SRF: New Editorial Director of Music and Events
The new editor-in-chief of Music and Events is Markus Wicker. The 56-year-old took over from Christian Eggenberger, who retired, on Friday, November 1, 2013.
Markus Wicker studied German literature and journalism and began his journalistic career in 1986 at DRS 3 as editor and presenter of "Szene" and "Hot Dog". Wicker gained his first television experience from 1989 to 1991 as editor of the music magazine "Backstage" at the former SF DRS. He then moved back to DRS 3, where he worked as presenter and editor of the "Black Music Special" and "Rock Special" and the talk show "Focus", among others. Markus Wicker has been the producer of "Kulturplatz" since 2004.
Markus Wicker in a statement: "We rarely understand why music grabs us and shakes us. But it certainly doesn't do this because it comes in clearly defined categories. In these multimedia times, I would like to see music and its creation presented as it deserves to be: as a medium without any boundaries that goes straight to the soul."
