Wolfgang Lehr

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Wolfgang Lehr (born January 22, 1921 in Frankfurt am Main ; † May 14, 2012 there ) was a German lawyer . He was director of the Hessischer Rundfunk .

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Lehr was born the son of the businessman Albert Lehr and his wife Anna. He studied law and economics at the universities of Frankfurt am Main and Berlin and passed his legal traineeship in 1941 .

After military service, he completed his studies with the second state examination. In 1950 he entered the service of Hessischer Rundfunk under Eberhard Beckmann . As early as 1951 he became head of the legal department , later also legal counsel and head of human resources. In 1972 he was appointed deputy director. When the general manager Werner Hess resigned for reasons of age, the Broadcasting Council appointed the non-party Lehr as his successor in November 1980.

Lehr took up his post as director of the Hessischer Rundfunk on April 5, 1981. During his tenure, the HR television program, which was broadcast under the name Hessen Drei from 1983, was further developed . The fourth radio program hr4 , which started in 1986, was also designed. He also worked on numerous ARD committees and represented the broadcasting community in the legal commission of the European Broadcasting Union (EBU). In 1985 he was chief negotiator of ARD and ZDF, which negotiated with a commission of the German Football Association about the broadcasting rights of public broadcasters .

Lehr remained artistic director until the age limit. In 1986 Hartwig Kelm was elected as his successor. On his departure, he was presented with the Great Federal Cross of Merit “for his special achievements in building public broadcasting and defending his independence”.

Fonts

  • Wolfgang Lehr, Wolfgang, Klaus Berg: Broadcasting and press in Germany. Legal bases of the mass media . From Hase & Koehler, Mainz, 1971; ISBN 3-77580909-0
  • Working group of public broadcasters of the Federal Republic of Germany (ARD): broadcasters and daily newspapers. A collection of materials. Research results and recommendations . Documentation 5. By Hase & Koehler, Mainz, 1969; DNB 457987995
  • Wolfgang Lehr, Miroslav Barták (drawings): Televisions: a medium in a distorting mirror . Self-published by W. Lehr, Frankfurt am Main, 1970; DNB 949525936

literature

  • Hessischer Rundfunk (ed.): Speeches on the occasion of the farewell to director Wolfgang Lehr . Frankfurt / Main: Hessischer Rundfunk, 1986; DNB 880505346
  • Helmut Kohl (Ed.): The freedom of broadcasting after the North Rhine-Westphalia judgment of the Federal Constitutional Court . Symposium on the occasion of the 70th birthday of Wolfgang Lehr, Universitätsverlag Konstanz, 1991, ISBN 3-87940392-9

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personal data
SURNAME Lehr, Wolfgang
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German lawyer and director
DATE OF BIRTH January 22, 1921
PLACE OF BIRTH Frankfurt am Main
DATE OF DEATH May 14, 2012
Place of death Frankfurt am Main