Radio 24

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Radio 24
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Radio station ( private law )
reception analog terrestrial & cable , DAB + , streaming
Reception area Switzerland
Start of transmission * November 28, 1979 (as " pirate station ")
owner CH Media
executive Director Florian Wanner
Program director Giulia Cresta
Range 236,390 listeners (1st half of 2020, Mon-Sun, D-CH, 15+)
List of radio stations
Website

Radio 24 is the largest private radio station in Switzerland . The broadcast studios are located in Zurich . CH Media , a joint venture between NZZ-Regionalmedien and AZ Medien , has been the owner of Radio 24 since 2018. CH Media started operations on October 1, 2018. The radio was previously owned by AZ Medien.

history

Radio 24 was founded by Roger Schawinski .

When the station started operating in November 1979, it was broadcasting from the Italian Pizzo Groppera from around 130 km away with what was then the most powerful privately operated VHF transmitter in the world as far as the Zurich area; At that time, the law did not provide for the operation of private radio stations in Switzerland. The broadcast studio was located in a family house in Cernobbio , in the province of Como , Italy.

The Swiss authorities tried by all means to persuade the Italian state to shut down the " pirate channel ", which is legal under Italian law . In the greater Zurich area, a real popular movement emerged across all social classes that campaigned for free radio in Switzerland. As a sign of solidarity, many listeners tied a white strip of fabric to the car antenna. There were repeated mass demonstrations for Radio 24 in Zurich. In the Christmas days of 1979, Radio 24 started collecting signatures for the petition that Radio 24 should no longer be fought by the Federal Council; 212,000 signatures were collected within just five days.

After the station had been closed several times by the Italian police, the last time on January 22, 1982, the editorial team was finally relocated to Zurich and a broadcasting license was obtained. Many of the presenters at the time are still well-known names today, for example Röbi Koller , Frank Baumann , Peter Baumann (today publisher), Markus Gilli (today program manager of Swiss local television TeleZüri , from May 2020 Oliver Steffen), Ursi colon stone , Dani Wyler , Christian Heeb , the journalist Michael Lang and of course Roger Schawinski , 2004–2006 head of Sat.1 .

After private radio stations were legalized in Switzerland in 1983, Radio 24 moved entirely to Zurich and has been broadcasting from Zurich's local mountain Uetliberg ever since . Roger Schawinski sold the transmission system on Pizzo Groppera to Swiss media entrepreneur Jürg Marquard ( PopRocky , Cosmopolitan ), who broadcast an advertising-financed pop program in Switzerland for around a month under the name SoundRadio.

development

From 1999 to 2005 the former presenter, editor and moderation manager of Radio 24 Peter Brun was responsible for the program management. During his tenure, Roger Schawinski's profitable sale of the aging station to the Zurich media company Tamedia in 2001 fell. In the years that followed, Radio 24 developed into the most successful private radio in Switzerland. In 2005, Peter Brun moved to the Swiss travel group Kuoni as Head of Communications Switzerland.

In April 2005, Markus Mager was appointed the new program manager. Mager's previous positions included positions at Tele24 as a producer and TeleZüri as deputy program manager and news chief. His radio career began in the early 1990s with former competitor Radio Z (since 2003 NRJ Zurich). Magers declared goal was to maintain the well-established strengths of the station, namely the areas of information and service.

From April 2008 to the end of 2013, Karin Müller took over the program management of Radio 24. Her experience as a long-term division manager and member of the program management of DRS 3 , program manager of Radio Pilatus and independent communications consultant led to the relevant professionalization and modernization of Radio 24. For example, she led the Moderation and editorial rooms combined into a radio newsroom. With the introduction of the slogan “Die bescht Musik”, the music program was completely revised and adapted to the needs of the audience. As part of this renewal, in the summer of 2010 at GrooveWorks in Los Angeles, Müller produced a layout that was specially composed for the station and played entirely by musicians. Also in the summer of 2010, Radio 24 passed the quality audit stipulated by the new Radio and Television Act and received top marks. In particular, the deeply anchored feedback and quality assurance principle that Karin Müller had implemented from 2008 onwards was very well received. Karin Müller left the station at the end of 2013.

Marc Jäggi has been the program manager since May 2014. He joined Radio 24 from Radio 1. Marc Jäggi had already worked in various functions at Radio 24 from 1999 to 2007, most recently since 2005 as head of moderation and member of the program management. Marc Jäggi left the station in mid-February 2016 to go back to Radio 1.

Florian Wanner has been Managing Director of Radio 24 since the beginning of February 2016.

Between 2010 and 2012, the program of Switzerland's most popular private radio station continued to develop. The internal production processes were adapted to the listener's needs. In the summer of 2011, for example, an “early editor” was hired. The early radio editor at 3 o'clock in the morning starts preparations for the Radio 24 morning show "Ufsteller - d Morgeshow vo Züri", which starts at 5 o'clock. The first editorial meeting will take place at 4:20 am with the morning crew fully present in order to plan and implement the best possible reporting and entertainment for the more than 320,000 listeners.

Since summer 2011, Radio 24 can also be received digitally via DAB + throughout German-speaking Switzerland. Digital Audio Broadcasting (DAB) is a digital transmission standard for terrestrial reception of digital radio. In addition to the technical development and the expansion of the morning program, the music editing and the on air promotion area were strengthened and expanded.

On July 1, 2018, Radio 24 returned the license in order to have "more freedom in terms of content" and to be able to use "potential in cooperation with other broadcasters".

owner

Roger Schawinski bundled his companies, including Radio 24, TeleZüri and his stake in Tele24 (first 50, then 62.5%), in Belcom Holding AG. In 1999, the major Swiss bank CS First Boston took over 40 percent. In 2001 Schawinski and CS First Boston sold Belcom Holding AG (excluding Tele24) for 92 million francs to the media company Tamedia . The deficit Tele24 was subsequently discontinued at the end of 2001.

At the end of 2011 Tamedia AG sold the radio to Peter Wanner's BT Holding.

In April 2018, AZ Medien took over Radio 24.

In the summer of 2018, Radio 24 went to CH Media , a joint venture between AZ Medien and the NZZ media group.

Listeners

In 2004, around 260,000 people listened to Radio 24, which made the station the market leader in the Zurich broadcasting area with a market share of just under three percent. The number of listeners rose to around 265,000 in the following year. However, the market share fell significantly to 2.7 percent in the second half of the year. This was the lowest value since 2001.

In 2006 Radio 24 was able to increase its market share again slightly with 267,400 listeners. Radio 24 was again the industry leader in the Swiss private radio market. In 2007, however, the number of listeners fell to 256,100. At 2.5 percent, the market share reached its lowest level since the introduction of the Radiocontrol measurement method.

Due to the professionalization that began in 2008 under program manager Karin Müller and the simultaneously growing broadcasting area due to the new license, Radio 24 has been able to massively increase its listener numbers in recent years. As the clear number 1 among Swiss private radio stations, Radio 24 recorded around 300,000 listeners a day in mid-2010 with a market share of over three percent. In particular, Radio 24 significantly overtook the public broadcaster DRS 3 in the concession areas of the city and agglomeration of Zurich.

Thanks to the ongoing development of the Radio 24 program and the digital distribution via DAB +, Karin Müller was able to maintain this growth. At the end of 2011, almost 330,000 people throughout German-speaking Switzerland were listening to Radio 24 during the week. The market share was also increased to 3.5 percent.

Transmission areas

The signal is from Uetliberg transmitted on 102.8 MHz, and today has (2011) nine other frequencies in the district of Zurich , in the district of Affoltern in Feusisberg in Uster in Eglisau in Neuhausen am Rheinfall , at Winterthur in Glarus and in Mollis . Since August 1, 2011, Radio 24 has also been digitally receivable using the DAB + method .

As part of the new Radio and TV Act (RTVG), the transmission areas of the previous stations in the Zurich area became congruent. In September 2009 the new Radio 24 license became legally effective.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Our brands. CH Media .
  2. ↑ New media company has started. In: persoenlich.com . 1st October 2018.
  3. ↑ TeleZüri: Markus Gilli is leaving the station soon. Accessed January 31, 2020 (English).
  4. ↑ Marc Jäggi returns to Roger Schawinski. In: 20 minutes. October 28, 2015, accessed February 10, 2016 .
  5. ↑ Michael Wanner and Florian Wanner take on operational responsibility. AZ Medien , December 10, 2015, accessed on February 10, 2016 (media release).
  6. ↑ Christian Beck: Other radios forego the license. In: persoenlich.com. June 26, 2018.
  7. ↑ Schawinski gives up. In: persoenlich.com . August 22, 2001.
  8. ↑ BT Holding takes over Radio 24 - Espace Media Groupe acquires Langenthaler Tagblatt. Tamedia , December 12, 2011 (press release).
  9. ↑ AZ Medien take over “Radio Argovia”, “Radio 24” and “Virgin Radio Switzerland” from BT Holding. AZ Medien , April 25, 2018 (press release).