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was not socially accepted and the state contribution had proven to be the most economical financing option. The government rejected an offer to buy the station from Media
Holding AG in November 2013. This was justified not only by the low offer price, which the government believed was significantly below the current market value, but also by the loss of the statutory service mandate (" public service ") based on the Swiss model. In addition, the special status as a public broadcaster in Switzerland would have been lost. A loss of Swiss listeners would have resulted in a loss of income (probably particularly from advertising revenue). According to Publica Data, the station reached around 46,200 listeners daily in 2012, of which 12,900 listeners (second semester) were in Liechtenstein. An increase was aimed for by expanding the digital broadcasting area, with which 40 percent of households in the eastern Swiss-Liechtenstein economic area could be reached.
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After eight years and an investment of 12 million Swiss francs (12.3 million euros), private investor Peter Ritter withdrew from the radio station in 2003. According to figures from the
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The legal programming mandate describes in the editorial section an objective and comprehensive range of information for the general public from all relevant sectors for a broad target group, which should be sophisticated and balanced, but also entertaining and take into account the culture,
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On 15 October 1938, a Radio Liechtenstein broadcast on 700 kHz medium wave from Vaduz. On 21 November 1938, the transmission mast collapsed as a result of a storm, which resulted in a transmission outage for several days. Although Lirag
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