Overview: Soccer Made in Germany was a PBS show that ran from 1976 until 1988. The program, distributed to 256 PBS member stations by the German Educational Television Network was initially sponsored by KQED Channel 9, San Francisco. The - Emmy Nominated - weekly series featured hour long edited highlights of games involving West German association football teams and select international and European cup games from UEFA. The show was hosted by Toby Charles from 1976-1983. Soccer Made In Germany showed a Woman Soccer German CUP match from Frankfurt in 1981, pioneering the sport to U.S. audiences, and promoted girls/women soccer in schools and universities a trend that has been very successful to date. View #Soccer Made In Germany CLIP
German Educational TV also produced a daily SPECIAL program life from its New York studios presenting highlights of the day from the 1982 World Cup from Spain. This was the first time that World Cup was presented on Public Television in the United States bringing the sport to millions of homes each day, and leading up to the FINAL MATCH which was also live-broadcast on ABC-Network as a FIRST LIVE showing of a FIFA WORLD CUP event on U.S. network TV.
