"Time for a new challenge" Next figurehead says goodbye to SRF
After the end of "Gesichter und Geschichten", Joel Grolimund still worked part-time at Radio SRF 3. Now he is leaving the station completely at the end of October 2025.
Image: SRF/Oscar Alessio
"G&G" editorial director Paola Biason is leaving SRF in summer 2025 - after more than 20 years at the broadcaster.
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2025: "Kulturplatz" journalist Eva Wannenmacher leaves the station after 24 years. She is devoting herself to her career as a business coach.
Image: SRF/Oscar Alessio
Bigna Silberschmidt turned her back on "10vor10" on February 26, 2025. She is setting up her own business.
Image: SRF/Roberto Crevatin
Michael Weinmann ("Schweiz aktuell" and Formula 1) will join the airline Swiss as Head of Media Relations on March 1, 2025.
Image: SRF/Roberto Crevatin
Nicola Steiner became Head of the Literaturhaus Zürich on September 1, 2023. Steiner worked in the SRF literature editorial team until summer 2023.
Image: SRF/Oscar Alessio
Transfer in the sports editorial team: After 23 years at SRF, Daniela Milanese accepted a job at MySports in summer 2022.
Image: SRF/Oscar Alessio
"Tagesschau" presenter Franz Fischlin also left SRF in summer 2022. And the broadcaster has had to accept these other prominent departures in recent years:
Image: SRF/Oscar Alessio
In December 2021, Ueli Schmezer hosted the last "Kassensturz" program after 25 years.
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After 28 years at SRF, ice hockey and tennis commentator Stefan Bürer moved from SRF to the SC Rapperswil-Jona Lakers in October 2021.
Image: SRF/OSCAR ALESSIO
Heinz Günthardt (archive photo) made his debut as an SRF pundit at the men's final of the US Open on September 12, 2021. He had been working for SRF since 1985. His dismissal took him by surprise.
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Saying goodbye to SRF after the Tokyo Olympics: sports pundit Jann Billeter. The man from Graubünden was there for 24 years. He will remain in the world of television, switching to MySports. The former HC Davos ice hockey player will be working there as an ice hockey presenter and commentator.
Image: SRF/Oscar Alessio
Long-time presenter Nik Hartmann left SRF in 2020, becoming known to a wide audience with the show "SRF bi de Lüt - Über Stock und Stein", in which he hiked through Switzerland with his dog Jabba from 2008.
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Patrizia Laeri moved from SRF to CNN Money Switzerland in July 2020. One month later, the broadcaster had to file for bankruptcy. Laeri worked at SRF for 18 years as a presenter and business editor.
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Although she did not leave SRF, she moved behind the camera in March 2020: "Tagesschau" presenter Katja Stauber took over production of the SRF flagship program after 27 years.
Image: SRF/Oscar Alessio
In 2019, "Arena" tamer and former correspondent Jonas Projer moved to Blick TV after 13 years. He has since taken over the journalistic management of "NZZ am Sonntag".
Image: SRF/Oscar Alessio
Michael Bont, SRF alpine skiing expert, also left in 2019.
Image: SRF/Valeriano Di Domenico
The popular "Meteo" expert Thomas Kleiber left SRF in November 2018 after eleven years. He emigrated to Sweden for love.
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Annina Frey left SRF in 2018 after eleven years as "G&G" presenter.
Image: SRF/Oscar Alessio
Ski legend Bernhard Russi was a ski commentator for 30 years, alongside Matthias Hüppi. He stopped in 2017.
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From SRF to MySports: Steffi Buchli switched fronts in 2017. In January 2021, she took over as head of the sports department at "Blick" after three years at MySports.
Image: SRF
Matthias Hüppi moved from SRF to FC St. Gallen as president of the club at the end of 2017.
Image: SRF/Lukas Maeder
After the end of "Gesichter und Geschichten", Joel Grolimund still worked part-time at Radio SRF 3. Now he is leaving the station completely at the end of October 2025.
Image: SRF/Oscar Alessio
"G&G" editorial director Paola Biason is leaving SRF in summer 2025 - after more than 20 years at the broadcaster.
Image: SRF
2025: "Kulturplatz" journalist Eva Wannenmacher leaves the station after 24 years. She is devoting herself to her career as a business coach.
Image: SRF/Oscar Alessio
Bigna Silberschmidt turned her back on "10vor10" on February 26, 2025. She is setting up her own business.
Image: SRF/Roberto Crevatin
Michael Weinmann ("Schweiz aktuell" and Formula 1) will join the airline Swiss as Head of Media Relations on March 1, 2025.
Image: SRF/Roberto Crevatin
Nicola Steiner became Head of the Literaturhaus Zürich on September 1, 2023. Steiner worked in the SRF literature editorial team until summer 2023.
Image: SRF/Oscar Alessio
Transfer in the sports editorial team: After 23 years at SRF, Daniela Milanese accepted a job at MySports in summer 2022.
Image: SRF/Oscar Alessio
"Tagesschau" presenter Franz Fischlin also left SRF in summer 2022. And the broadcaster has had to accept these other prominent departures in recent years:
Image: SRF/Oscar Alessio
In December 2021, Ueli Schmezer hosted the last "Kassensturz" program after 25 years.
Image: SRF
After 28 years at SRF, ice hockey and tennis commentator Stefan Bürer moved from SRF to the SC Rapperswil-Jona Lakers in October 2021.
Image: SRF/OSCAR ALESSIO
Heinz Günthardt (archive photo) made his debut as an SRF pundit at the men's final of the US Open on September 12, 2021. He had been working for SRF since 1985. His dismissal took him by surprise.
Image: Keystone
Saying goodbye to SRF after the Tokyo Olympics: sports pundit Jann Billeter. The man from Graubünden was there for 24 years. He will remain in the world of television, switching to MySports. The former HC Davos ice hockey player will be working there as an ice hockey presenter and commentator.
Image: SRF/Oscar Alessio
Long-time presenter Nik Hartmann left SRF in 2020, becoming known to a wide audience with the show "SRF bi de Lüt - Über Stock und Stein", in which he hiked through Switzerland with his dog Jabba from 2008.
Image: SRF
Patrizia Laeri moved from SRF to CNN Money Switzerland in July 2020. One month later, the broadcaster had to file for bankruptcy. Laeri worked at SRF for 18 years as a presenter and business editor.
Image: SRF
Although she did not leave SRF, she moved behind the camera in March 2020: "Tagesschau" presenter Katja Stauber took over production of the SRF flagship program after 27 years.
Image: SRF/Oscar Alessio
In 2019, "Arena" tamer and former correspondent Jonas Projer moved to Blick TV after 13 years. He has since taken over the journalistic management of "NZZ am Sonntag".
Image: SRF/Oscar Alessio
Michael Bont, SRF alpine skiing expert, also left in 2019.
Image: SRF/Valeriano Di Domenico
The popular "Meteo" expert Thomas Kleiber left SRF in November 2018 after eleven years. He emigrated to Sweden for love.
Image: SRF
Annina Frey left SRF in 2018 after eleven years as "G&G" presenter.
Image: SRF/Oscar Alessio
Ski legend Bernhard Russi was a ski commentator for 30 years, alongside Matthias Hüppi. He stopped in 2017.
Image: SRF
From SRF to MySports: Steffi Buchli switched fronts in 2017. In January 2021, she took over as head of the sports department at "Blick" after three years at MySports.
Image: SRF
Matthias Hüppi moved from SRF to FC St. Gallen as president of the club at the end of 2017.
Image: SRF/Lukas Maeder
After the end of "Faces and Stories", Joel Grolimund still worked part-time at Radio SRF 3. Now he is leaving the station completely at the end of October 2025.
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- "G&G" presenter Joel Grolimund is leaving Radio SRF 3 at the end of October 2025, according to a statement on Thursday.
- He will be taking on a new challenge at the end of the year.
- It is not yet known who his successor will be.
It was announced at the beginning of February: The program "Faces and Stories" will be discontinued. The reason is cost-cutting measures. Around 20 jobs will be cut, according to SRF at the time. The last "Faces and Stories" program was finally broadcast at the end of June.
But for "G&G" presenter Joel Grolimund, his time at SRF was not yet over. He continued to work at SRF 3 radio as a 40 percent presenter of the "Hit Parade".
Now this era is also coming to an end. Grolimund will leave SRF at the end of October 2025, according to a statement on Thursday afternoon. "Presenting the 'Hit Parade' on Radio SRF 3 and the society magazine 'G&G' was two dreams come true for me," explains the 33-year-old.
"However, after more than eight years at SRF, the time has come for me to take on a new challenge. I am grateful and look back on this formative time with a smile," says Grolimund.
It is not yet known who his successor will be.
A new challenge awaits from the end of the year
The presenter will face a new challenge from the end of the year, as "Blick" writes. "Finding a suitable additional job was not so easy. Now a new, exciting task has arisen - that's why I've decided to take this step," says Grolimund.
Grolimund does not yet want to say what the next challenge will be.
