DRS 1 upsets sports fans with new coverage
As of December 1, 2005, Swiss Radio DRS 1 will remove the morning sports bulletins from its program. This move provokes indignation among sports journalists and officials.
Swiss Radio DRS 1 to be canceled as of December 1
2005 the morning sports bulletins from the program. This step calls
outrage among sports journalists and officials, as the
radio magazine reports. However, sport is not being completely pushed aside,
The reporting is included in the twelve-minute information magazines
at 6, 7 and 8 o'clock. In 2006 there will also be a new
sports concept and an increase in resources, announced Colette
Gradwohl, Head of Information at DRS 1. Sports enthusiasts can
does not see much merit in these measures. "After the continuous
quantitative and qualitative dismantling of sports reporting in
In recent years, Radio DRS has taken the final step with this decision.
signed a declaration of bankruptcy," said SF-DRS head of sports Urs Leutert
told the radio magazine. It gives him the impression that the
Sport on Radio DRS is produced for those listeners who
are not interested in sport. Marc Furrer, former
President of the rowing association and candidate for the presidency of
Swiss Olympic, regrets the abolition and thinks it is wrong. He
fears that sports news will now be lost in the flood of other news.
will go under. Scolding is also coming from the federal government. "A broad
Sports reporting that goes beyond the mere communication of results
is an indispensable part of the public service,
Matthias Remund, Director of the Federal Office of Sport, will be
Radio magazine quoted.
2005 the morning sports bulletins from the program. This step calls
outrage among sports journalists and officials, as the
radio magazine reports. However, sport is not being completely pushed aside,
The reporting is included in the twelve-minute information magazines
at 6, 7 and 8 o'clock. In 2006 there will also be a new
sports concept and an increase in resources, announced Colette
Gradwohl, Head of Information at DRS 1. Sports enthusiasts can
does not see much merit in these measures. "After the continuous
quantitative and qualitative dismantling of sports reporting in
In recent years, Radio DRS has taken the final step with this decision.
signed a declaration of bankruptcy," said SF-DRS head of sports Urs Leutert
told the radio magazine. It gives him the impression that the
Sport on Radio DRS is produced for those listeners who
are not interested in sport. Marc Furrer, former
President of the rowing association and candidate for the presidency of
Swiss Olympic, regrets the abolition and thinks it is wrong. He
fears that sports news will now be lost in the flood of other news.
will go under. Scolding is also coming from the federal government. "A broad
Sports reporting that goes beyond the mere communication of results
is an indispensable part of the public service,
Matthias Remund, Director of the Federal Office of Sport, will be
Radio magazine quoted.
