Awarding of licenses: Energy Zürich and Tele Züri come away empty-handed

Early Friday morning, after months of deliberation, Bakom finally awarded the last 21 licences for FM radio and regional television stations. Radio 24, Radio 1 and Radio Zürisee won the race in the highly competitive Greater Zurich area. Radio Energy and Tele Züri will no longer receive licenses. Federal Councillor Leuenberger had to decide between 25 applicants for the 14 radio licences and between 14 applicants for the remaining 7 television licences.
As can be seen from the reactions of the radio stations, Tamedia's traditional station Radio24 will continue to receive a license in Zurich. In contrast, the TV station Tele Züri, which also belongs to Tamedia, and Radio Energy, which is majority-owned by Ringier, will be left empty-handed. Tele Top in Winterthur, on the other hand, was considered.
Roger Schwawinski had submitted four licenses at once. He is now allowed to broadcast his station Radio 1 in the Zurich-Glarus region. On the other hand, he was left empty-handed in Aargau and south-eastern Switzerland. The busy Basel radio producer Giuseppe Scaglione has good reason to be happy. In addition to the youth radio license he was awarded a while ago, his station Radio Monte Carlo Züri has now been awarded a second FM frequency.
In Basel, the licenses will be distributed to the existing stations Radio Basilisk and Radio Basel 1. So everything remains the same. Christian Heeb and his RBB project have failed.
Radio Argovia will remain on air in the canton of Aargau for the next ten years. The station received a broadcasting license from the federal government, as Radio Argovia announced on Friday. Roger Schawinski had also applied for a license. Radio Argovia, which was founded 18 years ago, belongs to the AZ Medien Group. The cantonal government had spoken out in favor of a new license for the radio station, subject to conditions.
Tele Züri is naturally not at all pleased with Bakom's decision. The decision not to grant a license to Switzerland's oldest and most successful private television station was met with incomprehension, according to a press release. The company is now examining the possibility of contesting the decision as well as the chances of broadcasting without a license.

THE OVERVIEW
FM radios
Zurich-Glarus coverage area: Radio 24, Radio 1 and Radio Zürisee will be licensed. Energy Zürich and 105 Züri will not receive a license.
City of Zurich coverage area: Radio Monte Carlo RMC Züri is licensed. Radio 1 and Züri Live do not receive a license.
Basel coverage area: Basel 1 and Radio Basilisk are licensed. RBB does not receive a license.
Coverage area Aargau: Radio Argovia is licensed. Radio AG does not receive a license.
Coverage area Südostschweiz: Radio Grischa is licensed. Radio Südost does not receive a license.
Arc Lémanique coverage area: Radio Lac, Lausanne FM, Rouge MF and Buzz FM are licensed. Léman Local SA and One FM will not receive a license.
Geneva coverage area: Radio Cité is licensed. Radio Meyrin FM does not receive a license.
Arc Jurassien coverage area: Arc FM is licensed. LuNE does not receive a license.

Regional television
Zurich-North-Eastern Switzerland coverage area: Tele Top is licensed. Tele Züri does not receive a license.
Eastern Switzerland coverage area: Tele Ostschweiz is licensed. Tele Säntis does not receive a license.
Aargau-Solothurn coverage area: Tele M1 is licensed. Tele ALF will not receive a license.
Central Switzerland coverage area: Tele 1 is licensed, Tele Tell does not receive a license.
Vaud-Fribourg coverage area: Vaud Fribourg TV (Edipresse SA) is licensed. Vaud Fribourg TV does not receive a license.
Valais coverage area: Tele Canal 9 is licensed; Valais-Wallis TV does not receive a license.
Arc Jurassien coverage area: Canal Alpha is licensed. Arc TV does not receive a license.