Radio Grischa celebrates its 20th birthday with a special program
Radio Grischa will celebrate its 20th anniversary on Tuesday, December 9, 2008. During the celebration, a special program will look back on the past 20 years.
Radio Grischa is celebrating its 20th anniversary on Tuesday, December 9, 2008. During the anniversary, a special program will look back on the past 20 years. Former employees will describe their most memorable experiences and Grischa founder Matthias Lauterburg will talk about the early days of the Grisons regional station. The radio producers also present the funniest mishaps and slips of the tongue.
The station is also giving away a total of 6,000 cakes. These will be distributed from 6 a.m. on Tuesday morning in a 12-hour campaign that starts at Chur station and runs through the entire broadcasting area. Each cake contains a lucky ticket with the chance to win the birthday jackpot of CHF 3,000, which will be raffled off in a show on the evening of the birthday. When and where exactly the radio team will be on the road will be announced on the station on an ongoing basis, writes the Graubünden regional broadcaster in a press release on Monday.
Radio Grischa went on air on December 9, 1988. To mark its 25th anniversary, the Union Bank of Switzerland (UBS) had the idea of producing its own radio station for Graubünden for a month. Under the direction of Bernese radio man Matthias Lauterburg (formerly of Radio DRS), the newly created Radio Grischa went on air for the first time on June 13, 1987 at midnight with the night show "Grischa Nachtfalter". The station then applied to the federal government for a license for permanent operation. On December 9, 1988, it was broadcast for the first time as a full 24-hour program.
In addition to program director Matthias Lauterburg, the 15-strong team at the time included Andri Franziskus (now SF Tagesschau), Gieri Spescha (now head of PR for Graubünden Ferien), Gianluca Galgani (now SF Italy correspondent), Yvonne Dünser (now Radio DRS) and Roman Howey Senn, who recently made a comeback at Radio Grischa.
The station is also giving away a total of 6,000 cakes. These will be distributed from 6 a.m. on Tuesday morning in a 12-hour campaign that starts at Chur station and runs through the entire broadcasting area. Each cake contains a lucky ticket with the chance to win the birthday jackpot of CHF 3,000, which will be raffled off in a show on the evening of the birthday. When and where exactly the radio team will be on the road will be announced on the station on an ongoing basis, writes the Graubünden regional broadcaster in a press release on Monday.
Radio Grischa went on air on December 9, 1988. To mark its 25th anniversary, the Union Bank of Switzerland (UBS) had the idea of producing its own radio station for Graubünden for a month. Under the direction of Bernese radio man Matthias Lauterburg (formerly of Radio DRS), the newly created Radio Grischa went on air for the first time on June 13, 1987 at midnight with the night show "Grischa Nachtfalter". The station then applied to the federal government for a license for permanent operation. On December 9, 1988, it was broadcast for the first time as a full 24-hour program.
In addition to program director Matthias Lauterburg, the 15-strong team at the time included Andri Franziskus (now SF Tagesschau), Gieri Spescha (now head of PR for Graubünden Ferien), Gianluca Galgani (now SF Italy correspondent), Yvonne Dünser (now Radio DRS) and Roman Howey Senn, who recently made a comeback at Radio Grischa.
