Residents of Rapperswil-Jona want TeleZüri
On their website Wir-wollen-telezueri.ch, two residents of Rapperswil-Jona are calling on people in the area to campaign for the continued reception of TeleZüri. Due to the reorganization of reception areas by Bakom, parts of the cantons of St. Gallen, Glarus and Schwyz will no longer be able to receive the Zurich station.
Two residents of Rapperswil-Jona are using their website to call on people in the area to campaign for the continued reception of TeleZüri. On Wir-wollen-telezueri.ch, they are opposing the new territorial division by Bakom, as reported by the Tages-Anzeiger. As a result of the new division, their area will no longer belong to the Zurich-North-Eastern Switzerland regional television reception area and will therefore no longer be able to receive TeleZüri. The new regulation is to apply from spring 2008 and, in addition to the Linth region, will also affect the cantons of Schwyz and Glarus, which will then be assigned to Eastern and Central Switzerland respectively. With their campaign, the two initiators want to persuade the Federal Council to rethink the territorial division because their region is strongly oriented towards Zurich. The mayor of Rapperswil and a St. Gallen cantonal councillor opposed this allocation back in the fall, but have so far been unsuccessful. However, it has not yet been decided whether TeleZüri will receive the license at all. After all, in addition to the top dog from Tamedia, Tele Top from Winterthur has also applied for the Zurich-North-Eastern Switzerland concession area (see
). Even if its chances are considered comparatively small, we won't know for sure until the concession is awarded in early summer 2008.
