''Gong'' is a German radio and (today, primarily) television listings magazine owned and published by the German media conglomerate

Funke Mediengruppe Funke Mediengruppe (formerly ''WAZ-Mediengruppe'') is Germany's third largest newspaper and magazine publisher with a total of over 500 publications in eight countries. WAZ-Mediengruppe is privately held by the Funke family and is headquartered i ...

. An extract from the magazine, was featured in the secondary school early 90s German textbook ''Zickzack'', as part of a reading exercise.

History and profile

The first edition of ''Gong'' appeared in October 1948. The magazine is published weekly and has its headquarters in

Nuremberg Nuremberg ( ; german: link=no, Nürnberg ; in the local East Franconian dialect: ''Nämberch'' ) is the second-largest city of the German state of Bavaria after its capital Munich, and its 518,370 (2019) inhabitants make it the 14th-largest ...

. It was formerly based in

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. Since 1979, the magazine has awarded annual ''Goldener Gong'' prizes for outstanding achievement by actors, directors, writers, presenters, and producers in the German television world.

References

External links

Official website by ''Gong''
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