The DpL had criticized the fact that Radio Liechtenstein received 70 percent of state media funding. The party believes that the station should be privatized, but whether this will succeed is questionable.
Radio Liechtenstein most recently had a budget of 3.26 million Swiss francs (around 3.5 million euros), largely financed by state media funding; There is no broadcasting fee in Liechtenstein. The station employs 31 people.
Privatization would be the reverse of what happened 20 years ago. At that time, the private “Radio L”, which had taken on a public broadcasting mission for around ten years, became the public “Radio Liechtenstein”.
While the DpL and the Fatherland Union (VU) assume that the privatization of the station will now be tackled, the Progressive Citizens’ Party in Liechtenstein (FBP) is of the opinion that the vote will only repeal the previously applicable media law, but not any others The government has been given a mandate to act. The initiators of the referendum would have to answer the question of what a possible privatization of Radio Liechtenstein might look like.
