Andreas Blum

{{Short description|Swiss journalist and actor (1936–2024)}}

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Andreas Blum (21 February 1938 – 26 January 2024) was a Swiss radio journalist and actor, and director of Schweizer Radio DRS (1979–1999).{{Cite web |title=Helveticat 110641702X |url=https://helveticat.nb.admin.ch/discovery/search?&tab=LibraryCatalog&search_scope=MyInstitution&vid=41SNL_51_INST:helveticat&lang=de&offset=0&query=lds50,contains,110641702X |access-date=31 January 2024 |website=helveticat.nb.admin.ch |language=en}} {{full citation|date=March 2024}}{{Cite web |date=29 November 2010 |title=Andreas Blum: Die Schweiz braucht eine neue Medienordnung {{!}} Journal21 |url=https://www.journal21.ch/artikel/andreas-blum-die-schweiz-braucht-eine-neue-medienordnung |access-date=31 January 2024 |website=www.journal21.ch |language=de}}

Blum grew up in Zug, and after studying history and philosophy in Munich, Bern and Basel, he joined SRG in 1967. He appeared in the television series Salto Mortale and has presented numerous programmes on Swiss television, such as Telebühne.{{cite web|access-date=29 January 2024|date=29 January 2024|title=Ehemaliger Radiodirektor Andreas Blum gestorben|url=https://www.blick.ch/politik/er-wurde-85-jahre-alt-ehemaliger-radiodirektor-andreas-blum-gestorben-id19380577.html|website=blick.ch}}{{Cite web |title=Andreas Blum {{!}} Actor |url=https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0089615/ |access-date=31 January 2024 |website=IMDb |language=en-US}}

Blum died on 26 January 2024, at the age of 85.{{Cite web |date=29 January 2024 |title=Nachruf auf Andreas Blum – Das Berner Multitalent, das sein Umfeld vor Rätsel stellte |url=https://www.derbund.ch/ehemaliger-radiodirektor-aus-bern-andreas-blum-ist-85-jaehrig-gestorben-170668334612 |access-date=31 January 2024 |website=Der Bund |language=de}}