Vladislav Listyev is a person who personified the journalism of the end of the USSR and modern times. He was the one who could confidently start perestroika and reform of any established business. He got on television in 1987. It was then that Channel One decided to launch the Vzglyad program.
Transmission "Glance"
The broadcast of Central Television was conceived not so much as revolutionary, but rather as showing new trends. The bottom line was that it was necessary to convey to the viewer, the common people, the spirit of perestroika.
They talked live on various topics and raised topical issues. For the first time, a direct dialogue with the viewer appeared. During the broadcast, they turned on not only foreign music, which was not on the screens, but also let on television those Union musicians whose views did not coincide with those of the party. New faces, views. All this formed the basis of the program "Vzglyad".
Young and ambitious journalists were invited to the project. The leader is 30-year-old Vladislav Listyev. In addition to him, the team included Dmitry Zakharov and Sasha Lyubimov. Each presenter had a role to play. Listyev was supposed to become a ladies' man, Zakharov appeared to the audience as a smart guy, and Lyubimov - a Westerner. Gradually the roles changed. Only Zakharov remained that wise guy.
From the very start, the project became loud and scandalous. Journalist Andrei Razbash says that at the very beginning the first anti-communist stories were broadcast. The viewer loved it. Many believed that this was a command from the "top" and reacted calmly to the innovations. But, it didn’t apply to music. As soon as uninhibited videos of Western performers began to appear on the air, the older generation was shocked.
The editorial office received calls from various party functionaries. They were furious. Say, where did you get these Jews, remove the scoundrels who have no conscience and honor from the air.
Criticism also poured in from members of the Union of Cinematographers. The presenters were suspended for 2 months. But the loudest was the story that came out on New Year's Eve 1990. It dealt with the resignation of the Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Shevardnadze Union. This brought the party functionaries to the boiling point. In January 1991, a decision was made to suspend the broadcast. The program should have disappeared.
There is nothing surprising here. In those days, the lines of restructuring were already outlined. There were such processes in the country that it was not only forbidden to cover, but also dangerous. Ultimately, the "Look" gradually began to cease to exist. The last three broadcasts on August 22, 23 and 25, 1991 became fatal not only for the program, but for the entire Union. It was on the air of Vzglyad that Gorbachev addressed all citizens of the Union from Foros. Then he said that he was closed at the dacha and they tried to remove him from office.
Vzglyad was revived in 1992. But that was already a different program. More rigid and unprincipled. The program was officially, finally and irrevocably closed in 2001. At this time, there was no longer the main star of the program - Vlad Listyev. He was killed. Vladislav became a victim of the reforms and restructuring that he started on Central Television.
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