The Wieninger family

Christian and Stefan Wieninger are members of a brewing family from Treisendorf and hold approximately 30% of Oberbayerisches Volksblatt GmbH & Co. Medienhaus KG through CSW GmbH & Co. KG. Through this stake, they also hold interests in Münchner Merkur, Bavaria's highest-circulation daily newspaper. The Wieningers hold stakes in several high-reach media outlets in Upper Bavaria, including Antenne Bayern, Charivari FM, and Oberbayerisches Volksblatt. They also operate the radio stations "Neue Welle Chiemgau" and "Alpin FM," which targets German-speaking Alpine regions. However, these radio operations are held through their private brewery, MC Wieninger GmbH & Co. KG, rather than through their media holdings.

These media stakes were transferred to them through family succession. Limited information is publicly available regarding the family's media business activities or when their father, Max Christian Wieninger, acquired the stakes in Oberbayerisches Volksblatt.

Christian Wieninger serves as managing director of Wieninger private brewery and leads the family business in its eighth generation. Stefan Wieninger also holds significant stakes but maintains a lower public profile. Both brothers' involvement in media operations is limited to their shareholder role; they do not participate in editorial or operational management.