Radio year 1994
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Other events
Deutschlandradio Berlin goes on air
General
- Joop van den Ende and John de Mol found the Hilversum ( Netherlands ) based international television production company Endemol .
- On behalf of ARD , the German Broadcasting Archive is awarding the “DRA grant” for the first time, a sponsorship award for research into the radio and media history of the GDR.
- September - The New Pop Festival initiated by SWR takes place for the first time.
- October 17th - The board of trustees of the ORF elects the former RTL manager Gerhard Zeiler by means of a two-thirds majority to succeed Gerd Bacher as ORF general manager.
- November 28th - Jörg Grabosch, Martin Keß and Ralf Günter found the TV production company Brainpool in Cologne .
Radio
- In France, the radio quota decided by the conservative Balladur cabinet comes into force. The law, largely suggested by Justice Minister Jacques Toubon, provides for a quota of at least 40 percent of French interpreters on the radio.
- As part of the NRJ telecast Klub Ma: d the comedy duo's first time Erkan & Stefan heard.
- The book Das Hörspiel in der DDR by Sibylle Bolik is the first independent study on radio art in the GDR.
- January 1st - The national radio broadcaster Deutschlandradio starts operations with two programs. The two former broadcasters RIAS 1 ( West Berlin ) and Deutschlandsender Kultur ( East Berlin ) are included in the cultural program DLR Berlin (now Deutschlandradio Kultur ) . The information program comes from Deutschlandfunk in Cologne.
- January 1st - The SFB4 Multi Kulti radio station , which belongs to the SFB, goes on air for the first time in Berlin .
- April 4th - The NDR starts its 5th radio program under the name N-Joy .
- July 15 - AFN Berlin says goodbye with a 3-hour special broadcast that will be broadcast in 54 countries.
- July 31 - Radio Volga , the Russian Armed Forces broadcaster in Germany, ceases operations.
watch TV
- January 1st - The Tagesschau gets a new layout.
- January 1st - ARD begins broadcasting television films in 16: 9 format in its joint program ( First German Television ) .
- January 3rd - The MDR broadcasts the first issue of the tabloid magazine Brisant .
- January 22nd - New York Cops - NYPD Blue and Seinfeld TV series are honored at the 51st Golden Globes in Los Angeles .
- January 30th - The anime series from Japan The Little Mermaid Marina can be seen for the first time on RTL .
- March 17th - The magazine for children PuR celebrates its premiere on ZDF .
- April 7th - The first German television broadcasts all happiness on earth for the first time .
- April 9th - Sat.1 shows James Bond Jr. for children . .
- June 1st - Bayerischer Rundfunk broadcasts the first edition of Space Night on Bavarian television , which will soon achieve cult status.
- June 17 - Suspicion of murder, ex- football player O. J. Simpson escaped from the police in a white Ford Bronco on live television.
- July 4th - As part of the holiday program, holiday fever starts on ZDF .
- September 1st - Susan Stahnke speaks her first 8pm daily news. She stays until 1999.
- September 7th - ZDF broadcasts the Spacecats for children for the first time .
- September 18 - The first episode of the Chicago Hope hospital series airs on CBS .
- November 1st - The first episode of the crime series Kommissar Rex can be seen on Sat.1 and ORF 1 .
- November 16 - ZDF is secret for the first time - or what ?! for kids to see.
- November 26th - The 6-part mini-series from Sweden The Hunt for the Amphora can be seen for the first time on ZDF .
- November 27th - The winter edition of the ZDF television garden , with Ramona Leiß and Norbert Schramm , ZDF winter garden premieres on ZDF .
- December 2nd - The political cabaret and satirical program with Dieter Hallervorden , Hallervordens Spott-Light , can be seen for the first time on First German Television .
- December 6th - Werner Veigel speaks his last 8pm daily news . He has to stop working after a brain tumor diagnosis. He is still chief spokesman until January. Then he is replaced by Dagmar Berghoff .
- December 24th - The cable channel is renamed Kabel 1 . The transmitter prepares itself for the free satellite broadcast.
- December 26th - Start of the ZDF series gynecologist Dr. Markus Merthin with Sascha Hehn in the lead role.
- December 27th - The First German Television broadcasts the first episode of the WDR- produced cooking program alfredissimo! .
Died
- January 22 - Telly Savalas , American actor and serial actor of Greek descent, dies in California the day after his 72nd birthday. Savalas became popular with international television audiences primarily in the role of Lt. Theo Kojak in the crime series Kojak - Einsatz in Manhattan known.
- February 11 - William Conrad , American actor ( Smoking Colts ), voice actor and radio broadcaster, dies in Los Angeles at the age of 73 .
- March 19 - Bobby Lugano , Austrian entertainer and television magician, dies in Vienna at the age of 76 .
- September 8th - Barry Graves , German journalist, author and radio presenter ( night club on Radio Fritz ) dies at the age of 52 in Berlin .
- October 1st - Arminio Rothstein , Austrian academic painter, puppeteer and puppet maker, known to the Austrian television audience especially from the children's series Tobi and Tobias in the role of the clown Habakuk , dies in Vienna at the age of 67.
- November 30 - Lionel Stander , American serial actor, dies in Los Angeles at the age of 86. Stander became known to a wide audience in the role of the butler Max in the action series Hart .
See also
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 May 14, 2016 ; accessed on May 14, 2016 .
- TV programs from yesterday and the day before yesterday : TV Chronicle 1980–1997
Individual evidence
- ↑ Alfredissimo! - Cooking with Bio (1994) IMDb , accessed on January 30, 2009.