I've just come across this - as many of us as possible should sign to keep english radio in this country going.

www.supportenglishradio.ch

I have never heard of it....

Just Music - where's the DJ

I did not know about WRS until having WRS on that radio in my hotel room in 1971 in London (Lightfoot Hall, South Kensington). And I then encountered it again in places like Newcastle, Malta, Cairo, Beirut.

that must be a different WRS than www.worldradio.ch

You can get English radio on the interweb

But aren't most English stations barred outside the UK? The only way I was able to access them was via a UK IP address.

I can listen to UK Radio from a Swiss IP:

http://www.radioguide.fm/internet-radio-england/

Can you ?

But the issue here by the OP is about supporting English Radio in CH i.,e. CH content

Sorry I am already supporting radio broadcasting in Albanian, Serbian, Portugese and Spanish. Makes me wonder who's going to pay for that...

Here's some background on Anglo Media's bid to provide English-language radio in Geneva and Zurich if World Radio Switzerland shuts down: Private group looks to profit if WRS closes

can I avoid billag if all I listen to is English radio???

Must be supportive of this! We need English Radio!!

Am listening to BBC radio 2 at the moment on work interwebs. Never been asked for a fake IP..... Never had a problem with BBC radio. (except the time checks are always wrong).

Now who do you think does pay for it?

Apart from some sports commentaries, UK radio is not barred.

I always listen to UK radio stations (BBC 6 Music cannot be beaten) through the RadioBox app on my IPad.

I agree, I can listen to most radio stations from US or UK on my internet radios. Except for some of those live sporting events that I really would like to be able to listen to!!

It should be noted that there are currently two petitions running:

One to save WRS in its present form as a publicly-funded radio station in English with a national focus:

www.savewrs.com

And the one linked to by the OP which is Radio Frontier/Anglo Media's "campaign" (for want of a better term) to take over from WRS should it close or be privatised.

NB this is issue refers to English-language radio "made in Switzerland", not foreign stations that can be received here by whatever means

The Radio Frontier only serves the Geneva area of Switzerland whereas WRS is geared to serve the whole of Switzerland. I live in Central Schweiz and have found WRS to be very helpful with my integration into Swiss life. I love listening to the Swiss news in review where the reporters give us the highlights from the headlines of various newspapers from around the country. It's a very valuable daily contribution.


Here is a copy of the information I received yesterday from the Save WRS group. If you haven't already signed the petition please do consider doing so. They need 10,000 signatures!


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Happy Friday, SaveWRS Supporters!

So far, we've received no official response to the printed SaveWRS petitions we delivered to the Board of Directors of SSR-SRG. But it's been a good week for supporters of World Radio Switzerland.

Here's some news from the week:
“Swiss Broadcasting Corporation in the black" The Swiss Broadcasting Corporation showed a profit in 2011, the first time in five years. This undermines WRS opponents' claims that financial concerns are driving the decision to shut down the station.
“Le sort de la radio WRS mobilise les expatriés” by Aurélie Toninato of the Tribune de Geneve, outlines many of the main arguments supporting the need for a publicly-supported WRS.
Geneva-based journalist Malcolm Curtis has been covering this debate on his blog; his latest article, a discussion of Radio Frontier's claims of support for privatization, teases an interview with SaveWRS in an upcoming post.
English in Switzerland: Important or not?
In this 2006 article in l'Hebdo, SRG-SSR President Roger de Weck -- the man leading the charge to privatize or close WRS -- comes out in forceful defense of "International Geneva." He argues that the benefits of investing in "International Geneva" is in the interest of all of Switzerland, not just Geneva. But in this case, he was arguing in favor of the 100 million Swiss franc expansion of the Graduate Institute (HEID) -- a Swiss-funded academic institution which teaches entire programs in English.

So Mr. de Weck, what's changed?


SaveWRS: the numbers

From our self-updating report of the petition responses:
As of this writing, we've collected almost 3500 responses to our online petition to save World Radio Switzerland
Most supporters are not trapped within an Anglophone bubble: 63.6% of all respondents speak French fluently, 25.1% are fluent German speakers, and 11.1% speak Italian.
Many of the respondents listed “learning about Swiss culture, politics, and events” among the reasons why they listen – does this sound like resistance to integrating into Swiss society?
Many respondents also said that they use WRS to improve their English skills, indicating that WRS serves an important function even to its non-Anglophone listeners

Keep spreading the word!

We don't need donations, we don't need volunteers. The best thing that supporters of WRS can do is get at least three people they know to sign the petition. Help us get to 10,000 signatures! If each one of you gets three of your friends, family, or colleagues to sign the petition, we’ll easily pass the 10,000 mark.

Here’s the link:

www.savewrs.com/sign-the-petition

Email it, Tweet it, shout it from your rooftop!

Once again, thanks for all of your wonderful support. Have a great weekend!

Best regards,

Marshall Sitten
Save WRS
savewrs@gmail.com/QUOTE]

Here's some information about the guy who initiated the Save WRS petition and the progress being made in the campaign. The fate of the public English-language radio station will be decided in June by the board of directors of its parent, the Swiss Broadcasting Corporation: http://malcolmcurtis.blog.tdg.ch/arc...tion.html#more

www.savewrs.com/sign-the-petition >>> This link is dead.