"Roger vs. Roger" returns
Roger Schawinski and Roger Köppel will be crossing verbal swords again starting in February. After a break of several weeks, Radio 1 is resuming the radio talk show «Roger vs. Roger.».
The comeback show is scheduled for February 2, Radio 1 announced Wednesday. The show will take place as "Roger against Roger on tour" in front of a live audience. Radio 1 boss Roger Schawinski and Weltwoche boss Roger Köppel will meet in the Papiersaal in Zurich, true to the motto "two points of view, two opinions, two worlds".
The successful show has been suspended in recent weeks because the two protagonists have been at loggerheads (Werbewoche.ch reported). The reason for the dispute was differences over a Weltwoche article about an earlier quote by Andreas Thiel, with which Schawinski confronted the satirist in that year's Eklat-Talk. Unlike Schawinski, Köppel did not find it racist. The Radio 1 boss then complained that he had not been able to present his arguments in Weltwoche, although in return he offered Köppel a stage for his views every week. The show was then suspended and will resume in February. Whether the debate demanded by Schawinski has taken place is left open in the press release. Schawinski left an inquiry of the advertising week on Monday unanswered. (hae/pd)
