Heuberger's Tele Top is in top shape

 
Concessions Tamedia is losing out in Schaffhausen and has support in Basel. 
This was not necessarily to be expected: the Schaffhausen government has given Tele Top preference over the joint TV project of Tele Züri and Schaffhauser Fernsehen (SHTV). In its consultation response to the various license applications in Eastern Switzerland, the Schaffhausen government stated that TeleZüri was also a good candidate. However, Tele Top, where the Winterthur radio and TV producer Günter Heuberger is in charge, offers more of a guarantee that the Schaffhausen region will be considered. This is because Tele Top is geographically anchored in the Winterthur-Frauenfeld-Schaffhausen area. TeleZüri, on the other hand, will continue to focus on the greater Zurich area.Heuberger reacted immediately - and was delighted. This was a completely surprising decision that he "never expected". He thanked the Schaffhausen government and promised to contact SHTV as requested. However, Heuberger also gave the head of SHTV, Norbert Neininger, the tariff. In the event that Tele Top was actually licensed by the Federal Office of Communications, there would be no room for "politically one-sided statements" à la SHTV during elections and votes. Heuberger will also not support the so-called Tele Blocher, a weekly program with the former Federal Councillor. This is "not compatible with the principle of balance ... and the journalistic duty of care".
There was also a small surprise in north-western Switzerland. There, the governments of the two Basel half-cantons expressed their goodwill towards the existing local radio stations Basel 1 (Basler Zeitung Medien) and Basilisk (Tamedia). In the case of the third applicant, the new Radio RBB ("Radio that offers more Basel") of former Basilisk co-founder Christian Heeb, the governments expressed doubts about its economic viability. Speaking of TeleBasel: this is supported by both Basel governments.
A fourth statement was also available from the canton of Solothurn at the time of going to press. The government there is in favor of relicensing Radio 32. There are no reasons for no longer granting the local station a broadcasting license. Radio 32 is the only applicant for an FM license in the Solothurn-Olten region. (mk)