Edelweiss is the name of the Basel bride
BaZ left Basilisk and plans to join Edelweiss
BaZ exited Basilisk and wants to enter EdelweissThe Basel-Land radio Edelweiss has exceeded the turnover limit of three million francs in the business year 2001. This is the first time the station has been in the black since its near-bankruptcy six years ago. During the same period, Edelweiss, which belongs to Pool 2000, doubled its listener numbers. The current year has also started well, according to board president Bernhard Burgener: With a turnover of 800,000 Swiss francs, the station remains in the black.As a result, the former wallflower is now suddenly mutating into a sought-after bride. One of the suitors is the Basler Mediengruppe (BM), which, according to CEO Beat Meyer, wants to buy into Edelweiss. Burgener is not averse to this. Currently, many would ask for Edelweiss' hand, but "I would favor a Basel solution," he says. Meyer, for his part, emphasizes that BM is not interested in Edelweiss because of its recent black figures, but because an entry represents the only possibility for BM and its multimedia strategy to continue to be active in the radio sector, after it recently parted with the other Basel station, Radio Basilisk.
BM held a total of 40 percent of the shares in LH-Holding of Basilisk founders Hans-Ruedi Ledermann and Christian Heeb directly and indirectly through the trust company Itag of its board vice president Fritz Schuhmacher. "This participation was a blatant wrong decision," Heeb comments bluntly today. Meyer also speaks of "unfulfilled mutual expectations" and of "people who did not fit together." That's why Heeb and Ledermann sold the BM and Itag shares before
14 days bought back again.
Last weekend, the SonntagsZeitung now claimed that Tamedia wanted to get involved with Basilisk and was holding talks with Ledermann and Heeb. Heeb, however, described the article on request as "absolutely zero news". Talks were indeed being held with Radio 24 owner Tamedia, for example about new pools. "But we are not negotiating about Tamedia's participation," Heeb said. Tamedia spokesman Peter Hartmeier, for his part, confirmed that there were "talks" with the Basilisk founders. However, he gleefully left open what these talks were about.
Markus Knöpfli
BM held a total of 40 percent of the shares in LH-Holding of Basilisk founders Hans-Ruedi Ledermann and Christian Heeb directly and indirectly through the trust company Itag of its board vice president Fritz Schuhmacher. "This participation was a blatant wrong decision," Heeb comments bluntly today. Meyer also speaks of "unfulfilled mutual expectations" and of "people who did not fit together." That's why Heeb and Ledermann sold the BM and Itag shares before
14 days bought back again.
Last weekend, the SonntagsZeitung now claimed that Tamedia wanted to get involved with Basilisk and was holding talks with Ledermann and Heeb. Heeb, however, described the article on request as "absolutely zero news". Talks were indeed being held with Radio 24 owner Tamedia, for example about new pools. "But we are not negotiating about Tamedia's participation," Heeb said. Tamedia spokesman Peter Hartmeier, for his part, confirmed that there were "talks" with the Basilisk founders. However, he gleefully left open what these talks were about.
Markus Knöpfli
