Swiss private radio stations found Digital Radio Forum

The Association of Swiss Private Radio Stations and the Union Romande des Radios Régionales are launching the Forum Digitalradio Schweiz-Suisse-Switzerland. The aim is to ensure that the discussion about digital radio broadcasting channels does not remain focused on individual technologies. As an internationally networked platform, the Swiss Digital Radio Forum aims to provide information on new digital technologies and serve as a place for exchanging opinions. It also wants to help "ensure that the right solutions are created and implemented in Switzerland at the right time". This was reported by Sda, citing a communiqué from the private radio stations.
The Swiss Digital Radio Forum aims to bring together all market partners: private and public radio stations, providers of transmission technology and receivers as well as the advertising industry (customers, agencies, intermediaries). The timing for the marketable introduction of new technologies will be discussed together. The new organization will also maintain contact with the Federal Office of Communications (Bakom) and television broadcasters. The Digital Radio Forum will draw up recommendations and consultation contributions.
In mid-August, OFCOM invited tenders for three radio licenses for German-speaking Switzerland. The aim of the tender is to expand the range of new terrestrial radio stations based on T-DAB (terrestrial Digital Audio Broadcasting) technology (see
). Based on this decision, comparable decisions will have to be made in Switzerland and Europe, the private radio stations write.