No peace pipe at Radio 1 and RBB

 Around ten days ago, it looked as if the ongoing dispute between Zurich-based Radio 1 and Rundfunk Berlin-Brandenburg (RBB) could be settled amicably. Now, however, Roger Schawinski's broadcaster has announced that his talks with RBB director Dagmar Reim have not produced any results. The mediation proposals submitted were rejected as insufficient (see ). The dispute revolves around the name and claim, as there has been a Radio eins under the RBB umbrella since 1997, which also advertises with the slogan "For adults only". RBB no longer disputes that Radio 1 is allowed to use the station name, Schawinski's station writes further. However, the German media company continues to insist that the Zurich radio station does not use the claim "Only for adults". RBB wants to protect itself from other radio stations also using this claim. Zurich-based Radio 1 has had the term "Radio 1 - Nur für Erwachsene" (Radio 1 - Adults Only) protected under trademark law in Switzerland. Schawinski also argues that the founder of the German radio station Radio eins, Helmut Lehnert, gave him the claim free of charge. RBB, on the other hand, is of the opinion that Lehnert is now head of entertainment at RBB television and is in no way entitled to give away the claim or name (see
). Should the matter now go to court, Schawinski is looking forward to it calmly, the press release continues. He hopes that the matter can finally be clarified.