SSR FM return will cost money - and jobs

The Swiss Broadcasting Corporation is preparing a return to FM radio, despite its recent push into digital.

The move follows a parliamentary decision to keep FM on air until at least 2031, after listener losses linked to the DAB transition.

The rollout will happen in three phases, starting in late this year with coverage reaching around 85 percent of the population.

But it will be expensive - returning to FM will cost CHF 15m a year - which means more jobs will have to be cut because of it. 

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