Leuenberger clarifies: no additional radio license
No additional license will be issued for Radio Energy. There is no room for it, Federal Councilor Moritz Leuenberger told the *Tages-Anzeiger*.
No additional license will be created for Radio Energy. There is no room for it, Federal Councillor Moritz Leuenberger told the Tages-Anzeiger newspaper. "There is no fourth frequency for another private station in the Zurich-Glarus area," the head of the Federal Department of Transport made clear. He had had the assumption circulating in the media that Ticino radio was occupying two Zurich frequencies seriously clarified again by experts.
Radio Rete Uno does not have a transmitter on the Üetliberg, but broadcasts from the Säntis and the Rigi primarily to central and eastern Switzerland. Leuenberger emphasized that no additional frequency is available for the much smaller broadcasting area served by Radio 1, Radio 24 and Radio Zürisee from the Üetliberg.
All applicants for a license knew what they were getting into and had aligned their concepts accordingly. No new frequency could now be won at the expense of broadcasters from Ticino or French-speaking Switzerland. According to the Radio and Television Act, Italian and French-speaking fellow Swiss citizens have the right to receive a station in their language in German-speaking Switzerland without interference, continued Leuenberger.
Radio Rete Uno does not have a transmitter on the Üetliberg, but broadcasts from the Säntis and the Rigi primarily to central and eastern Switzerland. Leuenberger emphasized that no additional frequency is available for the much smaller broadcasting area served by Radio 1, Radio 24 and Radio Zürisee from the Üetliberg.
All applicants for a license knew what they were getting into and had aligned their concepts accordingly. No new frequency could now be won at the expense of broadcasters from Ticino or French-speaking Switzerland. According to the Radio and Television Act, Italian and French-speaking fellow Swiss citizens have the right to receive a station in their language in German-speaking Switzerland without interference, continued Leuenberger.
