13,000 people against radio license decision in Graubünden
On Wednesday in Bern, a committee from Graubünden submitted a petition with 12,907 signatures to the federal government. They are calling for a revision of the radio license decision for Graubünden and Glarus, which was made earlier this year. As of 2025, Radio Südostschweiz (RSO) lost its license to a new station owned by media entrepreneur Roger Schawinski.
The committee with the name "RSO ds Radio vu do blibt do" has been collecting signatures against the decision since the end of January, the committee wrote in a press release on Wednesday. "Many people in the cantons of Graubünden, Glarus and St. Gallen want the decision to award the radio license for the years 2025-2034 to be reconsidered and go back to Radio Südostschweiz."
At the beginning of the year, the Graubünden-based broadcaster Radio Südostschweiz, part of the Somedia Group, lost its license after 35 years when the Federal Office of Communications (OFCOM) awarded radio licenses (Werbewoche.ch reported). The contract was awarded to Zurich media entrepreneur Roger Schawinski, who submitted an application for a new radio station under the name Radio Alpin.
At the end of April, Schawinski also announced that he wanted to use the name "Radio Grischa" for his new Graubünden radio station. Until 2015, however, today's Radio Südostschweiz from Chur broadcast under the name Radio Grischa. The station was then renamed. (SDA/swi)
