BERLIN (AP)– Voters in Liechtenstein have truly elected to take out state financing from the little nation’s public radio broadcaster, a alternative that leaves the terminal’s future not sure.
In a mandate on Sunday, 55.4% of people elected to ditch regulation that gives state financing to Radio Liechtenstein on the finish of 2025, major outcomes revealed.
The process was launched by a little bit resistance occasion, Demokraten professionalLiechtenstein It mentioned that Radio Liechtenstein is ingesting larger than 70% of state financing for the media, offering it an unjustified profit versus private media, which it should be privatized.
The terminal was slated to acquire public financing to the music of three.95 million Swiss francs (just about $4.6 million) over the next 4 years.
The federal authorities mentioned previous to the poll that it’s suspicious whether or not Radio Liechtenstein might be privatized effectively, “because it is hardly possible for a private radio station in Liechtenstein to generate enough advertising income.”
It claims Radio Liechtenstein had a typical 11,400 on a regular basis audiences within the nation in 2021, the in 2015 for which numbers are available.
Liechtenstein is a principality of regarding 39,000 people that boundaries Switzerland andAustria It has shut incorporate sure with Switzerland, with which it has a custom-mades and cash union.
The Associated Press
