Wrabetz plans redesign
Following his surprise election, the new ORF Director General, Alexander Wrabetz, has announced changes and improvements.
The new ORF Director General Alexander Wrabetz announces rapid innovations and improvements for the program under his leadership. According to Kurier.at, he is even planning a "complete redesign" of primetime from 7.30 to 8.15 pm. Decentralization is also planned.
The Social Democratic candidate Wrabetz had surprisingly prevailed on Thursday in the vote for the post of ORF Director-General. With his victory, Chancellor Wolfgang Schüssel's ruling People's Party (ÖVP) suffered a heavy defeat - Monika Lindner, the incumbent Director General with close ties to the ÖVP, lost by 12 votes to 20. Wrabetz was previously the commercial director of ORF and will take up his new post on January 1, 2007.
