The German television radio (DFF), of 1972-1990 television of the GDR (DDR-FS) was the national television of the GDR.

History

1950 to 1956 - from the television center to the DFF

Wegbereiter of the "“east television"” was Hans's meal (gest. 1999). Under its broadcast position of general managers the first cut of the spade for the television center Berlin (FZ) took place in Berlin eagle yard on 11 June 1950. On 20 December 1951 the first sending and receipt attempts began - however only for technicians and specialists, because the first public television sets were only set up starting from 29 July 1952. A first small facsimile transmitter was installed in February 1952 in Berlin center on the old city hall and connected on 3 June by radio relay link with eagle yard. In August 1952 the Rhine countries Hermann Zilles director of the television center became.

The northwestGerman broadcast NWDR had already radiated 1950 first television pictures starting from July after the war on German soil. For Christmas 1952 the start of the regular television program from an old high shelter in Hamburg was announced and carried out. The race of the TV systems had been inflamed, sending for the receipt of the conference of wave assigned frequencies Geneva on that had become absolutely necessary - even if there were hardly spectators. In the GDR first television broadcast receivers were sold starting from 16 November 1952. The equipment Leningrad cost at the beginning of 3.500 GDR Marks.

Starting from 21 December 1952 - the birthday of Josef Stalin - the "“public test program"” started with two hours transmitting time daily and the Brandenburger gate as Logo. Ansagerin Margit welcomed at 20 o'clock the spectators. Greeting word of the television directorship finally followed and the current camera with speaker Herbert The oldest German television messages remained by 14 December 1990. However the AK of the early years was still no SED Sprachrohr, since the television was still no mass medium - and thus uninteresting for the party still, because "“harmless"” and everything else as up to date. Nevertheless news of the day and AK had one together: They ran off the Wochenschauen rank later. Still the DEFA Wochenschau the eye-witness provided for the "“correct"” information - also on 17 June 1953, the worker rebellion in the GDR. Into the Nachwehen director Zilles had to go. Successor became in the summer 1954 up to the turn Heinz Adam-hits a corner.

The program of a transmitter can be still so good - it does not use anything, if one cannot receive it. Thus the transmitter net was rapidly removed: 1953 Berlin 1954 Berlin Dresden, 1955 Berlin center, breaking into, island mountain (breaking into and island mountain radiated also far to West Germany), Helpterberg, Marlow, Chemnitz and 1956 Berlin

Technology and TV studios were extended likewise briskly. In the summer 1953 the Studio I on the area was opened by Berlin eagle yard. 1955 gave it a first mobile transmission unit and a third Sendestudio.

1956 to 1972 - from the DFF to the GDR television

On 2 January 1956 the "“official test program"” of the television center Berlin ended. On 3 January the German television radio (DFF) began its program. The transmitter was called consciously not television of the GDR. The DFF wanted to be television for completely Germany. Despite transmitters close to the border it was however not possible for the DFF to supply the whole Federal Republic while the pool of broadcasting corporations "“except area Dresden"” - which so-called "“valley that notion lots"” - later nearly the whole GDR reached.

End of 1958 were over 300.000 television sets in the GDR announced. Starting from 7 October 1958 in the morning program was introduced: We repeat for late workers. One day later the sand male followed. The evening greeting from the television radio got over the completion 1991, even if the name television radio in the sand man song is not to be heard no more.

There were regular Farbfernsehsendungen since 3 October 1969, from cause forthcoming 20. Anniversary of the establishment of the GDR on 7 October. The colour code took place in SECAM, consciously deviating from the PAL system of the German Federal Republic. Findige technicians found possibilities however fast of reequipping the GDR devices by means of from the FRG of constituted PAL modules. The color transmissions were transferred first only on at the same time started second transmitter, DFF 2. By it the number of produced transmission hours not least also increased precipitously.

1972 to 1989 - television of the GDR

On 11 February 1972 the DFF was renamed and was called from now on television of the GDR. The old name outlasted only in with quotations and with the sand male in the evening greeting from the television radio.

Due to the Soviet invasion in Afghanistan most western States of the olympic plays in Moscow boycotted 1980. In order to be able to show the West German sport friends the transmissions in color, one planned, to radiate the GDR television during the plays toward the west also in PAL. The projects did not come however over several test transmissions outside.

To 4. March 1990 became from the programs GDR 1 and GDR 2 again DFF 1 and DFF 2.

1989 to 1990 - Wendezeit

1989 became the youth program eleven 99 started (the postal zip code at that time of the transmitter in Berlin eagle yard). The SED wanted to bind thereby more young spectator shank to the GDR programs, which oriented themselves at the west media.

In the phase of political paging in the autumn also the GDR television began itself to solve 1989 slowly from control of the state. Were hardly mentioned at the beginning of the mass escape and protests in the political transmissions, at the end of changed suddenly October 1989. On 18 October 1989 Erich Honecker and other members power of the exercising of the central committee of the SED withdrew. Unmmittelbar thereafter reformed broadcast and television their programs. On 30 October 1989 the propaganda transmission the black channel was stopped. Of now on plain language should be spoken. The coworkers of this new magazine ending had forced the joggle of the black channel and from Karl Eduard von Schnitzler. The new expenditure AK Zwo of the newscast current camera began with the radiant emittance. This transmission was taken over a little later with opening of the borders on 9 November 1989 from current cause also by 3sat. In February 1990 the DFF member of 3sat became later. It began a time, in which a multiplicity at programs were again developed and started. Among them programs with spectator participation by telephone like the controversy discussion transmission Thursday discussion, which was observed at the beginning of still attentive by the still intact Ministry for public security (GDR secret service) in the Studio.

The television of the GDR was explained in February 1990 by media resolution of the GDR people chamber as a politically independent, public broadcasting station. The GDR medium law from September 1990 confirmed this status.

In the middle of 1990 appeared that the 1952 dissolved countries are again introduced, and television and broadcast arranged the reporting increasingly regionally. These were produced in existing Studios. For Thuringia a new in Gera was furnished. The transmission for the country Brandenburg was manufactured in Berlin eagle yard. Regional developed in Erfurt, potsdam, Schwerin, Leipzig, Magdeburg and Cottbus. Studios were neither legally nor financially independent. On 13 August 1990 the DFF began with the radiant emittance of daily national programs. First each national transmission would send on one day in the week, later daily with the help of a Auseinanderschaltung.

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