The Basel Culture Award 2018 goes to Radio X
The 2018 Basel Culture Prize, worth 20,000 francs, has been awarded to Radio X. With this award, the government aims to recognize the significant role that this non-commercial local radio station in Basel plays in the region’s cultural scene.
Radio X impresses with its high-contrast program with around 25 special shows, its social commitment and its integrative character for the cultural city of Basel, according to a government statement on Friday. The station is also an important training center for young journalists. Radio X would not only propagate integration, participation and accessibility, but also live and implement them in everyday journalistic life with its organizational form. The government considers the intercultural commitment, the dedication to cultural participation and the low threshold to be worthy of support.
Radio X went on air in 1998. According to the press release, the 20th anniversary is a fitting time to award the Culture Prize. It will be presented to Radio X on October 29 at the town hall. The jury for the 2018 Culture Prize consisted of nine people. The prize is being awarded for the 46th time this year. (SDA)
