No surprise that the BBC reported it! £348 p.a. sounds pretty hefty. I guess by states it means cantons, which are 'states' in the sense of 'united states' forming the federal system.
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I don't know what the current position is on World Radio Switzerland. It could be defunct as it is now showing 502 Bad Gateway on my computer. But it is/was commercial while being affiliated to the BBC World Service from whom it took news and other programmes. It even broadcast Mark Coles in The Shed although that was a slightly separate matter. Anyhow, either it is/was getting significant inputs from the BBC for free or it is/was paying the BBC for the inputs. An expensive funding system in place of the licence for public broadcasting in Switzerland may have shifted big audiences to commercial stations of this kind or it may have drained them of revenue as PBSs found that they had to take on advertising to survive.Comment
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One reason why the Swiss licence fee is so high is possibly that at least some programmes or services have to be produced in French, German, Italian and Romansch.Originally posted by french frank View Post
Apparently there are well over 2000 municipalities in Switzerland, of which 6 voted in favour of the proposal.Comment
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