Roger Schawinski

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Roger Schawinski
Roger Schawinski
Born	Roger Schawinski (1945-06-11) June 11, 1945 (age 76) Zurich, Switzerland
Occupation	Journalist, entrepreneur
Spouse(s)	Gabriella Sontheim
Children	3

Roger Schawinski (born 11 June 1945 in Zurich) is a Swiss journalist and entrepreneur as well as the creator of the Swiss consumer watchdog program Kassensturz (English: "cash check").^{[citation needed]}

Career[]

He founded Switzerland's first commercial radio station, Radio 24, and launched a nationwide television channel called Tele 24.^[1] In 2003, he gained international status when he joined the German television network Sat. 1 and became the managing director for three consecutive years.^{[citation needed]} He earned a PhD in economics from University of St. Gallen.^{[citation needed]} Schawinski pre-launched Radio 1^[ambiguous] on 14 January 2008 and went on air with it on 17 March 2008. Radio 1 was the first radio station especially devoted to music and the taste for adults in their 30s–60s.^{[citation needed]}

References[]

External links[]

• Article on radio career of Roger Schawinski (in German)
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• Gallery of famous Swiss people
• A morning with Roger Schawinski (in German)