Peter Kloeppel

Last updated

Peter Kloeppel
Peter Kloeppel 2009.jpg
Kloeppel in 2009
Born
Peter Gert Johannes Kloeppel

(1958-10-14) 14 October 1958 (age 66)
Frankfurt am Main, West Germany
Occupation(s)Journalist, news anchor
Spouse
Carol Sagissor
​
(m. 1993)​
Children1
AwardsSee Awards

Peter Gert Johannes Kloeppel (born 14 October 1958) is a German journalist and former chief editor of RTL Television. Until 2024, he was chief anchor of RTL's flagship daily television news program RTL aktuell .

Contents

Early life and education

Kloeppel was born in Frankfurt. After completing his Abitur in Bad Homburg in 1977, he studied agriculture in Göttingen. He attended the Henri-Nannen-School in Hamburg from 1983 to 1985, making his first experiences with RTL.

Career

From 1985 onwards, Kloeppel worked at RTL's Bonn studio, before becoming the network's first correspondent in New York, covering the Gulf War in 1990 and 1991. In April 1992, Kloeppel became head anchor of the RTL evening news, and from 1994 on covered all federal and state elections in Germany.

Kloeppel gained fame and respect for his enduring coverage of the September 11 terrorist attacks in 2001; he remained on air all night and the following morning, not sleeping for more than 24 hours, and was later awarded the prestigious Grimme Preis. He also received an Emmy nomination for this very show.

Kloeppel also founded the RTL Journalistenschule für TV und Multimedia in 2001. He is the school's director and CEO.

Alongside Peter Limbourg, Kloeppel moderated the first of two TV election debates between Chancellor Gerhard Schröder and his challenger Edmund Stoiber ahead of the 2002 elections, which was aired live on two of Germany's private television channels during prime-time. [1]

On 1 November 2004, Kloeppel became RTL chief editor. On 30 July 2014 he stepped down from this position to have more time with his family. He remained chief anchor of RTL Aktuell for ten more years, finally announcing his retirement from that role for August 2024.

Alongside Maybrit Illner, Anne Will and Stefan Raab, Kloeppel also moderated the only TV election debate between incumbent chancellor Angela Merkel and her competitor Peer Steinbrück ahead of the 2013 elections, which was aired live on four of Germany's most-watched television channels during prime-time. [2] [3] Together with Pinar Atalay, he later moderated one of three TV debates between the three candidates to succeed Merkel – Annalena Baerbock, Armin Laschet and Olaf Scholz – ahead of the 2021 elections. [4]

Personal life

Kloeppel with his wife in 2017 PeterCarolKloeppel2017-05-25-18-14-50.jpg
Kloeppel with his wife in 2017

Kloeppel has been married to American television producer Carol Sagissor since 1993. Their daughter Geena was born on 21 June 1996.

Awards

Related Research Articles

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Thomas Gottschalk</span> German television host and entertainer

Thomas Johannes Gottschalk is a German radio and television host and entertainer. He is best known for hosting Wetten, dass..?, for many years Europe's biggest television show, which he steered to huge success in Germany, Austria, Switzerland and South Tyrol between 1987 and 2023. Until 2015, he was also the brand ambassador in television advertisements for Haribo confectionery.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Stefan Raab</span> German entertainer

Stefan Konrad Raab is a German entertainer, television host, television producer, and businessman. From 1999 to 2015, he hosted the late-night comedy talk show TV total on ProSieben. He also created a number of other television shows on the channel, such as Schlag den Raab and Bundesvision Song Contest.

Peter von Zahn was a German author, film maker, and journalist.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Günther Jauch</span> German television host (born 1956)

Günther Johannes Jauch is a German television presenter, television producer, and journalist, best known as the longtime host of Wer wird Millionär?, the German version of Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Anne Will</span> German television journalist and host

Anne Will is a German television journalist and host of the eponymous political talk show. She was anchorwoman of the daily Tagesthemen news broadcast on ARD from 14 April 2001 until 24 June 2007.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Harald Juhnke</span> German actor, comedian, and singer (1929–2005)

Harald Juhnke, was a German actor, comedian, and singer.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Sandra Maischberger</span> German journalist, talk show host, and author

Sandra Maischberger is a German journalist, talk show host, and author.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Hape Kerkeling</span> German comedian (born 1964)

Hans Peter Wilhelm "Hape" Kerkeling is a German comedian, TV presenter, author, and actor.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Claus Kleber</span> German journalist (born 1955)

Claus-Detlev Walter Kleber is a German journalist and former lawyer. He anchored heute-journal, an evening news program on ZDF, one of Germany's two major public TV stations. He is also known for his expertise in United States politics and German-American relations, as evidenced by his 2005 bestseller Amerikas Kreuzzüge.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Maybrit Illner</span> German journalist and television presenter (born 1965)

Maybrit Illner is a German journalist and television presenter.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Sabine Christiansen</span> German journalist and television presenter

Sabine Christiansen is a German journalist and television presenter.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Dieter Kronzucker</span> German journalist and television presenter (born 1936)

Hans-Dieter Kronzucker is a German journalist and television presenter.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Olli Dittrich</span> German television personality, comedian, actor, and musician

Oliver Michael Dittrich is a German television personality, comedian, actor, and musician.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Klaas Heufer-Umlauf</span> German television host, producer, actor and singer

Klaas Heufer-Umlauf is a German television host, producer, actor and singer. He is best known as part of the duo Joko & Klaas, alongside Joko Winterscheidt.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Marietta Slomka</span> German journalist (born 1969)

Marietta Slomka is a German journalist who has been the anchor of TV news show heute-journal since 2001.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Heinz Hoenig</span> German actor (born 1951)

Heinz Hoenig is a German actor who participated in over 100 feature films and TV productions.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Peter Limbourg</span> German broadcast journalist

Peter Limbourg is a German broadcast journalist and the Director General of Deutsche Welle.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Pinar Atalay</span> German radio and television presenter

Pinar Atalay is a German radio and television presenter.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Wiedemann & Berg Film Production</span> German film production company

Wiedemann & Berg Film is a German film production company founded by Quirin Berg and Max Wiedemann in 2003. The company's first movie The Lives of Others won the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film in 2007.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Gert Scobel</span> German journalist, television moderator, author and philosopher

Gert Scobel is a German journalist, television moderator, author and philosopher.

References

  1. ↑ Gabor Steingart (9 September 2002), Analyse zum TV-Duell: Stoiber gut, Schröder besser Spiegel Online .
  2. ↑ Huber, Joachim (6 March 2013). "Anne Will moderiert TV-Duell – 'Quote nur um der Quote willen? Nicht mit mir'". Der Tagesspiegel Online (in German). ISSN   1865-2263 . Retrieved 9 October 2021.
  3. ↑ "Merkel and Steinbrück prepare for German TV election debate". Deutsche Welle . 1 September 2013. Retrieved 9 October 2021.
  4. ↑ Frank Lübberding (29 August 2021), Vor dem Triell bei RTL: Kommt Scholz? Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung .
  5. ↑ "'Beste Information': Caren Miosga, Marietta Slomka und Peter Kloeppel". Goldene Kamera (in German). Retrieved 4 March 2017.
This page is based on this Wikipedia article
Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license; additional terms may apply.
Images, videos and audio are available under their respective licenses.