Solothurn cantonal government supports Radio 32
As part of the consultation process on the awarding of radio and television licenses, the Solothurn Cantonal Government has now also weighed in and is advocating to OFCOM for the renewal of Radio 32’s license. Radio 32 is the only applicant for the Solothurn-Olten area.
In the course of the consultation on the award of radio and television licenses, the Solothurn cantonal council has now also expressed its opinion and is lobbying the Federal Office of Communications (Bakom) for a new license for Radio 32. There are no grounds for no longer awarding the broadcasting license to the local station, which is the only one applying for the relevant area. Radio 32 has been offering a professionally designed and regionally focused program in the Solothurn-Olten coverage area since 1991, the cantonal government stated in its statement on Tuesday. Due to the diversity of programming and the regional public service, the new license is fully supported. For the regions of Aargau and Basel with coverage areas in the canton of Solothurn, the government council leaves it to Bakom to assess the quality of the applicants and the content orientation. The FM license is to be awarded to those broadcasters who best fulfil the performance mandate. The cantonal government makes no recommendation regarding the television licenses for the regions of Aargau-Solothurn, Basel and Bern with broadcasting areas in the districts of Solothurn.
