Katharina "Kati" Bellowitsch (born 13 June 1974) is an

Austria Austria, formally the Republic of Austria, is a landlocked country in Central Europe, lying in the Eastern Alps. It is a federation of nine Federal states of Austria, states, of which the capital Vienna is the List of largest cities in Aust ...

n radio and TV presenter.

Career

Born in

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, Bellowitsch trained as a

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before becoming, in 1996, a presenter at a commercial radio station in Styria ''( Antenne Steiermark)''. Since 2000, she has been working for the

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, both for

Hitradio Ö3 Hitradio Ö3 is one of the nationwide radio stations of Austria's public broadcaster ORF. The format focuses, since a reform in the late 1990s almost exclusively, on contemporary hit radio, specialising in pop music and chart hits from the 1980s ...

and

children's television Children's television series (or children's television shows) are Television show, television programs designed specifically for Child, children. They are typically characterised by easy-going content devoid of sensitive or adult themes and are ...

, in particular a weekly and a daily programme called ''Forscherexpress'' ("Researchers' Express"), where children are introduced into the world of

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, and ''Drachenschatz'' (Dragon's treasure), which is a quiz show for children. She co-hosts in both of them with

Thomas Brezina Thomas C. Brezina (born 30 January 1963) is an Austrian writer of children's books and TV-Presenter. He is especially known for his series, '' The Knickerbocker Gang'', ''A Case for You and the Tiger-Team'' and his stories about the talking bike ...

. In February 2010, she was a presenter at the

Vienna Opera Ball The Vienna Opera Ball (German: ''Wiener Opernball'') is an annual Austrian society event which takes place in the building of the Vienna State Opera in Vienna, Austria on the Thursday preceding Ash Wednesday (a religious holiday). Together with t ...

. Bellowitsch announced Austria's voting results in the

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from 2011 to 2016, and again in 2018.

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* Austrian television presenters Austrian women television presenters Austrian radio presenters Austrian women radio presenters Mass media people from Graz 1974 births Living people ORF (broadcaster) people {{Austria-bio-stub