''Bit, byte, gebissen'' (german for B''it, Byte, Bitten'') was a German radio program. It was the first program on computer topics on public radio in Germany, produced by the

Bayerischer Rundfunk (; "Bavarian Broadcasting"), shortened to BR (), is a public broadcasting, public-service radio and television broadcaster, based in Munich, capital city of the Bavaria, Free State of Bavaria in Germany. BR is a member organization of the ARD (b ...

(Bavarian Broadcasting). ''Bit, byte, gebissen'' was broadcast from October 1985 to September 1993. It ran weekly on Mondays and was half an hour long. The idea was of the radio program was born out of the boom of

home computer Home computers were a class of microcomputers that entered the market in 1977 and became common during the 1980s. They were marketed to consumers as affordable and accessible computers that, for the first time, were intended for the use of a s ...

s and

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s starting to fascinate youngsters at the beginning of the 1980s. Another successful program on computer topics for adolescent radio listeners was ''

Chippie ''Chippie'' (''hr2-Computermagazin'') was a German radio program. It was one of the first programs on computer topics, produced by the Hessischer Rundfunk (Hessian Broadcasting). History ''Chippie'' started in 1990. At first it was broadcast ...

'' from the

Hessischer Rundfunk (; "Hesse Broadcasting"), shortened to HR (; stylized as hr), is the German state of Hesse's public broadcasting corporation. Headquartered in Frankfurt, it is a member of the national consortium of German public broadcasting corporations, A ...

(Hessian Broadcasting), starting in 1990.

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Das erste Computermagazin {{DEFAULTSORT:Bit, Byte, Gebissen 1985 radio programme debuts 1993 radio programme endings German talk radio programs Science radio programs Bayerischer Rundfunk