1991 in radio

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Generally

In Austria the telephoto test study is introduced to determine the television ratings.
Mai - The Japanese electronics manufacturer Sony introduces the Mini Disc ( MD). The new digital audio format that initially provides a recording time of up to 80 minutes should be the successor of the 1963 first introduced the Philips compact cassette. In the first years also prerecorded mini discs come on the market. The MZ- 1 is the first MiniDisc recorder, which a year later appear on the European market. He is, as the Walkman 13 years ago, a portable device and has two technology historically interesting peculiarities: So it is possible via a digital ( optical ) output to create digital copies of a compact disc or a MiniDisc. However, the built SCMS mechanism prevents further digital (ie lossless ) copies of copies. This is (after the dispute to the digital audio tape) to one of the earliest applications of digital rights management. On the other hand, the ATRAC code to the mini discs are written about ten years before the mass distribution of the MP3 file format, the first audio data compression method, which is open to broader sections of consumers.
May 31 - The Central German Broadcasting (MDR ) is established as a three-country institution for the states of Saxony, Saxony -Anhalt and Thuringia.
October 12 - Establishment of the East German Broadcasting Brandenburg ( ORB).
December 31 - The Radio House Berlin ( FU), former " broadcast of the GDR ", and the German television (DFF ), former "Television of the GDR" provide, in accordance with Article 36 of the Unification Treaty broadcasting a. With this step, the transfer of state radio and television programs of the GDR in the dual broadcasting system of the Federal Republic is complete.

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Born

March 28 - Amy Bruckner, American actress ( Phil of the Future ) comes in Conifer, Colorado to the world.
June 27 - Madylin Sweeten, American actress ( Everybody Loves Raymond ) was born in Brownwood, Texas.
July 12 - Erik Per Sullivan, American actor ( Dewey in Malcolm in the Middle ) comes in Worcester to the world.

Died

January 28 - Kurt Sowinetz, Austrian folk actor, ensemble member of the Burgtheater (numerous television roles such as The wrong weight after Joseph Roth, The Good Soldier Švejk by Jaroslav Hašek or Welcome in Vienna ) died a month before his 65th birthday in Vienna.
February 6 - Danny Thomas, American film and television actor (Danny Thomas Show, 1953-1964 ) dies age of 77 in Los Angeles.
February 16 - Max Strecker, German actor, died aged 84 in Munich.
July 1 - Michael Landon, American actor and performer series ( Little House, Highway to Heaven ) dies age of 53 in Malibu.
July 2 - Lee Remick, American actress ( In 80 days around the world, the young Catherine ) dies at 55 years in Los Angeles.
July 14 - Axel Eggebrecht, German journalist, writer and pioneer of radio features dies aged 92 in Hamburg.
OCTOBER 21: Frank Barufski, German actor, radio speaker and presenter dies aged 85 in his hometown of Cologne. He became known among others by television recordings from the Millowitsch Theatre and several Paul Temple radio plays.
October 24 - Gene Roddenberry, American screenwriter, film and television producer, conceived Star Trek, dies 70 -year-old in Santa Monica.
November 5 - Robert Maxwell, a British media entrepreneur (controlled half of MTV Europe and other television networks ) dies 68- year near Tenerife.
November 20 - Helga Hahnemann, German actress, entertainer ( numerous appearances in the DFF entertainment show A Colorful boiler ) and Berliner original dies aged 54 in Berlin.
November 24 - Freddie Mercury, British singer and musician dies 45 -year-old in London. Mercury brought together with his band Queen, the young genre music video with the filmic adaptation of Bohemian Rhapsody (1975 ) to a first climax and also continued in the 1980s appropriate accents in the then burgeoning music television with videos on titles such as Radio Ga Ga (1984 ) or I Want to Break Free ( 1984).

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