Broadcasting year 1983
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1983: Helmut Fischer becomes a crowd favorite as Franz Münchinger in the television series Monaco Franze
General
- At various trade fairs in Europe, America and Japan, the first camcorders , ie devices that combine video cameras with appropriate recording devices in one housing, are presented. One of the first models available is the Betamovie BMC-100 from Sony , based on the Betamax system, but whose recorder part can only record videos, not play them back. A year later, the JVC GR-C1 , the first full-fledged camcorder, appears. The device with the eye-catching red housing can also play the recorded films and was immortalized in 1985 by its prominent appearance in the first part of the cinema trilogy Back to the Future by Robert Zemeckis .
- Ron Miller , son-in-law of the company's founder, becomes CEO of the Walt Disney Company . After a long period of creeping decline since the death of Walt Disney (1966), he opened up new fields of business and a new reputation for the traditional group with the establishment of Touchstone Pictures and the television station Disney Channel .
- April 28th - The Stern publishes the Hitler diaries , which quickly turn out to be forgeries.
- September 1st - Official start of the BTX service offered by the Deutsche Bundespost .
- September 21 - In the United States , the Motorola DynaTAC becomes the first mobile phone in the world to be approved by government regulators.
Radio
- January - Radio Pyongyang begins broadcasting a German-language program using shortwave .
- January 1st - Launch of Radio Lotus , a radio station primarily broadcasting in Hindi and operated by the South African Broadcasting Corporation for Indians living in South Africa .
- April 17th - The feature A loyal servant of his master and the master , produced by ORF and designed by Alfredreiber and Reinhard Schlögel, is awarded the Prix Futura.
- June 11th - The extension of the Wiener Funkhaus designed by Gustav Peichl is officially opened.
watch TV
- January 1st ZDF film premiere "Two glorious scoundrels" with Clint Eastwood and Eli Wallach.
- January 4th - What is what starts in the joint program of ARD ( German television ) .
- January 8th - Start of the show Galerie der Comics , with Manfred Schmidt on German television.
- January 10 - HBO begins airing Jim Henson 's children's series Fraggle Rock .
- January 13th - Start of the crime series It is done in the joint program of ARD (German television).
- January 17 - The BBC airs its first breakfast TV .
- January 18th - The Scarecrow celebrates its premiere on ZDF .
- January 24th - Start of the German comedy series 6 Correct on German TV.
- January 29 - The 40th Golden Globes in Los Angeles honors the TV series MASH and Hill Street Police Station .
- January 29th - The ORF broadcasts the first edition of the television hit parade The Big Ten , moderated by Udo Huber . During this time, the program was one of the few opportunities to watch current music videos in Austria . In addition to such diverse titles as Wot by British musician Captain Sensible or early hip-hop -number The Message of Grandmaster Flash and the Furious Five , in the first mission Do You Really Want to Hurt Me by Culture Club presented the first # 1.
- February 26th - The US series Anna and the King of Siam can be seen on ZDF.
- March 3 - German television broadcasts the first episode of the Monaco Franze entertainment series conceived by Helmut Dietl and Patrick Süskind . There are many audience favorites in the main roles, but above all Helmut Fischer in the role of the Munich detective, Franz Münchinger .
- March 14th - Ein Colt celebrates its premiere on ZDF .
- March 12th - As an alternative broadcast to the sports show , Spiel mit Unkel Lou starts on ZDF.
- March 19 - US First Lady Nancy Reagan guest starred on US sitcom Diff'rent Strokes promoting an anti-drug campaign.
- April 5th - The Formula One music video show starts on WDF .
- April 10th - The 10-part television series Adventure Federal Republic premieres on German television for the first time.
- April 12th - Start of the British series in German dubbed version of ARD Der Aufpasser on German television.
- April 15 - The US animated series The Smurfs is broadcast for the first time on ZDF.
- April 17th - ZDF shows Jenseits von Eden for the first time .
- April 18 - The US cable network Disney Channel goes on air.
- April 18 - The talk series Ganz schön darig is broadcast by ZDF.
- April 24th - The US soap The Denver Clan can be seen for the first time on ZDF.
- April 30th - The ZDF shows enormous shape for the audience .
- May 16 - On the occasion of the 25th anniversary of the Motown record company , Michael Jackson performs his moonwalk for the first time live on TV.
- June 14th - ZDF shows the first episode of the popular science series Our Cosmos . The episodes originally about 60 minutes long are shortened to about 43 minutes in the German version. Series production in Austria will start on June 23.
- June 30th - Souvenirs and souvenirs are broadcast on German television for the first time .
- July 20 - NBC airs the 114th and final episode of the sitcom Taxi .
- August 22nd - The US series The Next, Please! Is on German television for the first time . to see.
- August 23rd - Color television started in Romania according to the SECAM standard developed in France and customary in the real socialist countries of Europe .
- August 1st - The 8-part series The Defiant Head premieres in the joint program of ARD (German TV).
- September 1st - The 12-part series Our Most Beautiful Years begins on ZDF .
- September 8 - ARD begins broadcasting the US soap series Falcon Crest on German television .
- September 15 - ZDF broadcasts Micky's trick parade for children for the first time .
- September 24th - Yesterday at Müllers can be seen for the first time on ZDF.
- September 25th - German television takes over Hoffmann's stories for the first time .
- October 1st - ZDF shows Serpico for the first time .
- October 3 - The first episode of the children's series Téléchat, designed by Roland Topor and Henri Xhonneux , can be seen on France 2 .
- October 19 - The miniseries Landluft in 13 parts premieres in the joint program of ARD (German television).
- October 20 - The crime series Hart but cordially premieres on German-speaking television.
- November 3rd - ZDF broadcasts the first episode of the 14-part series comedy I am getting married to a family . In one of the main roles Peter Weck can be seen, who was actually only intended as a director, but replaces Harald Juhnke, who was originally intended to be absent due to alcohol problems .
- November 12th - The US puppet series The Fraggles premieres on ZDF.
- December 4th - The 4-part marionette game from the Augsburger Puppenkiste , news from the cat with a hat can be seen on German television.
- December 5th - After a ten-year absence from the stage, the German cabaret artist Wolfgang Neuss is celebrating a comeback with the talk show Menschen . The Governing Mayor of Berlin , Richard von Weizsäcker, is a guest in the first edition . Quote: You must never run out of a joint on German soil , Richie! .
- December 25th - The first episode of the family series These Drombuschs can be seen on ZDF.
- December 28th - The unusual sports studio at ZDF shows the sports review of 1983.
Born
- January 3rd - Tyra Misoux , German porn actress, actress and presenter is born in Steinfurt , North Rhine-Westphalia.
- March 13th - Moritz Bürkner , German actor, is born in Bonn .
- May 11 - Holly Valance , Australian Neighbors actress and singer, is born in Melbourne .
- September 5 - Georg Malcovati , German actor, is born in Berlin . From 1998 to 2000 he can be seen as Marc Börner in the children's and youth series Schloss Einstein .
- December 2 - Michael Wesley-Smith , New Zealand actor ( Jack in the youth series The Tribe ) is born in Wellington .
- December 30th - Noley Thornton , American actress, is born. She is known through numerous series such as Beverly Hills, 90210 or Star Trek: Deep Space Nine , but is known outside of television in 1993 for the embodiment of the title role in Heidi .
Died
- March 16 - Arthur Godfrey , American pop musician, radio and television presenter, dies in New York City at the age of 79 . Godfrey, whose radio career began in the early 1930s, hosted the Arthur Godfrey Time radio series produced by CBS from 1945–1972 .
- July 19 - Erik Ode , German actor and voice actor dies at the age of 72 in Kreuth , Upper Bavaria. Ode played the role of Commissioner Herbert Keller in the ZDF series Der Kommissar from 1969–1976 .
- September 28th - Dieter Seefranz, Austrian television journalist, actor and author, dies in Vienna at the age of 42 .
See also
Web links
- Nicole Kiefer: Timeline of the history of broadcasting / broadcasting legislation . In: Saarland University
- Gijsbert Hinnen: International radio and television chronicle. (No longer available online.) In: rfcb.ch. Archived from the original on April 2, 2016 ; Retrieved April 2, 2016 .
- TV programs from yesterday and the day before yesterday : TV Chronicle 1980–1997
Individual evidence
- ↑ Video cameras of the 80s , accessed January 18, 2010.
- ^ Ö3 Hitparade , accessed on March 13, 2013.
- ^ A fantastic journey through space , Arbeiter-Zeitung, June 23, 1983, accessed on May 9, 2010.