Radio 1 launched without incident
Zurich radio producer Roger Schawinski's new station went into full operation early Monday morning. Radio 1 started at 5:30 a.m. sharp with a short news program and the weather forecast.
Zurich radio producer Roger Schawinski's new station went into full operation early Monday morning. Radio 1 started at 5:30 a.m. sharp with a short news program and the weather forecast. The broadcast started without incident. Morning presenters Marc Jäggi and Irina Hollander left it at a brief reference to the launch of the full program.
Since then, as announced, only hits from the past decades can be heard. Schawinski's concept is to broadcast a maximum of three current songs per hour and otherwise rely on a large selection of hits from days gone by.
After the Zurich City Council forwarded a recommendation to the Federal Council to grant a license to the new station, which is expressly designed "for adults", thereby snubbing the stations Radio 24 and Radio Energy, which are very popular with listeners, owner Schawinski can look to the future with confidence.
With Radio 1, he claims to offer high-quality information and discussion programs. To achieve this goal, he has put together an editorial team of highly experienced journalists. The program includes a daily column, a political satire and a focus show. In addition to many former employees of Schawinski's former station Radio 24, Weltwoche publisher Roger Köppel and Persönlich editor-in-chief Matthias Ackeret have also been signed up as columnists.
The start of broadcasting therefore went smoothly. However, the station's new website was not accessible on Monday morning. As editorial director Sandro Brotz explained when asked by SDA, the web server collapsed due to the large number of page views. They are busy fixing the problem.
Since then, as announced, only hits from the past decades can be heard. Schawinski's concept is to broadcast a maximum of three current songs per hour and otherwise rely on a large selection of hits from days gone by.
After the Zurich City Council forwarded a recommendation to the Federal Council to grant a license to the new station, which is expressly designed "for adults", thereby snubbing the stations Radio 24 and Radio Energy, which are very popular with listeners, owner Schawinski can look to the future with confidence.
With Radio 1, he claims to offer high-quality information and discussion programs. To achieve this goal, he has put together an editorial team of highly experienced journalists. The program includes a daily column, a political satire and a focus show. In addition to many former employees of Schawinski's former station Radio 24, Weltwoche publisher Roger Köppel and Persönlich editor-in-chief Matthias Ackeret have also been signed up as columnists.
The start of broadcasting therefore went smoothly. However, the station's new website was not accessible on Monday morning. As editorial director Sandro Brotz explained when asked by SDA, the web server collapsed due to the large number of page views. They are busy fixing the problem.
