{"id":12303,"date":"2025-06-02T11:41:50","date_gmt":"2025-06-02T09:41:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sos-save-our-spectrum.org\/?p=12303"},"modified":"2025-07-03T20:36:01","modified_gmt":"2025-07-03T18:36:01","slug":"sos-save-our-spectrum-2015-2025","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sos-save-our-spectrum.org\/en\/sos-save-our-spectrum-2015-2025\/","title":{"rendered":"SOS \u2013 Save Our Spectrum 2015 \u2013 2025"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Our balance sheet<\/h3>\n

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200 press
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Lectures in 10 countries<\/h5>\n

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40 ‘public consultations’<\/h5>\n

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Trilingual website with 300 articles<\/h5>\n

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The Timeline<\/h3>\n

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2015<\/h2>\n

[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][vc_column width=”3\/4″][vc_column_text css=””]Foundation of the initiative in Germany. Cabaret artist Thomas Pigor writes a rage song as part of the \u201cChanson of the Month\u201d for Germany\u2019s radio. In it he demands: \u201cSave the wireless microphone!\u201d[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_separator][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column width=”3\/4″][vc_column_text css=””]Musician Kai Wingenfelder is one of the growing group of supporters. He says: \u201cGermany is the country in Europe that suffers the most from the sell-off of radio frequencies.\u201d[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][vc_column width=”1\/4″][vc_column_text css=””]<\/p>\n

2016<\/h2>\n

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2017<\/h2>\n

[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][vc_column width=”3\/4″][vc_column_text css=””]More and more radio interference due to a lack of frequencies is becoming known. Matthias Klingner from the band UNDUZO reports problems at \u2018Neues Theater H\u00f6chst\u2019 in Frankfurt am Main: \u201cUnfortunately, it turned out that there were not enough interference-free frequencies […].\u201d He also reports an interference signal.<\/p>\n

From now on, our logo will appear with a slight cosmetic correction. The reason for this is a letter from the US Red Cross. It criticizes the use of the red cross in the old logo. This is reserved exclusively for the aid organization. We are adapting our logo.<\/span>[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_separator][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column width=”3\/4″][vc_column_text css=””]The management of the initiative changes from Helmut G. Bauer (Germany) to Jochen Zenth\u00f6fer (Luxembourg).<\/p>\n

The German-Australian actress Julia Holmes now supports SOS. In the following years, many other artists joined the team, including Konstantin Graudus, known from the Ohnsorg Theater in Hamburg.[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][vc_column width=”1\/4″][vc_column_text css=””]<\/p>\n

2018<\/h2>\n

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2019<\/h2>\n

[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][vc_column width=”3\/4″][vc_column_text css=””]Old school: we design the brochure \u201cFrequencies for people – anytime, anywhere and without interference\u201d on paper and send over 1,000 copies to politicians, authorities, artists, associations, the press and other interested parties.<\/p>\n

Frequency manager Michael Weber says: \u201cThe Kelly Family sometimes needs over 100 frequencies\u201d.<\/p>\n

Political party SPD in the Bundestag organizes a report-first discussion on the frequency situation. Invited as an expert: SOS. In a question, the party FDP is concerned about \u201cSMEs and the 2019 World Radio Conference\u201d – will there be enough cultural frequencies left?<\/p>\n

We shoot a video clip with the Luxembourg rock-pop band CHEAK! for the 2019 World Radiocommunication Conference.[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_separator][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column width=”3\/4″][vc_column_text css=””]Pandemic! Germany\u2019 CDU party Secretary General Paul Ziemiak talks to SOS: \u201cWe must preserve theater, music and festivals\u201d. Green politician Michael Kellner tells us: \u201cCulture is systemically relevant in the best sense of the word\u201d.<\/p>\n

Four members of the Bundestag campaign for cultural frequencies in a joint contribution to \u201cNetzpolitik\u201d: Margit Stumpp (The Greens), Anke Domscheit-Berg (The Left), Thomas Hacker (Liberals) and Dr. Christian Jung (Liberals).<\/p>\n

Luxembourg \u201cBad Banks\u201d actor Marc Limpach publicly states: \u201cThe tone must work\u201d. Crime star Sebastian Fitzek supports our cause: \u201cI need to be able to move freely. I need wireless technology for that\u201d.[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][vc_column width=”1\/4″][vc_column_text css=””]<\/p>\n

2020<\/h2>\n

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2021<\/h2>\n

[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][vc_column width=”3\/4″][vc_column_text css=””]Still a pandemic! We are expanding: SOS is now represented by Patrice Chazerand in Brussels.<\/p>\n

SOS is a founding member of the German \u201cAlliance for Broadcasting and Cultural Frequencies\u201d, with ARD, Deutschlandradio, Media Broadcast, Medienanstalten, Sennheiser, VAUNET e.V., ZDF and the German Electrical and Digital Manufacturers’ Association ZVEI e.V.<\/p>\n

The artist TOKUNBO campaigns for frequencies: \u201cWe need radio microphones for cross-over projects\u201d.[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_separator][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column width=”3\/4″][vc_column_text css=””]Three \u201cCall to Europe\u201d campaigns, most recently in 20 European countries with over 80 participating organizations. Events in several countries: Belgium Luxembourg France Austria Germany Italy \u2026<\/p>\n

Talks and contacts with authorities and MPs in France. We have been in Paris several times since then.[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][vc_column width=”1\/4″][vc_column_text css=””]<\/p>\n

2022 \/ 23<\/h2>\n

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2023<\/h2>\n

[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][vc_column width=”3\/4″][vc_column_text css=””]Germany\u2019s daily Tagesspiegel Background asks: Is IMT a culture killer? \u2026 on the occasion of SOS’s presentation at Prolight + Sound 2023: \u201cAre the remaining frequencies for the event industry now being lost?\u201d<\/p>\n

Stage and TV actress Olivia Klemke is the German face of \u201cCall to Europe 2023\u201d. In Austria, Burgtheater actor Nicholas Ofczarek is shooting a campaign video.<\/p>\n

Berlin state coalition agreement between the CDU and SPD: \u201c… the permanent preservation of the necessary frequencies in the 470 to 694 MHz range for broadcasting and culture.\u201d<\/p>\n

World radio conference! SOS sets up a 24-hour information service for journalists and artists. Press conferences are offered in Berlin, Brussels and Luxembourg.<\/p>\n

Robert Hamilton now heads SOS in the USA. Welcome, Robert![\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_separator][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column width=”3\/4″][vc_column_text css=””]<\/p>\n

Foundation of SOS Africa thanks to Joe Frans. He tirelessly travels the continent. Welcome, Joe!<\/p>\n

SOS speaks at the event organized by the German Federal Ministry for Digital and Transport after the World Radio Conference.<\/p>\n

SOS is in Singapore and Australia; prepares for further expansion in Melbourne.<\/p>\n

CDU, BSW and SPD in the Thuringia coalition agreement: \u201cWe also recognize the increasing frequency requirements for the cultural and event industry and are committed to providing the necessary equipment.\u201d<\/p>\n

Success after SOS campaign: The frequency range 1452 – 1525 MHz, which was deleted with the new Germany rule VVn\u00f6ml, is coming back! The deletion for microphones was an \u201coffice oversight\u201d by the Federal Network Agency (Bundesnetzagentur).<\/p>\n

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2024<\/h2>\n

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2025<\/h2>\n

[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][vc_column width=”3\/4″][vc_column_text css=””]Germany\u2019s Federal Government Commissioner for Culture and the Media, Claudia Roth, writes: UHF band is \u201cartery of the creative industries\u201d.<\/p>\n

SOS in Brussels, EU Vice-President Henna Virkkunen recognizes the crucial role that the sub-700 MHz band plays for Europe’s cultural ecosystem.<\/p>\n

Hotel association and launches frequency usage survey among members. Markus Luthe, Managing Director, campaigns for the preservation of cultural frequencies.<\/p>\n

SOS is invited to the Bundestag for the presentation of the coalition agreement. The agreement mentions the UHF frequencies in three places.[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_separator][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text css=””]<\/p>\n

Ten years SOS on two pages (PDF).<\/a><\/h5>\n

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