SRF2 Kultur merges jazz and world music formats
SRF2 Kultur is cutting back on special-interest programs: In future, "Klangfenster" will only be available at weekends. "Parlando" as an independent program will be dropped completely. According to the broadcaster, this is in response to "the public's desire for more music".
According to the official announcement by the public broadcaster, the music topics of "Parlando" will be integrated into the programs "Kontext" and "Passagen" from July 4, 2016. "Jazz aktuell" and "Musik der Welt" will be merged into the new format "Jazz & World aktuell". In-depth topics of these two music genres will also be covered in "Kontext" and "Passage" in future.
The afternoon program on SRF2 Kultur from Monday to Friday will in future be devoted entirely to classical music, the station writes. The "Klassiktelefon" and "Concerto" will be followed by a light classical program until 4 pm. The "Klangfenster" will continue to be broadcast on Saturdays and now Sundays, while the weekday broadcasts will be discontinued.
The evening will become even more music-heavy after the 10 p.m. news: the previous genres from early music to jazz will remain, but the proportion of music will be increased. The concert broadcasts will remain unchanged. The flagship programs "Diskothek", "Jazz Collection" and "Musik unserer Zeit" are excluded from the changes.
As the broadcaster quotes its program director Barbara Gysi, it is "striving for a clearer program structure with these changes". The adjusted program structure also makes it possible to "broadcast the most popular programs as repeats."
