Tagesschau (Germany)
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| Genre | News Programme |
| Theme music composer | Hans Carste |
| Opening theme | "Hammond Fantasy"[1] |
| Country of origin | Germany |
| Original language(s) | German |
| Production | |
| Producer(s) | NWDR, NDR |
| Location(s) | Hamburg |
| Running time | 5–15 min. |
| Broadcast | |
| Original channel | Das Erste several other ARD channels |
| Original run | 26 December 1952 – present |
| Chronology | |
| Related shows | Tagesthemen |
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| Website | |
Tagesschau (stylized as tagesschau) is a German national and international television news service produced by Norddeutscher Rundfunk (NDR) on behalf of the German public-service television network ARD.
The main edition of the programme is aired at 20:00 on Das Erste. It is also simulcast on several ARD-affiliated networks, including NDR Fernsehen, RBB Fernsehen, SWR Fernsehen, WDR Fernsehen, hr-fernsehen, 3sat, Phoenix, tagesschau24 and EinsPlus.
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History [edit]
Tagesschau (literally "Day's Show", or loosely "Review of the Day"; a play on the term Wochenschau, the weekly newsreel formerly shown in cinemas) is both the oldest and the most watched news program on German television. The first edition was transmitted on NWDR (Nordwestdeutscher Rundfunk) on 26 December 1952. Initially broadcast three times a week, the programme expanded in 1956 to air Monday to Saturday, with Sunday editions beginning in 1961. The nightly 8pm edition of Tagesschau is watched by up to 10 million viewers, equivalent to a 33% audience reach. Currently, the bulletin is produced by NDR (Norddeutscher Rundfunk) in Hamburg.
The main 15-minute bulletin is broadcast at 20:00 CET each evening with shorter bulletins broadcast throughout the day. The end of the 20:00 bulletin, at 20:15, marks the beginning of prime time on German television. An attempt by commercial station Sat.1 in the late 1990s to begin their prime time schedule at 20:00 was so unsuccessful that it was discontinued after only a few weeks.
In 1978, the late edition of Tagesschau was replaced by Tagesthemen (Subjects of the Day or "Themes of the Day"), a half-hour programme featuring more in-depth reports, analysis and commentary. The programme continues to air at 22:15 each evening. A late-night, magazine-style programme, Nachtmagazin (Night Magazine), airs at around 00:30. A weekly review programme entitled Wochenspiegel (Mirror of the Week) is produced by the Tagesschau production team and airs on Sundays around lunch time.
The program's trademark continues to be the eight o'clock chime followed by a recorded announcement, usually spoken by the chief newsreader Jan Hofer, "Hier ist das Erste Deutsche Fernsehen mit der Tagesschau" ("This is First German Television with the Tagesschau"). The Tagesschau theme music has remained the same since 1956, although the arrangement has been modernized several times, most recently in 2000.
Tagesschau aired its 20,000th broadcast on 31 December 2010.
Presenters [edit]
Chief anchors [edit]
- 1964–1987 Karl-Heinz Köpcke (newsreader from 1959)
- 1987–1995 Werner Veigel (newsreader from 1966)
- 1995–1999 Dagmar Berghoff (newsreader from 1976)
- 2000–2004 Jo Brauner (newsreader from 1974)
- 2004–present Jan Hofer (newsreader from 1985)
Current presenters [edit]
by number of years on the Tagesschau
- Jan Hofer, since 1985
- Ellen Arnhold, since 1987
- Jens Riewa, since 1994
- Claus-Erich Boetzkes, since 1995
- Susanne Daubner, since 1999
- Thorsten Schröder, since 2000
- Susanne Holst, since 2001
- Astrid Vits, since 2004
- Michail Paweletz, since 2004
- Tarek Youzbachi, since 2004
- Judith Rakers, since 2005
Former presenters [edit]
in alphabetical order
- Marc Bator, 2001-2013
- Ina Bergmann, 1997–2001
- Dagmar Berghoff, 1976–1999
- Jo Brauner, 1974–2004
- Elfi Marten-Brockmann, 1981–1984
- Lothar Dombrowski, 1967–1974
- Laura Dünnwald, 2001-2010
- Klaus Eckert, 1978–1983
- Karl Fleischer, 1960–1994
- Caroline Hamann, 2007-2009
- Jan Thilo Haux
- Eva Herman, 1989–2007
- Georg Hopf, 1975–1985
- Horst Jaedicke
- Silke Jürgensen, 2002–2005
- Karl-Heinz Köpcke 1959–1987
- Franz Laake, 1988–1993
- Siegmar Ruhmland, 1960–1963
- Diether von Sallwitz
- Manfred Schmidt, 1962–1964
- Robert Schröder, 1988
- Susan Stahnke, 1992–1999
- Wilhelm Stöck, 1965–1984
- Martin Svoboda
- Harry Teubner, 1978–1980
- Martin Thon
- Werner Veigel, 1966–1995
- Cay Dietrich Voss, 1952–1962
- Wilhelm Wieben, 1972–1998
- Daniela Witte, 1985–1988
- Günter Wiatrek, 1974–1975
- Claus Wunderlich, 1959–1962
References [edit]
- ^ Fink, Günter (27 July 2005). "Hätten Sie's gewußt?" (in German). Hamburger Abendblatt.
