Radio Zürisee

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Radio Zürisee (or radio zürisee according to the radio's logo; literally Radio

Zürichsee), is a privately owned Swiss radio station based in Rapperswil on the shore of the Lake Zurich in the canton of St. Gallen
.

History

Radio Zürisee was launched on 1 November 1983 in occasion of the licensing of private radio stations in Switzerland, as one of the first alternatives to the Swiss government-owned radio stations.

Theodor Gut junior, editor in chief of the Zürichsee-Zeitung from 1953 to 1987, initiated the transition of his newspaper to a non-partisan forum newspaper, and the company expanded in 1983 to get involved in Radio Zürisee.[4] Radio Zürisee is owned by the Zürichsee Medien AG in Stäfa, i.e. it is organized as an Aktiengesellschaft having a share capital of 1,500,000 Swiss Francs, of which 77% are held by the owner. In 2013 a turnover of 5,29 million Swiss Francs was resulted.[5]

Broadcast and program

Broadcast in the

Swiss cantons of Glarus, Schaffhausen, Schwyz, St. Gallen and Zürich, the radio station has an audience of about 220,000 people aged between about 20 and 40 years.[6] Radio Zürisee produces a news channel and location-oriented content. The radio station is very active in advertising, merchandising and is present nearly on every event of meaning within Switzerland.[7]

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See also

References

  1. ^ a b "Senderstandorte" (in German). Radio Zürisee. Retrieved 2014-11-07.
  2. ^ a b "Unsere Geschichte" (in German). Zürichsee Medien AG. Retrieved 2014-11-07.
  3. ^ "Geschichte" (in German). Bundeshaus Radio. Retrieved 2014-11-11.
  4. ^ Adrian Scherrer (2013-04-23). "Zürichsee-Zeitung" (in German). HDS. Retrieved 2014-11-10.
  5. ^ "Investor Relations" (in German). Radio Zürisee. Retrieved 2014-11-07.
  6. ^ "Medienmitteilungen" (in German). Radio Zürisee. Retrieved 2014-11-07.
  7. ^ "Eventliste" (in German). Radio Zürisee. Retrieved 2014-11-07.

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