 Swiss
Internet Radio was founded on 2 August 2002 under the
name RadioCrazy Classical & Jazz in Berlin. It was based
on the historical record collection of Carl Flisch-Aghayan,
a Swiss music historian. Originally RadioCrazy had a full
program channel that was moderated in Dortmund and operated
from Berlin. Due to the increasing number of listeners of
RadioCrazy Jazz, the full program was dropped in the autumn
of 2005. After the rise of the fees by the GEMA and GVL
for radio stations that broadcasts their programs on the
internet, RadioCrazy Classical & Jazz decided to broadcast
from Switzerland. This was the laid of the cornerstone for
the Swiss Internet Radio
Association (IG Schweizer Internetradio) on 24 August
2004. The user association is representing today the interests
of amateur broadcasters in Switzerland and Liechtenstein.
In December 2009 the Public
Domain Radio began its daily radio transmissions for
the Swiss Foundation Public Domain. In the end of 2019,
Carl Flisch-Aghayan has discontinued the collaboration with
his foundation and built up a new organization. |
