Christian Heeb joins NordWest 5

Local TV Christian Heeb, former head of Radio Basilisk, has acquired a stake in local TV station NordWest 5.Heeb has bought a 17 percent share and is now also a member of the board of directors of NordWest Medien AG, the station announced. The share capital has been doubled to CHF 600,000. NordWest 5 was recently granted an extension of its concession area by the federal government to cover the whole of north-western Switzerland. The TV station's Board of Directors hopes that the former radio pioneer Heeb will "significantly strengthen its position".