Jürg Bachmann is the new VSP President

At the General Assembly of the VSP (Association of Swiss Private Radio Stations) on Thursday, the members elected Jürg Bachmann as the new President. Jürg Bachmann is Managing Director of Radio Energy Zurich and previously held management positions at St. Gallen media (Radio Aktuell, Anzeiger, Tele Ostschweiz). He sits on the Board of Trustees of Toxic.fm and the Board of Directors of Radio Ri. At the same time, the members elected current Board members Frederik Stucki (Radio Canal 3, Capital FM) and Alfons Spirig (Radio Central) for a further three-year term of office. The members also approved an increase in the size of the Board from seven to nine members and elected Matthias Bärenfaller (Radio Rottu) and Martin Freiburghaus (Radio BE 1) to the Board for a three-year term of office. The terms of office of the remaining Board members Martin Muerner (Radio BeO, Vice President), Roland Baumgartner (Radio Argovia), Markus Ruoss (Radio Sunshine) and Peter Scheurer (Radio 32) will run for a further one to two years. The members bid farewell to outgoing President Günter Heuberger after 20 years on the Board.