Stephan Schwenk

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Stephan Schwenk (born October 18, 1963 in Cologne ) is a German media entrepreneur. He is the owner of several radio stations that have been part of the Radio Group since 2008 .

Life

Schwenk grew up in Nuremberg. After graduating from high school, he studied business administration and journalism at the Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg , where he wrote his diploma thesis in 1988 on the development of private radio stations in Germany. Since 1989 he has been the managing director and owner of various private radio stations in German-speaking countries. With Hit Radio N1 in Nuremberg, he developed the first youth-oriented hit format in Germany.

Spreeradio

Schwenk was part of the Viva founding team and developed the Spreeradio in 1994 with Wim Thoelke and Peter Bosse in Berlin . There he appeared for the first time as a partner. As managing director, he developed a hit format and led the station into the top group of Berlin stations. In 2005 he sold the station to the RTL Group .

Radio Hamburg

From 2002 to 2005, Schwenk was managing director of Radio Hamburg . Under Schwenk, the station successfully switched from format radio to more self-produced word programs. With the new concept, Radio Hamburg became the market leader among Hamburg radio stations with a 30.2% audience share.

The Radio Group

Schwenk was also involved in establishing other private broadcasters. 2002 was Radio Cottbus in 2004, followed antenna Koblenz . In 2007, Schwenk received additional licenses for local radio stations in Rhineland-Palatinate and Saarland. Schwenk founded the Radio Group and in May 2008 went on air with Antenne Kaiserslautern , Antenne Bad Kreuznach , Antenne Pfalz , Antenne Landau , Radio Pirmasens , Radio Idar-Oberstein and Radio Saarbrücken . More stations are constantly being added.

further activities

In Austria, too, Schwenk was active as a consultant in setting up private radio stations, including the successful private radio station Radio 88.6 in Vienna .

As the main shareholder, he founded DasWebradio.de, an internet radio station in 2000 , which was discontinued in 2001 as a loss- making business.

In 2003, Schwenk was on the jury for the Ernst Schneider Prize in the radio category.

criticism

According to a report in the Rhein-Zeitung , it became known at the end of April 2014 that The Radio Group's stations were in financial difficulties. Employees' salaries are paid too late or not at all, there are also outstanding claims from service providers and threats of attachment by the tax office. In an interview with the Allgemeine Zeitung , Schwenk confirmed liquidity problems, but they have now been resolved. There would also be no late salary payments. The State Center for Media and Communication has taken on the reports of the radio stations in the radio group under observation and summoned swing. The investigations against Schwenk on suspicion of delaying bankruptcy were discontinued in October 2014 due to a lack of sufficient suspicion.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ New managing director at Spreeradio  ( page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Press portal from April 15, 2002@1@ 2Template: Toter Link / www.presseportal.de  
  2. ↑ RTL Radio Deutschland acquires shares in 105'5 Spreeradio Finanznachrichten from April 6, 2005
  3. ↑ Radio Hamburg celebrates successful camp formation . Die Welt, August 22, 2005
  4. ↑ Antenne Koblenz - new addition to "The Radio Group" Interview with Stephan Schwenk, RADIOSZENE from January 5, 2004
  5. ↑ Kaiserslautern gets its own radio station  ( page can no longer be accessed , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. City of Kaiserslautern from March 25, 2008@1@ 2Template: Dead Link / www.city-kl.de  
  6. ↑ Stephan Schwenk receives frequency in Saarbrücken RADIOSZENE from November 23, 2007
  7. ^ Founding partner leaves Radio 99.6 Saarbrücken Radio Week on June 10, 2008
  8. ↑ Werner Reichel, Peter Düll: Private radio in Austria: a difficult birth: pirates, professionals, bankruptcies . Fischer, 2006, p. 93
  9. ↑ "We will be a power" Spiegel online from May 22, 2000
  10. ^ Everyone has their own Radio Focus online from March 12, 2001
  11. ↑ Webcast Media Group runs out of money on radioszene, October 29, 2001
  12. ↑ Reminders, outstanding claims, seizures: Antenne Radios are in trouble in: Rhein-Zeitung , April 30, 2014
  13. ↑ Private millions for local radio stations - Stephan Schwenk is looking for an investor in: Allgemeine Zeitung , May 6, 2014
  14. ↑ Reminders and outstanding demands: The media watchdog is targeting the station - Antenne boss Schwenk is summoned in: Rhein-Zeitung , May 7, 2014
  15. ↑ Cessation of the investigation , report via press release of the public prosecutor's office in radiowoche.de from October 9, 2014, accessed October 9, 2014
personal data
SURNAME Schwenk, Stephan
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German businessman
DATE OF BIRTH October 18, 1963
PLACE OF BIRTH Cologne