This is a list of
German television
Television in Germany began in Berlin on 22 March 1935, broadcasting for 90 minutes three times a week. It was home to the first public television station in the world, named ''Fernsehsender Paul Nipkow''.
In 2000, the German television market h ...
related events from 1958.
Events
*20 January -
Margot Hielscher
Margot Hielscher (29 September 1919 – 20 August 2017) was a German singer and film actress. She appeared in over fifty films between and 1939 and 1994.
Hielscher was born in Berlin. In 1957, she was chosen to represent Germany at the Eurovis ...
is selected to represent Germany at the
1958 Eurovision Song Contest
The Eurovision Song Contest 1958 was the third edition of the annual Eurovision Song Contest. Organised by the European Broadcasting Union (EBU) and host broadcaster (NTS), the contest, originally known as the (English: Grand Prix of the Euro ...
with her song "
Für zwei Groschen Musik
Germany was represented by Margot Hielscher, with the song '" Für zwei Groschen Musik", at the 1958 Eurovision Song Contest, which took place on 12 March in Hilversum, Netherlands. "Für zwei Groschen Musik" was chosen at the German national fi ...
". She is selected to be the third German Eurovision entry during Schlager held at the Kleine Westfalenhalle in Dortmund.
Debuts
ARD
* 10 January – ''
Sie schreiben mit'' (1958–1970)
* 14 March – ''
Stahlnetz
''Stahlnetz'' was a German police procedural television series with many similarities to '' Dragnet'' running from 1958 to 1968, and from 1999 to 2003.
See also
* Episodes ''Stahlnetz'' 1958-1968
*List of German television series
The follo ...
'' (1958–1968)
* 13 September – ''
Nachsitzen für Erwachsene'' (1958–1966)
DFF
* 12 November – ''
Haare hoch!'' (1958– 1959)
Television shows
1950s
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Tagesschau
(German
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'' (1952–present)
Ending this year
Births
*26 September -
Sabrina Fox
Sabrina may refer to:
* Sabrina (given name), a feminine given name, including a list of persons and fictional characters with the name
People
* Sabrina (actress), stage name of Norma Ann Sykes (1936–2016), a British glamour model and actres ...
, TV host
*24 October -
Margit Geissler-Rothemund
Margit Geissler (1958–2016) was a German model, film and television actress.Mitchell p.171 She co-hosted the 1985 competition to select the German entry for the Eurovision Song Contest. She was married to the film director Sigi Rothemund.
Se ...
, actress
Deaths
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