Radio Hamburg

Radio Hamburg is a private radio station, which became the first licensed private broadcasters Hamburg on air on 31 December 1986.

Transmitter site

The editing and studio facilities were located to August 2008 in St. Peter's house Speersort 10 Since 27 August from the Semper house in Spitalerstrasse 10, a good 500 meters away from the old location, sent. The old radio house was demolished in March 2009.

The name Radio Hamburg was started after the Second World War by an organized by the British occupying power radio station, later North West German Radio.

Moderators

Moderator Horst

Presenter Anke

Presenter Birgit Hahn

Moderator Philipp Kolanghis

Moderator André Kuhnert

Host Tim Gafron

Moderator Dirk Steigemann

Other presenters: Nina Wonerow, Lasse Lehmann, Natalie Strauss, Max Dietrich, Niklas Naujok, Rouven Lovett.

Dissemination

The program is aloud their own advertising slogan ( Claim) from the " mega-hits of the 90s, 2000s, and the best of today ." The sender was ma loud radio from 1993 until the end of 2006 the market leader in Hamburg. He was replaced for the first time after a long time in February 2007 by NDR Hamburg shaft 90.3. Since 2009, the leadership alternates between the two channels, is currently Radio Hamburg forward. Currently 1,116,000 people daily hear Radio Hamburg.

The terrestrial transmission frequency is 103.6 MHz with the transmit power of 80 kW (range about 100 miles). On the " City frequency " ( 104.0 MHz with 0.16 kW) are then transmitted in Sport and Event Events in part. With a 2 kW transmitter in Otter village near Cuxhaven ( frequency 88.5 MHz), which belongs to Hamburg Neuwerk is supplied. The reception area includes so next to Hamburg and Schleswig -Holstein, Lower Saxony and Bremen and the western Mecklenburg-Vorpommern.

Radio Hamburg is to receive analog cable in Hamburg on 88.05 MHz for Radio Hamburg and 91.85 MHz Radio Hamburg City and also in both versions digitally.

Program

Program design

The main presenters during the week are John Ment, Birgit Hahn and Philipp Kolanghis. Furthermore, moderate Tim Gafron, André Kuhnert and Dirk Steigemann. The news every hour ( every half hour in the morning ) read by Rainer Hirsch, Ines meadow, Rachel Kakies, Carolina Koplin, Daniela Reineke and others.

• The main presenter of "Radio Hamburg Morning Show ", John Ment, gets in his show from 5:00 bis 10:00 clock support of weather expert Anke Lothes and traffic man Horst Hoof. The morning session, there are half-hourly traffic news. Since 2009 the quiz Who can beat John (see Who can beat John ).
• The morning session will be moderated by weekdays 10:00 bis 14:00 clock by Birgit Hahn. There are at 11:20 each clock event tips every Thursday be given away at 12:10 cinema tickets and a further element of the program in the morning is the job market for job placement.
• The afternoon will be hosted by 14:00 bis 19:00 clock by Philipp Kolanghis. There are special events presented as the radio -Hamburg -3 -day weekend in which an employee is exempt a Friday from work and he can enjoy an extended weekend. From 17:00 to 18:00 clock the music needs of the audience are asked.
• The evening will be 19:00 bis 23:00 clock moderated alternately ( on Friday to 1:00 clock ) by André Kuhnert, Tim Gafron and Dirk Steigemann. It will show the newest mega-hits ( slogan ) in the Hamburg Radio Music Update ( 19-20 clock ) and presents the latest information about artists and charts in the "Radio Hamburg megastar Telex " presents ( 20:30 clock ).
• The weekend is set primarily on information, sports and entertainment. The magazine Sport telex informed of the sporting events. In addition to the main presenters Dirk Steigemann, Tim Gafron and André Kuhnert are more moderators to hear (see moderators).
• Another category is the diversity hammer. These are titles that were long not played on the radio. They run during the week just before the hour.
• Between 9 and 15 clock the transmitter is a " Megahitkette " plays every hour. In this 30 minute music is played without a break. This " Megahitketten " Starting about 20 after and at this time omitted the transmitter to the usual weather and road conditions around halfway

Easter mega-hit Marathon

Since 1989 there is an annual Easter Mega - Hit- marathon (until 2001 Osterhit Marathon ), which vote the Radio Hamburg Handset for their favorite songs. Marzel Becker and Stephan Heller wanted to make the port of Hamburg on its 800th birthday a gift and decided to play a song for each year of the harbor. As three days are required to play all the tracks, he is held every year instead of Holy Saturday up to and including Easter Monday. The finale, with the 20 most desired songs is on Speersort (since 2009: Spitalerstraße ) celebrated after it was temporarily held in the AOL Arena and Color Line Arena. 2008, about 15,000 people were there. Radio Hamburg plays a title every year more ( according to the respective port birthday). Since 2011, the finals will be held in Moenckebergstraße. The winning song of the year 2012 came from Michel Teló with " Ai Se Eu Te Pego! ", In 2013 it was the title "Scream & Shout " by will.i.am feat. Britney Spears.

The 20 most popular titles of all past years can be found in the main article for the Easter megahit Marathon.

Who can beat John

Who can beat John has been around since 2009. In the quiz, which runs from Monday to Friday at 7:10 clock, the radio listeners Hamburg must start against John Ment. The so-called "Miss Quiz " Anke asks the questions from these 13 categories:

• Science and Technology
• VIPs
• Entertainment
• Animals
• Voices ( voices of celebrities recognize )
• Sports
• Northern Germany
• Music backwards ( title or artist recognize )
• Arts and Literature
• Cinema
• History
• Geography
• Food and Drink

The categories and questions will be selected at random. Who knows the answer, you must call his name. If the answer is correct, there is a point, the answer is wrong, the opponent gets a point. It will be made ​​up to three different questions. If then there is still no winner is determined, the jackpot and the contestant climbs occurs again after the draw in the next morning broadcast only. The quiz begins to match the frequency with 103.60 euros. Loses or wins the listener John, the jackpot increases to 200 euros. In subsequent games, the jackpot is increased by another 100 euros and indeed until John is hit by a listener and this wins the jackpot. In autumn 2010 there was the first time the special quiz Who can beat John XXL. This was about 20,000, in a second round by 30,000 and 2012 at least 20,000 euros.

Comedy

In the program, some nationally-known comedy elements or prank calls run ( Crazy Phones ) as Little Nils, Jürgen chervil or the Chancellor. The sender 's Comedy Editor writes and produces its own elements:

• Cruise ship Elbe 1: This comedy runs weekdays at 7:17 and 17:20 clock. In about two minutes long episodes, the crew handled by Captain Robert Blackwood everyday stories or current issues.
• Jesus - The Comeback of the millennium: In this comedy returns to Jesus Christ and experienced in 2014 the daily madness that we already regard as normal self. An excerpt of the transmitter site: " As Jesus shopped at H & M a What he says to burgers and fast food What does he think of RTL All this we learn from the Savior personally now? ". The approximately two -minute episodes will be Monday through Thursday at 8:10 and 14:10 clock and on Saturday at 7:10 clock.
• Comedy Week in Review: Every Friday at 5:10, 8:10 and 16:20 clock carries comedy coach Didi Simon the events of the last week before a humorous performance in fast-forward.
• Studio shrimp: In the broadcasting studio is a small aquarium with two shrimp and a snail. Via an online vote, the handset dubbed the shrimp on one and two, the worm is called Tornado. Immerse yourself in the program at irregular intervals with fictional conversations. On the sender 's own website, the listener can observe the aquarium via a webcam and see selected sequences as animation.

Listeners help children

Since 1988, the station collects with Radio Hamburg listeners help kids eV donate to needy children and families in the transmission area. Through various actions and calls to radio over 2.5 million Euros have come together since the beginning, which were passed without any deduction to 100 % to those in need. Is collected throughout the year, strengthened around Christmas time and in the telethon with celebrity support until shortly before Christmas Eve.

Other program activities

• Radio Hamburg Listener: The station plays at irregular intervals with the listeners the game Radio Hamburg Listener. The listener a sound is played on the radio and he has to guess how this arises. With each wrong tip of the jackpot increases by a predetermined amount. In February 2005, the sender has paid the highest ever cash prize in the North German Radio: 128,000 euros. Since the first round more than one million euros were collected as claims to already.
• Radio Hamburg Money Movement: The host of the morning show, John Ment, paid as Money Ment submitted by listeners bills - assuming the listener logs in a certain period of time after his bill was read in the program.
• Mama Cash: 1999, 2001 and 2012 played the transmitter Mama Cash with listeners. If registered listeners when a recall of the sender on the phone with the cash code, the claim " Radio Hamburg - More variety with the mega - hits of the 90s, 2000s, and the best of today ," Report, the fictional money printing machine Mama Cash is activated. It prints the listener is and decide whether the amount is to be increased or it takes the pot. The amount increases as desired, but can also fall back to zero and the listener is left empty. 2012 were possible per round up to 5,000 euros.
• Radio Hamburg program director: The sender asks his listeners on a regular basis to share ideas for program design. From this action went to the example shows: The request program Anything Goes ( weekdays 17-18 and Saturday 13-14 clock ), the live hour (every Wednesday from 20 clock ), the mashup. Every idea put was rewarded with a cash prize of 500 euros.
• Radio Hamburg Mega Talent: 2008/2009 and 2010/2011 organized by the transmitter, the casting Radio Hamburg Mega Talent. In this casting talents could apply to singing and entertainment in the area. The jury consisted of three people who gave their opinion about the talent of the participants after the candidates appearance. The jury decided whether the candidate is progressing or not. Shortly before the end of the action the Hamburg radio listeners could vote via online voting the best candidates to the final. At the end of the talent show, the competitors were compared with the final at the recording studio. The talent with the most votes was awarded the Radio Hamburg Mega Talent and with a win bonus in the amount of 20,000 or 25,000 Euros.
• Radio Hamburg next weather forecaster: 2008 the station was looking for a new casting a weather - Experting for the morning show. The listeners have applied to, among others, with self -made videos for the moderator job. At the end the audience voted via online voting from among the finalists for their favorite. The winner was Sarah Berg, who joined the radio station RPR1 2011. For this casting, the moderators Lasse Lehmann and Natalie Strauss emerged.

German Radio Award

The German radio prize is awarded since 2010 Award for the radio stations of the ARD, Germany radio and private radio station in Germany.

• 2010 Moderator John Ment was awarded the first prize award for his life's work with the special price.
• 2013 won the The Radio Hamburg Morning show as best morning show.

This Radio Hamburg is currently the only station that can call two of these important awards its own.

Guests Photos

Los Colorados 2012

Mic Donet 2012

Harpo 2012

Soluna Samay 2012

Amanda Meir 2012

James Scott 2012

Shareholder

Shareholder of Radio Hamburg GmbH & Co. KG

Find out more

• On January 6, 2011 election battle between Olaf Scholz and Christoph Ahlhaus took place in Hamburg 1 live. Organizers were Hamburg 1, Radio Hamburg, Oldie 95 and picture Hamburg
• By the start of regular operation only a few tracks were from first broadcast days played in the repeat loop (rotation), including Taylor Dayne with Tell It To My Heart and Whitney Houston I Wanna Dance With Somebody ( No. 1 hit ).
• Nationwide attention was the station in March 2012, when he umdichtete the Fanhymne Hamburger SV ( HSV) " Hamburg, my (football) pearl " of their former moderator Lotto King Karl. Because of the danger of the descent of HSV in Bundesliga 2, the moderator Horst Hoof parodied the song by changing the lyrics and, in particular, replaced the playing in the Bundesliga in Orignaltext clubs by club name of the 2nd Bundesliga. For this outrage among all was the passage "If you come from Aue, your parents are probably siblings. If you are from Dresden, we understand a word of your song [ ... ] " ( original: ". If you are from Dortmund, money sees you no Goals When you come out of the capital, we shit on you and your song [ ... ] ) "Because of the continued widespread criticism, which among others also included massive threats against the moderator Horst Hoof, Radio Hamburg has the wording" If you are from Aue, your parents are probably siblings. " changed to " If you come from Aue, but go hiking in the Ore Mountains. "
• The Hamburg Radio Club has over 142,000 members (as of March 2, 2014) and offers discounts at many club partners in Hamburg, Lower Saxony and Schleswig -Holstein (eg theaters, car washes, restaurants). The listener can arise in this case no cost.
• Radio Hamburg has some known today moderators busy or even trained. For example, Markus Lanz, Caren Miosga, Monica Lierhaus, Kay- Sölve judge or Britta von Lojewski.
• The station hired a Verkehrscopter if the weather. The pilots in the Gyrocopter, Markus Lohmann and Carsten Runge, log will generally be in the rush hour with their messages into the program.
• Radio Hamburg can be supply by the Institute of Weather and Climate Communication GmbH with information for the weather service, and thus affords a specialized in the coverage area of ​​service.
• The Radio Hamburg Net Project nine different music radios were available on the website of Radio Hamburg. These included the areas Lounge, 80s, Movie Mania ( soundtracks from movies and television), Rock, Hip Hop / R & B - Best of Black Charts, Music Update - The hits of tomorrow, TOP 40, and Jack FM. The offer was set at 31 March 2011.