Nik Eugster new program director at Capital FM

Change in the program management of the capital city radio station Capital FM: 29-year-old Nik Eugster will take over responsibility for the Capital FM program from September. He replaces Frederik Stucki, who is moving on to new challenges after two years of development work, as announced by Capital FM owner Espace Media. Eugster has been active in the radio business for eight years. In 2002, he already worked as a morning presenter for Radio Extra Bern, the predecessor station of Capital FM. For the past four years, Eugster has managed the Biel-based radio station Canal 3. He also completed the MAS course in "Communication Management and Leadership" at the Zurich University of Applied Sciences in Winterthur. Eugster will continue to be responsible for Canal 3 programming until Canal3 is sold to a new owner. In connection with the merger of the Bern-based Espace Media Groupe and the Zurich-based Tamedia, a new main shareholder will have to be found for the Biel-based Canal 3 channel in the near future.
Frederik Stucki has successfully shaped the development of the new capital city radio station over the past two years. Since the transformation of Radio Extra Bern into Capital FM at the beginning of 2006, the station has increased its daily listenership by around 12 percent from 76,000 in the first half of 2006 to 85,000 in the first half of 2007.