Over 21,000 signatures collected for cancer gala on SF 1
In a petition with over 21,000 signatures, the Cancer League is calling on SRG to stage a cancer gala on SF 1 at the broadcaster's expense. This is in response to criticism of its contribution to the production costs of a fundraising gala on the subject of cancer.
Within four weeks, the Swiss Cancer League and the Swiss Cancer Research Foundation have collected 21,355 signatures in favor of a cancer gala on SF 1. The petition was presented to Armin Walpen, Director General of SRG, on Tuesday. "With their signatures, the signatories are calling on the public broadcaster to create a platform for the highly topical health policy issue of cancer," writes the Cancer League in a statement, according to SDA.SRG Director General Armin Walpen has assured that the SRG management will discuss the issue in detail once again, according to the Cancer League. SRG had not responded to earlier demands. "We receive an enormous number of requests from organizations that would like to host a fundraising gala," explained SRG spokesperson David Affentranger.
The petition was the Cancer League's response to criticism of its contribution to the production costs of a fundraising gala that was previously broadcast by PresseTV as a special "Gesundheit Sprechstunde" program on SF 2. Kassensturz" had accused the Cancer League of using donations for the program. The Cancer League replied that as long as SF 1 did not produce its own cancer gala, it would be forced to continue to switch to a private channel and contribute to the production costs.
