Concession decisions by mid-September
The examination of the 72 projects applying for the 13 television and 41 radio licenses takes time. The federal government has now announced that Federal Councillor Moritz Leuenberger wants all radio and TV licensing decisions to be made by mid-September.
The examination of the 72 projects applying for the 13 television and 41 radio licenses takes time. The federal government has now announced that Federal Councillor Moritz Leuenberger wants all radio and TV license decisions to be made by mid-September. By the beginning of July for those for which only one media company is applying, and after the summer vacations for the others. as already reported several times, the battle is raging in several regions between the various candidates (see
). In the Zurich region, it is above all the media entrepreneur Roger Schawinski with his new station Radio 1 who intends to reshuffle the cards. In these so-called "difficult" cases, the employees of the Federal Office of Communications need time to analyze all the dossiers. This is why Moritz Leuenberger will only make a decision between mid-August and mid-September, Bakom spokesman Bernhard Bürki told SDA on Monday.
). In the Zurich region, it is above all the media entrepreneur Roger Schawinski with his new station Radio 1 who intends to reshuffle the cards. In these so-called "difficult" cases, the employees of the Federal Office of Communications need time to analyze all the dossiers. This is why Moritz Leuenberger will only make a decision between mid-August and mid-September, Bakom spokesman Bernhard Bürki told SDA on Monday.
