Gerhard Karl Theodor Hans Schröder (3 March 1921 – 23 January 2012) was a

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radio and television executive. Schröder was born in

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and studied law and political economics in

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. After his state examination he worked in the

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Ministry of Culture, among other roles as leader of the Art and Culture Department. From 1961 to 1973 he was director of the

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, having been a member of the governing body for six years. As the head of NDR, in 1970/71 he served as chairman of the ARD. In 1974 he switched to director of

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, where he served until 1985. In his time there, among other things, the regional

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'' Buten un binnen'' was launched in 1980.

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