Bakom scenarios for VHF coverage

The Federal Office of Communications (Bakom) has published the final report of the VHF 2001 study group, and the experts have divided their proposals on how to optimize the use of the scarce VHF frequency resources into five scenarios: Gentle optimization of current FM coverage, new technology to increase the number of channels broadcast, increasing the reception quality of existing channels, dividing the frequency band into one area each for the SRG and private broadcasters, and promoting the introduction of Digital Audio Broadcasting (DAB). The 61-page report can be downloaded as a PDF file from the OFCOM website (www.bakom.ch).