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Cover of the first issue of Gong | |
| Categories | Television listings magazine |
|---|---|
| Frequency | Weekly |
| First issue | 10 October 1948 |
| Company | Funke Mediengruppe |
| Country | Germany |
| Based in | Nuremberg |
| Language | German |
| Website | www |
Gong is a German radio and (today[as of?], primarily) television listings magazine owned and published by the German media conglomerate Funke Mediengruppe.[1]
An extract from the magazine, was featured in the secondary school early '90s German textbook Zickzack, as part of a reading exercise.
The first edition of Gong appeared in October 1948.[2] The magazine is published weekly and has its headquarters in Nuremberg.[2] It was formerly based in Munich.[3]
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.[4]