RBB: More time for Roger Schawinski

 Roger Schawinski has been given more time to respond to the demands of Rundfunk Berlin-Brandenburg (RBB). The public media company in the German capital wants Zurich-based Radio 1 to change its name and claim or alternatively to stop broadcasting via the web. RBB had actually set the Swiss media man a deadline of Friday, April 18, to respond to the demands. As Schawinski's lawyer had asked for more time, he has now been granted an extension until April 29, as RBB spokesman Ralph Kotsch told Werbewoche. Because there is also a Radio eins with the claim "Only for adults" under the RBB umbrella, the media company is bothered by the combination of three elements on the Zurich radio channel: The name, the claim and the designation of the broadcasting vessels such as "Radio 1 am Morgen". Kotsch explained that it would go to court if Schawinski did not comply with the demands.
Schawinski had described RBB's demands as grotesque and pointed out that there are countless stations called Radio 1 around the world. Moreover, his radio station, on which Swiss German is spoken, does not compete with the Berlin station either economically or in terms of listenership (see
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