Summary

  • Swisscom Broadcast says it operates nationwide DAB+ radio networks for SRG SSR, SwissMediaCast and Romandie Médias. That is useful first-party evidence of the stated operator role, but it is not independent proof of coverage, uptime, audience or service quality.
  • The Swiss Federal Office of Communications, also identified as OFCOM/BAKOM, records that SRG SSR ceased nationwide FM broadcasting on 31 December 2024. Local private broadcasters can choose their own timing within the final licence window, no later than the end of 2026. The national chronology therefore does not establish a uniform shutdown date for every broadcaster or for Bantiger.
  • Swisscom Broadcast’s February 2025 Bantiger fact sheet identifies both FM and DAB+ radio distribution at the site. It also lists mobile, microwave, public-safety radio, shared infrastructure and low-power IoT. Those listed functions make the transition an operational coordination question, but they do not reveal current utilization, traffic, performance or ownership of every co-user asset.
  • RIPE NCC RIPEstat identifies AS215254 with the holder label SBC-NET-2 Swisscom Broadcast Ltd and reported the ASN as not announced at the checked time. This is number-resource identity and routing-visibility evidence. It does not show that AS215254 carries FM or DAB+ traffic, that Bantiger is unavailable, or that any service suffered an incident.

The practical issue is not whether DAB+ appears in the record. It does. The issue is how to move from an FM milestone to evidence that the relevant responsibilities, site functions and control records remain coherent during the transition. BAKOM separates the SRG SSR event from the timing available to local private broadcasters. The Bantiger fact sheet, in turn, shows that FM and DAB+ sit alongside other functions at the named site. Those facts support the conclusion that the shift is a handoff with several moving parts rather than a single switch that can be inferred from a national date.

This distinction protects the analysis from opposite errors. Treating 31 December 2024 as a universal Bantiger deadline would erase the flexibility that BAKOM records for local private broadcasters. Treating the presence of DAB+ as a guarantee would turn an operator description into proof of coverage or uninterrupted service. Treating an ASN’s checked-time routing visibility as a broadcast finding would mix a registry layer with a radio-distribution layer. None of those conclusions is supported by the available evidence.

A defensible continuity record keeps the layers separate and then connects them deliberately. Broadcaster timing belongs to the regulator’s transition record. The functions present at Bantiger belong to the named site fact sheet. The stated DAB+ operator role belongs to Swisscom Broadcast’s own description. The holder label and announced status of AS215254 belong to RIPEstat’s registry and routing-visibility context. Used within those boundaries, the records show what should be checked without pretending that they prove more than they do.