Gerhard Karl Theodor Hans Schröder (3 March 1921 – 23 January 2012[1]) was a German radio and television executive.Schröder was born in Bad Wildungen and studied law and political economics in Marburg.From 1961 to 1973 he was director of the Norddeutscher Rundfunk, having been a member of the governing body for six years.As the head of NDR, in 1970/71 he served as chairman of the ARD.In his time there, among other things, the regional television news magazine Buten un binnen was launched in 1980.
