SRF: New location for the culture department in Basel
SRG is closing its Swiss Radio and Television facility in Basel's Bruderholz district. A suitable building in downtown Basel is being sought to house the joint radio and television culture department.
This was announced by SRG on Wednesday. At the new location, the editorial offices of DRS 2, the cultural editorial offices of DRS 1, SF and "Swiss Satellite Radio" (Swiss Classic, Swiss Jazz, Swiss Pop) will in future jointly develop offerings for radio, television and the Internet. Until now, the editorial teams headed by Nathalie Wappler have worked separately at the Bruderholz in Basel, the Brunnenhof radio studio in Zurich and the Leutschenbach television studio in Zurich. Together with the editorial offices of the culture department, the regional editorial offices for Baselland and Baselstadt will also move. More than half of the 250 employees affected already work in Basel. Part of the radio drama production and the television studio production will remain in Zurich because no HD studio is being built in Basel and post-production facilities are being limited there.
Employees move by 2014
The building in the Bruderholz district of Basel, which was built in 1940, would have to be renovated at great expense in the coming years, according to the statement. The premises are also not suitable for multimedia-oriented editorial offices. By moving to the city by 2014 at the latest, the BoD wants to create modern conditions and new development opportunities at the Basel studio location. Various possible locations in Basel's city center are currently being examined - the future use of the Bruderholz site is still open. SRG is in talks with the Basel Radio and Television Cooperative (RFB), the owner of the Bruderholz site. The approximately 250 employees are to move to the new location by 2014 at the latest.
