Youth radio station Powerupradio receives SRG prize
The 2013 Eastern Switzerland Radio and Television Award goes to Powerupradio, the children’s and youth radio station run by the Pestalozzi Children’s Village in Trogen. The award, which comes with a prize of 10,000 Swiss francs, is presented by SRG Ostschweiz—this time as an encouragement award.
At Powerupradio, young people get a taste of radio and present their own program, as SRG Ostschweiz announced on Friday. Once a year, the radio station goes on air for three weeks in the St. Gallen region. It can be heard via the FM frequency 93.6 or via the website Powerup.ch. With this project, the Pestalozzi Children's Foundation aims to promote understanding between cultures. Since 2006, broadcasts have also been produced outside the radio studio in the Children's Village. The project tours half of Switzerland with a broadcasting bus. In 2011, almost 1,800 children and young people took part. SRG Ostschweiz would like to promote and recognize the radio project with this award. Powerupradio also makes an important contribution to getting children and young people interested in the medium of radio, it says. The award ceremony will take place at a later date. (SDA)
