Uvek: Radio and licensing decisions fall on Friday
The long-awaited decisions on the controversial licensing areas for regional television and FM radio will be announced on Friday. A Bakom spokesperson told Werbewoche that a lot of time had deliberately been taken to minimize the number of objections from licence applicants who would be left empty-handed when the licences were awarded.
The long-awaited decisions on the disputed licensing areas for regional television and FM radio will be publicly announced on Friday, October 31, 2008, at 10.30 a.m. in Bern. The first announcement by the Department of the Environment, Energy and Communications (Uvek) in July 2008 concerned the non-contested areas.
The radio decision for the greater Zurich region (Region 23) is particularly eagerly awaited. Five radio stations are bidding for three licenses there, including 105züri (Giuseppe Scaglione), Radio24 (Tamedia), Energy Zürich (51% owned by Ringier), Radio 1 (Roger Schawinski) and Radio Zürisee (Radio Zürisee AG).
Bakom spokesperson Roberto Rivola told Werbewoche that the selection process and the reasons for the licensing decisions had been made very precise and that a longer processing time had been accepted. The aim was to prevent objections that could delay the entry into force of the license. When asked whether there were any surprises, he said with a laugh that there were winners and losers.
The Aargau region, where Roger Schawinski is challenging Peter Wanner's Radio Argovia with Radio AG, and the south-eastern Switzerland region, where Schawinski is competing against Hanspeter Lebrument's Radio Grischa with Radio Südost, also deserve special attention among the license areas. It will also be interesting to see whether Matthias Hagemann's Basler Zeitung Medien receives one of the two licenses for the 17 Basel region.
The radio decision for the greater Zurich region (Region 23) is particularly eagerly awaited. Five radio stations are bidding for three licenses there, including 105züri (Giuseppe Scaglione), Radio24 (Tamedia), Energy Zürich (51% owned by Ringier), Radio 1 (Roger Schawinski) and Radio Zürisee (Radio Zürisee AG).
Bakom spokesperson Roberto Rivola told Werbewoche that the selection process and the reasons for the licensing decisions had been made very precise and that a longer processing time had been accepted. The aim was to prevent objections that could delay the entry into force of the license. When asked whether there were any surprises, he said with a laugh that there were winners and losers.
The Aargau region, where Roger Schawinski is challenging Peter Wanner's Radio Argovia with Radio AG, and the south-eastern Switzerland region, where Schawinski is competing against Hanspeter Lebrument's Radio Grischa with Radio Südost, also deserve special attention among the license areas. It will also be interesting to see whether Matthias Hagemann's Basler Zeitung Medien receives one of the two licenses for the 17 Basel region.
