Four months before the general elections, the Christian Democratic Union’s top candidate for the first time fields the questions of a studio audience. The 75-minute show broadcast from RTL Television’s Berlin studio will give around 100 citizens an opportunity to discuss the political questions on their mind with the German chancellor. In addition, viewers can submit questions via Clipfish.de – with a bit of luck, their question video will be selected and presented to the chancellor.
The show, co-produced by RTL Television and Spiegel TV, will be moderated by Maria Gresz and RTL Television’s editor-in-chief, Peter Kloeppel. Internet users can watch the Townhall Meeting as a live stream on RTL.de from 21:45, accompanied by a chat on the website. Afterwards, the show may be viewed in full length and for free at RTLnow.de.
104.6 RTL and 105'5 Spreeradio listeners will also be given the unique opportunity to ask Angela Merkel their own personal question in this discussion round, which includes Alida Kubala, a 104.6 RTL listener, and Gerard Hendrik van Echten, a 105’5 Spreeradio listener. Both radio stations will broadcast the Townhall Meeting sometime next week.
The Townhall Meeting on 17 May marks the start of RTL Television’s extensive election-year coverage. Just six days later, on 23 May, Peter Kloeppel will report from Berlin on the election of the Federal President. During the day he will keep viewers abreast of the election, and in the early evening will summarise the results and people’s reactions to them in an RTL Aktuell election special.
15 May 2009 - RTL Television / RTL Interactive / 104.6 RTL / 105'5 Spreeradio, Germany