RBB gives Schawinski an ultimatum
Radio 1 is facing legal problems: Rundfunk Berlin-Brandenburg (RBB) is getting serious and wants Roger Schawinski to either change the name of his station or take it off the Internet. Otherwise it will go to court. Roger Schawinski describes the ultimatum as grotesque and sees no competition with the German station Radio eins.
Radio 1 is facing legal problems: Rundfunk Berlin-Brandenburg (RBB) is getting serious and wants Roger Schawinski to either change the name of his station or take it off the Internet. Otherwise it will go to court. There is already a Radio eins under the umbrella of RBB, which, like Schawinksi, advertises with the claim "For adults only". "As long as Mr. Schawinski's station can be heard on the Internet in Germany, we are demanding that he change the name of the radio station," RBB spokesman Ralph Kotsch confirmed to Werbewoche in a report by Radio DRS. He has now been given a deadline until the end of next week to implement appropriate measures.
As there is competition from Radio 1's web radio in Germany, RBB is making three demands of Schawinski: firstly, he should change the name of the station, secondly, he should drop the claim "Only for adults" and thirdly, he should no longer use names such as "Radio 1 am Morgen", "Radio 1 am Vormittag" and "Radio 1 am Nachmittag". The alternative would be for Schawinski to cease web radio operations. If the former Sat.1 boss does not comply with these demands, RBB intends to take legal action.
The media man never denied that Schawinski had not invented the name and claim of his latest child himself. When the name was announced, he claimed that the German founder of Radio One, Helmut Lehnert, had given him the claim.
As Werbewoche reported last November, RBB does not share this view (see
). This is because Lehnert is now head of entertainment at RBB television and in no way authorized to give away the claim or name. "Mr. Schawinski is professional enough to know that," says spokesman Kotsch. Why did RBB take several months to respond to Schawinski? "We couldn't do anything until he was on air. And it simply took a few more weeks after the start of broadcasting," explains Kotsch. RBB has not yet received a response from Schawinski.Schawinski rules out name change Roger Schawinski finds RBB's demand "grotesque", as he said when asked by Werbewoche: "There are countless other stations worldwide with the name Radio 1, even in Germany there is a second Radio eins." He was very surprised by RBB's ultimatum and will now instruct his lawyer to respond to the German media company. Schawinski has had the name Radio 1 and the associated slogan protected in Switzerland.
Schawinski categorically rules out taking his web radio out of operation or even changing the name or claim. "I don't think it will come to a court hearing," says the media man. "I don't even know what RBB's problem is! We're not competing with their Radio eins either economically or in terms of listeners. I don't believe that people in Berlin listen to Swiss-German radio."
As there is competition from Radio 1's web radio in Germany, RBB is making three demands of Schawinski: firstly, he should change the name of the station, secondly, he should drop the claim "Only for adults" and thirdly, he should no longer use names such as "Radio 1 am Morgen", "Radio 1 am Vormittag" and "Radio 1 am Nachmittag". The alternative would be for Schawinski to cease web radio operations. If the former Sat.1 boss does not comply with these demands, RBB intends to take legal action.
The media man never denied that Schawinski had not invented the name and claim of his latest child himself. When the name was announced, he claimed that the German founder of Radio One, Helmut Lehnert, had given him the claim.
As Werbewoche reported last November, RBB does not share this view (see
). This is because Lehnert is now head of entertainment at RBB television and in no way authorized to give away the claim or name. "Mr. Schawinski is professional enough to know that," says spokesman Kotsch. Why did RBB take several months to respond to Schawinski? "We couldn't do anything until he was on air. And it simply took a few more weeks after the start of broadcasting," explains Kotsch. RBB has not yet received a response from Schawinski.Schawinski rules out name change Roger Schawinski finds RBB's demand "grotesque", as he said when asked by Werbewoche: "There are countless other stations worldwide with the name Radio 1, even in Germany there is a second Radio eins." He was very surprised by RBB's ultimatum and will now instruct his lawyer to respond to the German media company. Schawinski has had the name Radio 1 and the associated slogan protected in Switzerland.
Schawinski categorically rules out taking his web radio out of operation or even changing the name or claim. "I don't think it will come to a court hearing," says the media man. "I don't even know what RBB's problem is! We're not competing with their Radio eins either economically or in terms of listeners. I don't believe that people in Berlin listen to Swiss-German radio."
