Radio Liechtenstein

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Radio Liechtenstein
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Radio station ( public service )
reception analog terrestrial , cable , DAB + , livestream
Reception area Liechtenstein , Vorarlberg , Eastern Switzerland
Start of transmission August 15, 1995
owner Liechtenstein
Broadcaster Liechtenstein Broadcasting
executive Director Thomas Mathis
Program director Andi Batliner
List of radio stations
Website

Radio Liechtenstein (originally Radio L ) is the public radio broadcaster in Liechtenstein . It is operated by the Liechtenstein Broadcasting Corporation (LRF). Its seat is in Schaan .

Due to the high flow of commuters from Switzerland, its official distribution area also includes the lower Rhine Valley, which is supplied with two VHF stations in St. Margrethen and Thal and the DAB block in eastern Switzerland as far as Lake Constance .

20.3 permanent employees and 2.1 other employees work at the station (mathematically added to full-time positions).

program

The statutory program mandate describes in the editorial part an objective and comprehensive range of information for the general public from all relevant fields for a broad target group, which should be sophisticated and balanced, but also entertaining and take into account the culture, independence and other characteristics of Liechtenstein. The program principles correspond to the public-law self-image.

The musical color is described as "Adult Contemporary" (pop music for adults), plus oldies in a 70s / 80s mix. With a positive mood, the format should be generally acceptable and “not excite or irritate”. Local / regional music and new releases are also taken into account.

There is news every hour from 7:00 a.m. to 7:00 p.m. New since the program reform in 2012 are additional short messages, the morning post (instead of press review ), new sponsoring cooperations and the fulfillment of music requests (“WUKO”) in the current daily program.

history

Historical logo

As early as October 15, 1938, a Radio Liechtenstein reported on 700  kHz medium wave from Vaduz (broadcasting director: Friedrich Ritter). On November 21, 1938, the transmitter mast on Haberfeld fell as a result of a foehn storm, which resulted in a transmitter failure for several days. Although the Lirag (Liechtenstein'sche Radio-Gesellschaft) was founded on February 20, 1939 , the simple music program of Radio Liechtenstein was discontinued in September 1939 at the beginning of the Second World War due to financial difficulties after the government over the population had informed the events and the measures to be taken.

On August 15, 1995, after a trial phase from 1991, a station called Radio L began official broadcasting as a private radio station. Radio L was the first post-war radio broadcaster in Liechtenstein. When the license fee was abolished in January 1999 , which until then had mainly financed the distribution of Swiss programs in Liechtenstein, the private broadcaster was one of the only providers, alongside the local print media, to provide public services for Liechtenstein. Since then, funding from the then newly designed state media funding has been available to compensate for this public service mandate. They are supplemented by advertising and sponsorship.

After eight years and a commitment of 12 million Swiss francs (11.2 million euros), the private investor Peter Ritter withdrew from the radio station in 2003. According to figures from the Publica Data institute , the station had more than 50,000 listeners at that time, three times as many listeners in German-speaking Switzerland alone with an average range of 37,200 listeners per day as in Liechtenstein itself with 12,200.

After several negotiations with the government, Radio Liechtenstein was converted into a public broadcaster on January 1, 2004. 750,000 francs from the state budget were invested in the expansion and renovation of the transmitter network and line rental was saved by switching to ball reception. In this report in October 2005, the government stated that the broadcaster produced "a similar amount of information and verbal contributions" compared to Radio Rumantsch and Radio DRS with around 1/10 public grants, which is roughly twice as much per employee (full-time equivalent) Information service »means. Nevertheless, further savings and increases in efficiency were intended in the following years.

In October 2013, the government applied for the restructuring of the state budget (“package of measures III”). The reintroduction of a license fee should relieve the state budget by 1.5 million francs from 2015, but was rejected again in July 2015 because a license fee is not socially acceptable and the state contribution has proven to be the most economical financing. The government rejected a purchase offer from Media Holding AG for the station in November 2013. This was justified not only with the insufficient offer value, which in the opinion of the government is significantly below the current market value, but also with the loss of the statutory supply contract (“ public service ”) based on the Swiss model. In addition, the special position as a public broadcaster in Switzerland would be lost. A loss of Swiss listeners would result in a loss of income (probably in particular from advertising income). In 2012, according to Publica Data , the station reached around 46,200 listeners a day, 12,900 of whom were in Liechtenstein (2nd semester). An increase was sought with the expansion of the digital broadcasting area, with which 40 percent of households in the eastern Swiss-Liechtenstein economic area can be reached.

reception

Via VHF , Radio Liechtenstein is broadcast terrestrially via six small transmitters in Liechtenstein with 0.025 to 1 KW ( ERP ) and two other small transmitters in Eastern Switzerland with 0.05 and 0.2 kW, although the assignment to the broadcasting areas on the transmitter website differs from this . The program has been distributed via DAB + since November 29, 2013 via Block 9D, which was converted to Block 9B by the beginning of 2017 and is still being developed with the aim of providing nationwide coverage in Eastern Switzerland. The transmitter Rüthi / Bismer (4.3 kW) can also be received in Liechtenstein.

The program is also represented analogously in the cable networks of Telecom Liechtenstein , UPC Switzerland and EWB Buchs, and digitally in Switzerland on Rii-Seez-Net and Swisscom TV .

Web links

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  1. team. Homepage of Radio L.
  2. a b Purchase offer for Radio Liechtenstein rejected. ( Memento of the original from December 30, 2013 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Liechtenstein Ministry of the Interior, Justice and Economy, 22 November 2013 @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.regierung.li
  3. ^ A b Liechtensteinischer Rundfunk (LRF). Program Radio L. Annual report January 1 to December 31, 2012. Government of the Principality of Liechtenstein.
  4. ^ The pre-war medium wave transmitter «Radio Liechtenstein» near Vaduz. The Liechtenstein national broadcaster 1938–1939. Sarganserland-Walensee website;
    Radio Liechtenstein. 1938-1939. Website of the Morger family;
    Norbert Jansen: Radio Liechtenstein. The Liechtenstein national broadcaster (1938–1939) ( Memento from March 30, 2017 in the Internet Archive ). In: Yearbook of the Historical Association for the Principality of Liechtenstein. Vol. 73, 1973, pp. 111-202. Liechtenstein State Library (PDF; 4 kB).
  5. a b Will government reintroduce radio fees? In: Welcome.li. September 5, 2003.
  6. ^ Radio Liechtenstein. Facts / Figures ( Memento from April 16, 2009 in the Internet Archive ). Portal of the Principality of Liechtenstein.
  7. ^ Report and application by the government to the Landtag of the Principality of Liechtenstein regarding information on the Liechtenstein Broadcasting Corporation. Government of the Principality of Liechtenstein, October 21, 2005.
  8. ^ Report and application by the government to the Landtag of the Principality of Liechtenstein on financial planning for 2014–2017. ( Memento of the original from January 1, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Government of the Principality of Liechtenstein, October 3, 2013. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.llv.li
  9. ^ Vaduz: No license fee in Liechtenstein in the long term ( memento of April 24, 2016 in the Internet Archive ). In: Radio L. July 7, 2015.
  10. Locations in Liechtenstein and Eastern Switzerland at fmscan.org.
  11. a b cf. Transmission area on the radio.li transmitter homepage.
  12. 9D: SMC D 03 O-CH at ukwtv.de.
  13. 9B: SMC D03 O-CH at ukwtv.de.