SRG: Commission President Hermann Battaglia resigns
Hermann Battaglia, chairman of the programming committee of SRG Bern Freiburg Valais (RGB), is stepping down at the end of 2009 for health reasons. He is also resigning from the RGB board of directors.
Hermann Battaglia has been Chairman of the Program Commission and a member of the Board of Directors for ten years. From 1993 to 1999, he chaired the Audience Council of SRG Deutschschweiz. On November 15, 2007, Battaglia was elected as a delegate of the SRG. Ensuring quality in journalism and the public service have always been of great concern to Battaglia, according to an SRG communiqué. Battaglia will remain a delegate of SRG and a member of the Media Policy Commission. Vice-President Maja Bachmann-Kuster and Vice-President Beat Stähli will co-chair the Program Commission until the 2010 General Assembly.
