The well-known and popular "Tagesschau" spokesman Jan Hofer will retire towards the end of the year.
One or the other colleague cannot make friends with this idea yet.
A long-standing TV face leaves the ARD's “Tagesschau” *.
Chief spokesman Jan Hofer is retiring.
Successor has already been determined.
Colleague Linda Zervakis is sentimental: "I don't even like to think about it"
Update from September 26th:
After 35 years an era is coming to an end -
Jan Hofer is
leaving the “Tagesschau” as chief spokesman and is
retiring.
The end of the year should be over and a successor is already in the starting blocks:
Jens Riewa is following
in Hofer's footsteps.
This farewell is not only sad for fans - “Tagesschau” colleague
Linda Zervakis
is not
exactly
happy about the upcoming event either.
In her Instagram story, she shares a photo of the Tagesschau spokesman with the words: “I don't even like to think about it”.
ARD hammer!
Jan Hofer leaves - the “Tagesschau” gets a new one
Our first report from September 25th:
Hamburg -
“At some point it has to
be over
, I can't go on forever,” Hofer
told
Bild am Sonntag
last May
.
He's been doing his job at least
three years longer
than it was originally planned.
So maybe his departure had already indicated.
There are various statements about his age, according to which he is
either 68 or 70
.
Well-known "Tagesschau" spokesman Jan Hofer gets out: his successor has already been determined
Hofer's successor,
Riewa,
has also been on
ARD's
“Tagesschau”
for a long time
. * He comes from Lübbenau in
Brandenburg
.
After graduating from high school, he first became an
air traffic controller
, but then opted for professional training as a speaker.
He has been
presenting the news
since
1991
, initially as an off-screen voice, and since 1994 also in front of the camera.
He went on excursions into
TV entertainment
, for example, as a presenter of the
"Deutsche Schlagerparade"
.
Riewa follows in big footsteps.
After all, his predecessor joined the
“Tagesschau” team in Hamburg
in 1985
.
He has been
chief spokesman
there since 2004
.
Before him, Karl-Heinz Köpcke, Werner Veigel, Dagmar Berghoff and Jo Brauner had guided the “Tagesschau” in this function.
Jens Riewa succeeds Jan Hofer as tagesschau chief spokesman https://t.co/ThBW3YA7bN #JanHofer #JensRiewa
- tagesschau (@tagesschau) September 25, 2020
Jan Hofer: His long career at “Tagesschau” will come to an end in 2020
Jan Hofer
is not only known as a newscaster on German
TV
.
The native Rhinelander also appeared as a
presenter of entertainment programs.
Until 2012, Hofer hosted the
MDR's
“Riverboat Talk Show” for
21 years
.
(dpa / mam) * tz.de is part of the Ippen-Digital network.
In the video: Jan Hofer spoke openly about an exit in May
