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	==Concept==		==Concept==
	Other representatives of the programme included [[:de:Günter Herlt\|Günter Herlt]] (26 editions), [[Ulrich Makosch]] (19 editions) and [[:de:Heinz Grote (Journalist)\|Heinz Grote]] (144 editions) who instead employed a less aggressive tone, as well as various speakers ~~were~~ Götz Förster (four editions), Volker Ott and Albert Reisz (both two editions) who only commented on some data.		Other representatives of the programme included [[:de:Günter Herlt\|Günter Herlt]] (26 editions), [[Ulrich Makosch]] (19 editions) and [[:de:Heinz Grote (Journalist)\|Heinz Grote]] (144 editions) who instead employed a less aggressive tone, as well as various speakers like Götz Förster (four editions), Volker Ott and Albert Reisz (both two editions) who only commented on some data.

	As stated on the website of the [[German Broadcasting Archive]] as the estate administrator of East German television, which only recorded the clips for magazine programmes but not the live commentaries and introductions by the moderators. In this case, neither the recordings of the comments have survived which consisted of excerpts from West German television because Schnitzler usually [[Lost television broadcast\|had them destroyed]] just a few days after they were broadcast, within the [[Manuscript culture\|manuscripts]] have been largely preserved and are also located.		As stated on the website of the [[German Broadcasting Archive]] as the estate administrator of East German television, which only recorded the clips for magazine programmes but not the live commentaries and introductions by the moderators. In this case, neither the recordings of the comments have survived which consisted of excerpts from West German television because Schnitzler usually [[Lost television broadcast\|had them destroyed]] just a few days after they were broadcast, within the [[Manuscript culture\|manuscripts]] have been largely preserved and are also located.

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	{{short description\|East German television series of political propaganda programmes (1960–1989)}}		{{short description\|East German television series of political propaganda programmes (1960–1989)}}
	{{Infobox television		{{Infobox television
	\| image = Der schwarze ~~kanal~~.~~jpg~~		\| image = Der schwarze Kanal logo.svg
	\| image_size = 200		\| image_size = 200
	\| image_alt =		\| image_alt =
	\| caption = ~~Title~~ ~~graphic~~ ~~for~~ ~~the~~ ~~programme~~		\| caption = Logo
	\| alt_name =		\| alt_name =
	\| genre = [[Political satire]]		\| genre = [[Political satire]]
	\| presenter = [[Karl-Eduard von Schnitzler]]		\| presenter = [[Karl-Eduard von Schnitzler]]
	\| country = [[East Germany]]		\| country = [[East Germany]]
	\| language = German		\| language = German
	\| num_episodes = 1,519		\| num_episodes = 1,519
	\| channel = [[Deutscher Fernsehfunk\|DFF]]		\| channel = [[Deutscher Fernsehfunk\|DFF]]
	\| runtime = 20 minutes		\| runtime = 20 minutes
	\| first_aired = {{Start date\|df=y\|21 March 1960}}		\| first_aired = {{Start date\|df=y\|21 March 1960}}
	\| last_aired = {{End date\|df=y\|30 October 1989}}		\| last_aired = {{End date\|df=y\|30 October 1989}}
	}}		}}
	{{listen\|filename=ScwarzeKanalIntro.ogg\|title=Intro to Der schwarze Kanal, last edition 30 October 1989.\|description=\|format=[[Ogg]]}}		{{listen\|filename=ScwarzeKanalIntro.ogg\|title=Intro to Der schwarze Kanal, last edition 30 October 1989.\|description=\|format=[[Ogg]]}}
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	==Availability==		==Availability==
			[[File:Der schwarze kanal.jpg\|thumb\|Title graphic for the programme]]
	Around 350 of the 1,519 editions were recorded by West German institutions during their live broadcast on East German television are now in the possession of this archive. In the course of [[German reunification]], the scripts of the broadcast and the complete writings of Schnitzler's comments are available as [[PDF]] files on the [[German Broadcasting Archive]] website as mentioned in the external links. In addition, 33 editions of ''Der schwarze Kanal'' are commercially available in a 6-[[DVD]] box set released on 27 October 2016 with a total of twelve hours.		Around 350 of the 1,519 editions were recorded by West German institutions during their live broadcast on East German television are now in the possession of this archive. In the course of [[German reunification]], the scripts of the broadcast and the complete writings of Schnitzler's comments are available as [[PDF]] files on the [[German Broadcasting Archive]] website as mentioned in the external links. In addition, 33 editions of ''Der schwarze Kanal'' are commercially available in a 6-[[DVD]] box set released on 27 October 2016 with a total of twelve hours.

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	==References==		==References==
	{{reflist}}		{{reflist}}
	{{Portal bar\|East Germany\|Television\|Journalism\|Politics\|Communism}}		{{Portal bar\|East Germany\|Television\|Journalism\|Politics\|Communism\|1960s\|1970s\|1980s}}

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	==History==		==History==
	The programme was hosted by [[Karl-Eduard von Schnitzler]] and began on 21 March 1960, within the name "Black Channel" is a play on words: in the German language "black channel" is a [[euphemism]] by plumbers for a sewer (compare English soil pipe). The name and the concept of the programme were originally a reaction to a contemporaneous West German programme named ''Die rote Optik'' ''("The Red Viewpoint")'' authored by journalist [[:de:Thilo Koch\|Thilo Koch]], which analyzed East German television clips.<ref name="DRA">{{cite web\| url = http://sk.dra.de/ \| title = Die digitalisierten Sendemanuskripte - Der schwarze Kanal \| accessdate = 2007-05-12 \| last = Grape \| first = Andreas \|date=September 2000 \| publisher = Deutsches Rundfunkarchiv \|language = German \| quote = With the transmission title black channel was meant also the west television, by itself the "dirt and Unrat, which would have to actually flow on the sewage farms", thus moderator of Schnitzler, into the dwellings of the spectators poured. Karl Eduard von Schnitzler, who coined/shaped the transmission by editorship and presentation as Chefkommentator of the GDR television considerably, wanted to serve here "to a certain extent as purification plant"}}</ref> Although the programme was primarily intended for domestic consumption, as the makers (at least in the early days) hoped that those in the West who could receive DFF would also watch.<ref name="DRA"/> The tones of his speech were described as polemical and aggressive by the Institute of Philology of the [[Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich]].		The programme was hosted by [[Karl-Eduard von Schnitzler]] and began on 21 March 1960, within the name "Black Channel" is a play on words: in the German language "black channel" is a [[euphemism]] by plumbers for a sewer (compare English soil pipe). The name and the concept of the programme were originally a reaction to a contemporaneous West German programme named ''Die rote Optik'' ''("The Red Viewpoint")'' authored by journalist [[:de:Thilo Koch\|Thilo Koch]], which analyzed East German television clips.<ref name="DRA">{{cite web \| url = http://sk.dra.de/ \| title = Die digitalisierten Sendemanuskripte - Der schwarze Kanal \| accessdate = 2007-05-12 \| last = Grape \| first = Andreas \| date = September 2000 \| publisher = Deutsches Rundfunkarchiv \| language = German \| quote = With the transmission title black channel was meant also the west television, by itself the "dirt and Unrat, which would have to actually flow on the sewage farms", thus moderator of Schnitzler, into the dwellings of the spectators poured. Karl Eduard von Schnitzler, who coined/shaped the transmission by editorship and presentation as Chefkommentator of the GDR television considerably, wanted to serve here "to a certain extent as purification plant" \| archive-date = 2021-03-04 \| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20210304151113/http://sk.dra.de/ \| url-status = dead }}</ref> Although the programme was primarily intended for domestic consumption, as the makers (at least in the early days) hoped that those in the West who could receive DFF would also watch.<ref name="DRA"/> The tones of his speech were described as polemical and aggressive by the Institute of Philology of the [[Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich]].

	[[Image:West german tv penetration.svg\|thumb\|200px\|right\|Terrestrial penetration of West German TV reception (grey) in East Germany for [[Das Erste\|ARD]] first channel]]		[[Image:West german tv penetration.svg\|thumb\|200px\|right\|Terrestrial penetration of West German TV reception (grey) in East Germany for [[Das Erste\|ARD]] first channel]]

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History: No original research. The supposed airing dates are not present in the source cited, and likely wrong ( I have anecdotally found episodes dating up to 1964 online, and a research paper cited Die Rote Optik's coverage of East German coverage of the Mauerbau and the Eichmann trial of 1961). If anybody can find the original airing dates that would be appreciated, but I would be very careful about Wikipediogenesis since most English language sources mentioning it derive from this page

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	==History==		==History==
	The programme was hosted by [[Karl-Eduard von Schnitzler]] and began on 21 March 1960, within the name "Black Channel" is a play on words: in the German language "black channel" is a [[euphemism]] by plumbers for a sewer (compare English soil pipe). The name and the concept of the programme were originally a reaction to a West German programme named ''Die rote Optik'' ''("The Red Viewpoint")'' authored by journalist [[:de:Thilo Koch\|Thilo Koch]], which ~~ran between 1958 and 1960 and analysed~~ East German television clips.<ref name="DRA">{{cite web\| url = http://sk.dra.de/ \| title = Die digitalisierten Sendemanuskripte - Der schwarze Kanal \| accessdate = 2007-05-12 \| last = Grape \| first = Andreas \|date=September 2000 \| publisher = Deutsches Rundfunkarchiv \|language = German \| quote = With the transmission title black channel was meant also the west television, by itself the "dirt and Unrat, which would have to actually flow on the sewage farms", thus moderator of Schnitzler, into the dwellings of the spectators poured. Karl Eduard von Schnitzler, who coined/shaped the transmission by editorship and presentation as Chefkommentator of the GDR television considerably, wanted to serve here "to a certain extent as purification plant"}}</ref> Although the programme was primarily intended for domestic consumption, as the makers (at least in the early days) hoped that those in the West who could receive DFF would also watch.<ref name="DRA"/> The tones of his speech were described as polemical and aggressive by the Institute of Philology of the [[Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich]].		The programme was hosted by [[Karl-Eduard von Schnitzler]] and began on 21 March 1960, within the name "Black Channel" is a play on words: in the German language "black channel" is a [[euphemism]] by plumbers for a sewer (compare English soil pipe). The name and the concept of the programme were originally a reaction to a contemporaneous West German programme named ''Die rote Optik'' ''("The Red Viewpoint")'' authored by journalist [[:de:Thilo Koch\|Thilo Koch]], which analyzed East German television clips.<ref name="DRA">{{cite web\| url = http://sk.dra.de/ \| title = Die digitalisierten Sendemanuskripte - Der schwarze Kanal \| accessdate = 2007-05-12 \| last = Grape \| first = Andreas \|date=September 2000 \| publisher = Deutsches Rundfunkarchiv \|language = German \| quote = With the transmission title black channel was meant also the west television, by itself the "dirt and Unrat, which would have to actually flow on the sewage farms", thus moderator of Schnitzler, into the dwellings of the spectators poured. Karl Eduard von Schnitzler, who coined/shaped the transmission by editorship and presentation as Chefkommentator of the GDR television considerably, wanted to serve here "to a certain extent as purification plant"}}</ref> Although the programme was primarily intended for domestic consumption, as the makers (at least in the early days) hoped that those in the West who could receive DFF would also watch.<ref name="DRA"/> The tones of his speech were described as polemical and aggressive by the Institute of Philology of the [[Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich]].

	[[Image:West german tv penetration.svg\|thumb\|200px\|right\|Terrestrial penetration of West German TV reception (grey) in East Germany for [[Das Erste\|ARD]] first channel]]		[[Image:West german tv penetration.svg\|thumb\|200px\|right\|Terrestrial penetration of West German TV reception (grey) in East Germany for [[Das Erste\|ARD]] first channel]]

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	[[Category:Criticism of journalism]]		[[Category:Criticism of journalism]]

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	{{short description\|East German television series of political propaganda programmes (1960–1989)}}		{{short description\|East German television series of political propaganda programmes (1960–1989)}}
	{{Infobox television		{{Infobox television
	\| image = Der schwarze kanal.jpg		\| image = Der schwarze kanal.jpg
	\| image_size = 200		\| image_size = 200
	\| image_alt =		\| image_alt =
	\| caption = Title graphic for the programme		\| caption = Title graphic for the programme
	\| alt_name =		\| alt_name =
	\| genre = [[Political satire]]		\| genre = [[Political satire]]
	\| presenter = [[Karl-Eduard von Schnitzler]]		\| presenter = [[Karl-Eduard von Schnitzler]]
	\| country = [[East Germany]]		\| country = [[East Germany]]
	\| language = German		\| language = German
	\| num_episodes = 1,519		\| num_episodes = 1,519
	\| channel = [[Deutscher Fernsehfunk\|DFF]]		\| channel = [[Deutscher Fernsehfunk\|DFF]]
	\| runtime = 20 minutes		\| runtime = 20 minutes
			\| first_aired = {{Start date\|df=y\|21 March 1960}}
	\| picture_format = [[Fullscreen (aspect ratio)\|4:3]]
	\| ~~first_aired~~ = {{~~Start~~ date\|df=y\|21 ~~March~~ ~~1960~~}}		\| last_aired = {{End date\|df=y\|30 October 1989}}
	\| last_aired = {{End date\|df=y\|30 October 1989}}
	}}		}}
	{{listen\|filename=ScwarzeKanalIntro.ogg\|title=Intro to Der schwarze Kanal, last edition 30 October 1989.\|description=\|format=[[Ogg]]}}		{{listen\|filename=ScwarzeKanalIntro.ogg\|title=Intro to Der schwarze Kanal, last edition 30 October 1989.\|description=\|format=[[Ogg]]}}

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	Around 350 of the 1,519 editions were recorded by West German institutions during their live broadcast on East German television are now in the possession of this archive. In the course of [[German reunification]], the scripts of the broadcast and the complete writings of Schnitzler's comments are available as [[PDF]] files on the [[German Broadcasting Archive]] website as mentioned in the external links. In addition, 33 editions of ''Der schwarze Kanal'' are commercially available in a 6-[[DVD]] box set released on 27 October 2016 with a total of twelve hours.		Around 350 of the 1,519 editions were recorded by West German institutions during their live broadcast on East German television are now in the possession of this archive. In the course of [[German reunification]], the scripts of the broadcast and the complete writings of Schnitzler's comments are available as [[PDF]] files on the [[German Broadcasting Archive]] website as mentioned in the external links. In addition, 33 editions of ''Der schwarze Kanal'' are commercially available in a 6-[[DVD]] box set released on 27 October 2016 with a total of twelve hours.

	In 2004, the daily newspaper ''[[Junge Welt]]'' has used the title "Schwarzer Kanal" for a weekly column, which also been produced as a video and podcast since 2019. In 2011, the conservative journalist [[Jan Fleischhauer]] has called his online column for ''[[Der Spiegel (~~online~~)\|Der Spiegel]]''.		In 2004, the daily newspaper ''[[Junge Welt]]'' has used the title "Schwarzer Kanal" for a weekly column, which also been produced as a video and podcast since 2019. In 2011, the conservative journalist [[Jan Fleischhauer]] has called his online column for ''[[Der Spiegel (website)\|Der Spiegel]]''.

	The programme was featured in the 1999 movie ''[[Sonnenallee]]'' and the 2019 TV series ''[[Deutschland 86]]''.		The programme was featured in the 1999 movie ''[[Sonnenallee]]'' and the 2019 TV series ''[[Deutschland 86]]''.

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	\| presenter = [[Karl-Eduard von Schnitzler]]		\| presenter = [[Karl-Eduard von Schnitzler]]
	\| country = [[East Germany]]		\| country = [[East Germany]]
	\| language = [[German ~~language\|German]]~~		\| language = German
	\| num_episodes = 1,519		\| num_episodes = 1,519
	\| channel = [[Deutscher Fernsehfunk\|DFF]]		\| channel = [[Deutscher Fernsehfunk\|DFF]]

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	==History==		==History==
		⚫	The programme was hosted by [[Karl-Eduard von Schnitzler]] and began on 21 March 1960, within the name "Black Channel" is a play on words: in the German language "black channel" is a [[euphemism]] by plumbers for a sewer (compare English soil pipe). The name and the concept of the programme were originally a reaction to a West German programme named ''Die rote Optik'' ''("The Red Viewpoint")'' authored by journalist [[:de:Thilo Koch\|Thilo Koch]], which ran between 1958 and 1960 and analysed East German television clips.<ref name="DRA">{{cite web\| url = http://sk.dra.de/ \| title = Die digitalisierten Sendemanuskripte - Der schwarze Kanal \| accessdate = 2007-05-12 \| last = Grape \| first = Andreas \|date=September 2000 \| publisher = Deutsches Rundfunkarchiv \|language = German \| quote = With the transmission title black channel was meant also the west television, by itself the "dirt and Unrat, which would have to actually flow on the sewage farms", thus moderator of Schnitzler, into the dwellings of the spectators poured. Karl Eduard von Schnitzler, who coined/shaped the transmission by editorship and presentation as Chefkommentator of the GDR television considerably, wanted to serve here "to a certain extent as purification plant"}}</ref> Although the programme was primarily intended for domestic consumption, as the makers (at least in the early days) hoped that those in the West who could receive DFF would also watch.<ref name="DRA"/> The tones of his speech were described as polemical and aggressive by the Institute of Philology of the [[Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich]].
⚫	[[Image:West german tv penetration.svg\|thumb\|200px\|right\|Terrestrial penetration of West German TV reception (grey) in East Germany for [[Das Erste\|ARD]] first channel]]
⚫	The programme was hosted by [[Karl-Eduard von Schnitzler]] and began on 21 March 1960, within the name "Black Channel" is a play on words: in the German language "black channel" is a [[euphemism]] by plumbers for a sewer (compare English soil pipe). The name and the concept of the programme were originally a reaction to a West German programme named ''Die rote Optik'' ''("The ~~red~~ ~~viewpoint~~")'' authored by journalist [[:de:Thilo Koch\|Thilo Koch]], which ran between 1958 and 1960 and analysed East German television clips.<ref name="DRA">{{cite web\| url = http://sk.dra.de/ \| title = Die digitalisierten Sendemanuskripte - Der schwarze Kanal \| accessdate = 2007-05-12 \| last = Grape \| first = Andreas \|date=September 2000 \| publisher = Deutsches Rundfunkarchiv \|language = German \| quote = With the transmission title black channel was meant also the west television, by itself the "dirt and Unrat, which would have to actually flow on the sewage farms", thus moderator of Schnitzler, into the dwellings of the spectators poured. Karl Eduard von Schnitzler, who coined/shaped the transmission by editorship and presentation as Chefkommentator of the GDR television considerably, wanted to serve here "to a certain extent as purification plant"}}</ref> Although the programme was primarily intended for domestic consumption, as the makers (at least in the early days) hoped that those in the West who could receive DFF would also watch.<ref name="DRA"/> The tones of his speech were described as polemical and aggressive by the Institute of Philology of the [[Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich]].

		⚫	[[Image:West german tv penetration.svg\|thumb\|200px\|right\|Terrestrial penetration of West German TV reception (grey) in East Germany for [[Das Erste\|ARD]] first channel]]
	The geography of [[History of Germany (1945–1990)\|divided Germany]] meant that West German television signals (particularly [[ARD (broadcaster)\|ARD]]) could be received fairly readily in most of East Germany. Areas with no reception (black) such as parts of Eastern [[Saxony]] around [[Dresden]] were jokingly referred to as "Valley of the Clueless" ''([[Tal der Ahnungslosen]])'',<ref>{{cite news\| url = https://www.nytimes.com/1994/11/09/business/worldbusiness/09iht-east.html \| title = East Germany Struggles, 5 Years After Wall Fell \| accessdate = 2007-05-12 \| last = Mitchener \| first = Brandon \| date = 1994-11-09 \| newspaper = [[International Herald Tribune]]}}</ref> showing acronyms [[ZDF]] and ARD accounted for ''Zentrales Deutsches Fernsehen Außer Rügen und Dresden'' (Central German TV except [[Rügen]] and Dresden). Whilst radio signals from international broadcasters like the [[BBC World Service\|BBC]] and the [[United States\|American]]-backed local station [[Rundfunk im amerikanischen Sektor\|RIAS]] in [[West Berlin]] could be [[Radio jamming\|jammed]], it was diplomatically and technically awkward to block West German television as it would have been impossible to do so (with any degree of effectiveness) without affecting reception in parts of West Germany as well which (apart from being outlawed by treaty) in turn could have prompted the West Germans to retaliate against Eastern broadcasts.<ref name="Hancock" />		The geography of [[History of Germany (1945–1990)\|divided Germany]] meant that West German television signals (particularly [[ARD (broadcaster)\|ARD]]) could be received fairly readily in most of East Germany. Areas with no reception (black) such as parts of Eastern [[Saxony]] around [[Dresden]] were jokingly referred to as "Valley of the Clueless" ''([[Tal der Ahnungslosen]])'',<ref>{{cite news\| url = https://www.nytimes.com/1994/11/09/business/worldbusiness/09iht-east.html \| title = East Germany Struggles, 5 Years After Wall Fell \| accessdate = 2007-05-12 \| last = Mitchener \| first = Brandon \| date = 1994-11-09 \| newspaper = [[International Herald Tribune]]}}</ref> showing acronyms [[ZDF]] and ARD accounted for ''Zentrales Deutsches Fernsehen Außer Rügen und Dresden'' (Central German TV except [[Rügen]] and Dresden). Whilst radio signals from international broadcasters like the [[BBC World Service\|BBC]] and the [[United States\|American]]-backed local station [[Rundfunk im amerikanischen Sektor\|RIAS]] in [[West Berlin]] could be [[Radio jamming\|jammed]], it was diplomatically and technically awkward to block West German television as it would have been impossible to do so (with any degree of effectiveness) without affecting reception in parts of West Germany as well which (apart from being outlawed by treaty) in turn could have prompted the West Germans to retaliate against Eastern broadcasts.<ref name="Hancock" />