In the public TV/radio situation....BR is the Bavarian sub-network.
This week, an audit got wrapped up. There's a serious issue brewing, which Focus discussed this AM. Topic? All total....it's missing around half-a-billion Euro to cover future pensions.
The urgency of fixing this? Well....what they indicate is that by the end of 2024....the pot of money for pensions to the former employees....will be gone.
What'll happen? Unknown....neither BR or the ARD 'mother' folks spoke much to this.
I would imagine that ARD would shift enough to cover part of the half-billion but it brings up a bunch of questions about financial accountability and just how bad the rest of the sub-networks are. If you have half of the national sub-networks in this shortage issue...there's a limit to what you can do.
Where this might lead onto? I would suggest a massive restructuring coming up for both public TV and radio.
Bavarian public radio? There are ten 'stations' active presently. Most all work on DAB and half are still FM capable. If you asked around for numbers....I doubt if all ten have that many listeners, and some might only have a couple thousand 'fans' at night.
Why this didn't come up as a national known topic? That question is begging for answers as well. It should have been laid out five years ago.
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