City and Canton of Bern demand SRG stop preparing trains
Following the «clear signal» from the National Council in favor of keeping the Bern radio studio, the City and Canton of Bern, as well as the Swiss Capital Region, are calling on SRG leadership to halt the process of closing the studio.
The SRG management must now quickly engage in dialogue with politics and civil society, according to a joint media release from the Swiss Capital Region, the canton and the city of Bern on Tuesday. One is open for appropriate discussions.
The political decision offers SRG the opportunity to work with all partners to find a better solution in the form of "a compromise with a promising future. The National Council has sent an "unmistakable signal" to those responsible to "stop this process, which is wrong in terms of media policy".
The SRG Bern Fribourg Valais also expressed its satisfaction on Tuesday. The member society of SRG Deutschschweiz calls on SRG to take into account the regional anchoring and the federal character of the fee-financed public service enterprise.
The Swiss Syndicate of Media Professionals SSM now also sees SRG as having a duty. The staff of the SRF radio studio in Bern, which would be "massively" affected by the move, are still willing to contribute their ideas, it said. "But this requires full transparency from SRG regarding its concept plans."
According to an SSM survey, an "overwhelming majority" of current radio employees do not want to go along with a move to Zurich and would leave the company as a result. "This would mean that SRG would lose a concentrated load of journalistic competence in one fell swoop." (SDA)
