Playrooms special

Spielraum spezial was aweekly music program of the Austrian radio station Ö1 , initiated in2003 by Wolfgang Kos and initiallysupervisedby Mirjam Jessa, later by Michael Schrott . The program, originally intended as a supplement to the game rooms, was broadcast on Sundays between 5:10 pm and 5:56 pm until December 31, 2006. - In November 2009, as part of a program reform, it was decided tobroadcast 46-minute specialty programs again on public holidays instead of the 26-minute playrooms program.

history

As part of an Ö1 program reform, the Sunday program Spielraum Spezial was started at the beginning of 2003, which was supposed to present musical styles and musicians in close-up portraits:

“The 'play spaces' during the week with world music, jazz and folk music have proven their worth. The 26 minutes from Monday to Friday, however, do not offer enough space to present portraits and series, like the 'Newport Folk Festival'. On Sunday, when many are driving home in their cars, this is an ideal place for this music genre. "

- ORF radio public relations.

The first game room special , which was dedicated to music from the Mississippi Delta under the title "Delta Blues", was designed by Wolfgang Kos and broadcast on January 5th, 2003. In July 2005, the then producer Mirjam Jessa handed over the responsibility for broadcasting Spielraum spezial to Michael Schrott , who held this position until the change of broadcast format at the end of 2006. At that time, as part of a small radio reform, the transmission time was reduced from 46 minutes to 26 minutes. At the same time, the remaining broadcasting slot was reallocated to the Spielräume Sunday edition. For the creation of detailed band and musician portraits, this shortening of the broadcasting time has had a negative effect, since the life's work of bands and musicians with a long career cannot be clearly illustrated in 26 minutes. Such portraits were particularly characteristic of the three quarters of an hour program Spielraum Spezial . It had a verbal portion of 15 minutes and a music portion of 31 minutes and thus made it possible at least roughly to sketch the life and work of the portrayed, even if this spanned several decades.

In November 2009, as part of a program reform, it was decided on public holidays to broadcast 46-minute specialty programs again instead of the 26-minute playrooms program.

Shipment concept

Spielraum Spezial has mainly highlighted musical outsiders and insider tips as well as special focus topics based on selected records. In addition to detailed portraits of bands and musicians, there were, for example, the following program topics:

• “Dark gray and other whore songs. Whore songs about illness and death "
• "The most depressing songs of all time"
• "Forays through the musical landscape of Cape Verdes"
• "A portrait of the Arabic short-necked lute 'Oud'"

Sample programs

• Michael Neuhauser: Chopin, Jobim, Gainsbourg . How preludes and etudes become pop songs.
• Michael Schrott: "Radiant" pop music . The nuclear waste of the Cold Pop War.
• Andreas Weigel : motto in life "Trouble Bound" , Billy Lee Riley's unsteady career.
• Andreas Weigel: I Hear America Singing Bob Gibson - Wrongly forgotten.

Remarks

1. ↑ This does not mean the mouth region of the Mississippi south of Baton Rouge , Louisiana , but a region on the Mississippi in the state of the same name, see →  Lower Mississippi Delta Region and →  Yazoo River

Web links

• Wiener Zeitung : Innovations on Ö1 (5) . “Playrooms special” - every Sunday and public holiday from January 5th, 5.10 pm. January 2, 2003.
• ORF press office: Ö1: "Return To Sender" - legendary radio stars play in the "Spielraum special".
• Thomas Chorherr : “ Leave my Ö 1 in peace! . Merk's Wien . ”In: Die Presse , October 23, 2006 (criticized that“ whore songs ”were the subject of a special show from Spielraum )

Individual evidence

1. ^ ORF Radio Public Relations: New program scheme for Austria 1 from January 1, 2003 . OTS0266 dated November 6, 2002.
2. ↑ Irene Suchy : Dark gray and other whore songs. Whore songs about illness and death  ( page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. .  
3. ↑ Michael Schrott: The most depressing songs of all time. Tom Reynolds' hate objects ( Memento of the original from January 25, 2007 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. . 
4. ↑ Michael Neuhauser / Franz Rezny: In the shadow of the barefoot diva. Forays through the musical landscape of Cape Verdes ( Memento of the original from April 15, 2007 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. . 
5. ↑ Franz Kohl: The sound of the Orient. The Arabic short-necked lute 'Oud' in a portrait " ( Memento of the original from November 27, 2004 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link has been inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice .