on Long Island , New York .
- January 30 - Wilmer Valderrama , American ( The Roaring Seventies ) actor , voice actor , and producer is born in Miami , Florida.
- March 7 - Laura Prepon , American actress, is born in Watchung , New Jersey .
- May 29th - Dagmar Geppert , German actress and radio play speaker, was born in Krefeld .
- August 17th - Doris Golpashin , Austrian radio and television presenter, is born.
- October 13 - Ashanti , American singer and actress, is born in Glen Cove, Long Island .
- October 17 - Justin Shenkarow , American actor ( Who's the Boss? , The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air ) is Torrance , California born.
Died
- January 29 - Jimmy Durante , American comedian, actor and radio host, dies in Santa Monica at the age of 86 .
- March 11th - Karl-Maria Schley , German actor and radio play speaker dies at the age of 71 in Berlin .
- June 5 - Margret Dünser , Austrian journalist (ZDF celebrity magazine VIP-Schaukel , 1971–1980) dies at the age of 53 in Basel .
- 24 July - Peter Sellers , British actor and comedian, dies in London at the age of 54 .
- October 17th - Karl Brückel , German actor, theater director, singer and radio play speaker dies at the age of 99 in Freilassing .
- December 27th - Fritz Schröder-Jahn , German actor, film, television and radio play director dies in Hamburg at the age of 72 .
- December 31 - Marshall McLuhan , Canadian philosopher and founder of media theory , dies in Toronto at the age of 69 .
See also
Web links
- Gijsbert Hinnen: International radio and television chronicle. (No longer available online.) In: rfcb.ch. Archived from the original on December 27, 2016 ; accessed on December 27, 2016 .
- TV programs from yesterday and the day before yesterday : TV Chronicle 1980–1997
Individual evidence
- ↑ Turk, be proud, work and have confidence . In: Der Spiegel . No. 38 , 1980 ( online ).
- ^ Good Friday on radio and television: Outsiders and persecuted . In: Arbeiter-Zeitung . Vienna April 4, 1980, p. 14 ( Arbeiter-zeitung.at - the open online archive - digitized).
- ↑ Free To Choose , Zeithistorische Forschungen , accessed on December 13, 2015