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Hundreds, 6 was a citizen of Berlin Radiosender.

History

The years of the foundation with Ulrich Schamoni

The citizen of Berlin Radiosender one hundred, 6 was created 1987 by the film producer Ulrich Schamoni and several medium-size enterprises. The transmitter reached ratingses up to 25 per cent in the first years.

In the first years one hundred, 6 the transmission place with another, the alternative movement close standing transmitter radio 100 divided. In order to dissociate itself from this and its contents to, at 19 o'clock, the transmission conclusion at that time, the German national anthem played one hundred, 6. On transmission alternative operators going afterwards countered with the noise of a Then if the transmitting time of radio 100 ended around midnight, this transmitter explained that now, thus with the renewed beginning of the transmitting time of one hundred, 6, a interval signal" (evenly the program of one hundred, 6) would be sent. Since radio 100 changed one hundred, 6 however a 24-Stunden-Radio on another frequency (first together with radio in Berlin), is.

George Gafron enters

Ulrich Schamoni separated 1992. Afterwards George Gafron took over the program management and later also the management.

The private radio one hundred, 6 was temporarily strongly politically colored. Straight one in the time, when George Gafron had the management, was very strongly pro CDU aligned it. The governing mayor Eberhard Diepgen as well as the CDU leader of the parliamentary group in the citizen of Berlin Lower House, Klaus Ruediger Landowsky, were involved one hundred, 6 with in and out. In the citizen of Berlin election campaign 2001 warned one hundred, 6 the citizens of Berlin before a change of government to a red-dark red coalition. In the consequence the transmitter did not start a poster campaign on behalf of "power the authors! ", on which above all motives of the citizens of Berlin were to be seen wall. (The action could not prevent however the red-dark red SPD Party of Democratic Socialism formation of a coalition.)

1995 were bought the transmitter by the son of the film Mogul at that time Leo Kirch, Thomas Kirch.

Thomas Thimme takes over

In the context of the crisis of the Kirch group the transmitter changed 2002 the owner again. Program leader and managing director were calculated Thomas Thimme, which was in the 80's a managing director of radio 100 and led this transmitter into the bankruptcy.

To old successes could not tie one hundred, 6 after the way course of Ulrich Schamoni any longer; in the meantime further private Radiosender had been established. With the assumption the new managing director promised Thomas Thimme to want to make the transmitter again the "number 1" in Berlin nevertheless lost the transmitter according to Media analysis since the commitment of Thimme approximately 50 per cent of the listeners in the hour.

Insolvency

In April 2005 it became admits that one hundred, 6 broke is. On 18 April requested managing director Thomas Thimme for the hundreds, 6 media GmbH with the district court Charlottenburg the insolvency.

The old radio house on the Katharina Heinroth bank in Berlin zoo was left before and shifted in a night and a nebula action into the Potsdamer road to the company Medialog (managing directors likewise Thomas Thimme). The majority of the coworkers was left, they were only informed about a letter already prefabricated, which lay in a drawer. Memories of the failure of radio 100 became awake, there left untouched Thimme the crew in similar way before the door. Weeks before Thimme the license under a pretext had already left transferred to the Medialog.

On pressure of the work council of the insolvent society as well as the institute for medium Berlin Brandenburg the Medialog had to return the license at the beginning of of May 2005. Since however the insolvent license owner, who had one hundred, 6 media GmbH, no technical possibilities, would send Medialog on behalf the insolvency manager for the time being further.

Starting from 1 September 2005 again the insolvent society with a part of the original team would send, after the insolvency manager had extracted the order from Thomas Thimme. Studios were in Berlin when lake with another Radiosender. The Medialog completely surprised by this decision sends since then over its frequency of power radio (UKW 91.8 MHz), which is to be received only in the direct surrounding field around the transmitting station with Oranienburg.

In the meantime several prospective buyers for the insolvent society (on the frequency 100.6 MHz) arose: the local TV-transmitter television from Berlin, Sabine Christiansen producer Theo Baltz as well as the group of hotels of Ahlbeck & Zehden and the citizens of Berlin daily paper daily mirror. In order to vacate the way for these prospective customers freely, that returned insolvency age the insolvent radio one hundred, to 6 media GmbH the license for new advertisement to the institute for medium. For those altogether 30 investors, among them also the mentioned applied. The medium advice gave Netzeitung "and engine of FM the addition to the applicants in its meeting in January 2006 ".

The new beginning

On 1 February 2006 the new program of the enterprises took up "Netzeitung" and "engine of FM" on the 100.6 its transmit mode. Under the name "100.6 engine of FM" a "innovative word music program" is developed at present. Studios are in the Pfuelstrasse in Berlin cross mountain as well as in the Albrechtstrasse in Berlin center.

Accusation

Meanwhile against Thomas Thimme accusation because of unfaithfulness and insolvency kidnapping one raised. The public prosecutor's office Berlin accuses, only in April 2005 insolvency for the "radio one hundred to him 6 media GmbH" to have announced although it was solvent already since at the end of 2003. Beyond that Thimme is to have granted itself as a Privatmann starting from April 2002 monthly loans. According to the indictment it issued itself the joint and several debt of 230,000 euro end of 2003.